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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