Dear Fellow Members and Friends,

I’m sure you would like to see a short video of the recent Hymn Sing at Annual Meeting 2009. You’ll hear some of the new hymns from the Christian Science Hymnal Supplement. Also, you’re invited to submit words or music for the next collection of hymns or for solos. To learn more, read the letter below from the Trustees of The Christian Science Publishing Society. 

Warmly,

Nathan Talbot

Clerk of The Mother Church

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Dear Fellow Members and Friends,

At The Christian Science Publishing Society, we're on the move with music, and we hope you’ll participate!

We had a wonderful Hymn Sing in The Mother Church on Annual Meeting Weekend! The program included hymns from our much-loved Christian Science Hymnal and the new Christian Science Hymnal Supplement: Hymns 430-462. Accompanied by the organ and piano, violin and guitar, we sang along with a group of church members/singers who helped us learn some of the new hymns. In addition to singing, we also explored what the Hymnal and Hymnal Supplement have in common, as well as the unique aspects of each. It was a joyful event.

Perhaps you attended in person or sang along with us on the audio Web stream (people logged on at 416 computers in 14 countries around the world). Whether or not you joined us that day, we wanted to share a bit of the event with you, so we're posting this short video of the Hymn Sing. Please go to http://www.spirituality.com/hymns/index.jhtml. This link will take you to the "New Christian Science Hymns" webpage, and you can watch the video (http://tinyurl.com/lfshee) right there.

On that webpage, you'll find additional information about the Supplement as well as aids for using it. There’s an online Supplement Concordance that you can download for free. And you can order the Words Only print edition of the Supplement and CD recordings of all the new hymns—with or without singing. There's also a link so you can listen to the entire Hymn Sing (available through August).

Please consider submitting text or music for the next new collection of hymns! From the webpage you can download the submission guidelines for new hymns. You can also submit solos—so that we can offer a good selection of music for church soloists as well.

We hope you watch the video, and take advantage of all the resources on the website to fully use and thoroughly enjoy the beauty and healing inspiration found in the Christian Science Hymnal Supplement.

Warmly,

The Board of Trustees

The Christian Science Publishing Society

8/3/09