At Knollwood Baptist Church, the memorization of 60 hymns equips the young with a repertoire of theological language to express themselves with through high and low moments of their life.
Posts Tagged Hymn Society
Hymns for a lifetime
Jul 24
Hymn Society wrapup
Jul 23
Perhaps the only thing more inspiring than singing with a group of other Christians is praying together.
How do our sisters and brothers around the world praise God? How can “we” use “their” music?
Hymn Society, Monday-Tuesday
Jul 20
What is a hymn festival? What can a hymn festival be?
A report on the first day of the 2011 Hymn Society conference in Colorado Springs, CO. This year’s theme: “Touch the Earth Lightly.”
NPM and Hymn Society
Jul 18
Great week for music: National Association of Pastoral Musicians in Louisville and Hymn Society in Colorado Springs.
Hymn Society, Thursday close
Jul 16
The Hymn Society reports on current hymnological research, and it also fosters further research.
This evening offered an intriguing commingling of music inside and outside church walls. It was also, in many ways, a taste of the South.
Hymn Society, Wednesday
Jul 14
I have learned seemingly dozens of spirituals this week that are all new to me…Our third plenary was given by Andrew Donaldson, who gave us a history of global church music. It was largely a story of the last thirty years, and it’s amazing to me how many of these songs have already entered the common repertory of many traditions.
Greetings from Samford University in Birmingham, AL, the site of the 2010 annual conference of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.