Hello again, everyone! A breaking news update was just provided on the new music collection the Church is creating. The Hymnbook and Children's Songbook will now be a single volume, with the hope being that Primary children will sing more hymns and that congregations will sing more children's songs in their meetings. The consolidated collection will begin rollout in the first half of next year (being made available online).
Per the article, "By the end of 2026, the hymnbook is expected to be available digitally and in print in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French. By 2030, the Church plans to have it published in 50 languages. Other languages will receive a collection of around 60 hymns and children’s songs called “Selected Hymns.”
This process starts in May 2024, when an early release of new hymns and children’s songs will begin to roll out online in English and other languages. They include such favorites as "Faith in Every Footstep", which were composed after the last edition of the hymnbooks and children's songbooks were released.
Elder Dale G. Renlund, Primary General President Sister Susan H. Porter, and Elder Isaac K. Morrison, a General Authority Seventy, were quoted in the article expressing their excitement for the new music collection. The news release provides other information, including how the new music is anticipated to be implemented in Sunday and at-home worship prior to the release of the full new volumes.
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It appears that the news release in question was deleted at some point in the last hour. It may have been published too early. When it is available again. I will note that here. For now, my thanks once again to you all.
ReplyDeleteThe Church has announced a change in protocol and procedure for Church camps, and updates made to the Sacred Music app. I still don't know why that news release was only available on the Newsroom website for a brief period of time, but will plan on posting here if and when it is again available. For now, my thanks once again to you all.
DeleteThe Church News continues coverage of President Nelson's upcoming 99th birthday with a video and photographic tribute, accompanied by two Primary songs, which could very well wind up in the consolidated hymnbook/children's songbook. My thanks once again to you all.
DeleteConstruction (not just major construction, but all construction) has been fully completed on the Red Cliffs Utah Temple, making it likely that the opening arrangements for Red Cliffs will almost certainly be announced on Monday. Major construction has wrapped up on the Puebla Mexico and Layton Utah Temples, so hopefully the opening arrangements for those temples won't be far behind. And major construction is nearing completion for the Taylorsville Utah Temple (where furniture and furnishings are being delivered), the Salta Argentina Temple (which only notes now that major construction is nearing completion), and the Urdaneta Philippines and Coban Guatemala Temples (for both of which the status has not changed since I last shared them). My thanks once again to you all.
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