“Hymns—for Home and Church”: The New Latter-day Saint Hymnbook

Since the time of the 2018 announcement that there would be a new hymnbook and children’s songbook published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Times and Seasons has featured some of the premier online discussions about the forthcoming hymnal:

• “The New LDS Hymnbook: Changes and Possibilities” (June 2018)
• “‘Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing’ Throughout the Restoration” (March 2019)
• “Spanish Hymns and the Future Hymnbook” (April 2019)
• “Updates on the New Hymnbook” (May 2019)
• “A New Update on the New Hymnbook” (November 2020)
• Hymnal Watch: August 2023
• Hymnbook Watch January 2024
• Point: Worship Through Music
• Counterpoint: Receiving Change with Grace and Gratitude
• Hymnal Watch: February 2024
• One Day More
• Thoughts on the First Batch of New Hymns

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Additional Resources About “Hymns—for Home and Church”:

• There is an X account that is specifically aimed at keeping abreast of news and potential songs: https://x.com/HymnalWatch?t=9xT174qsZza64oP4mLzRCQ&s=09
• Music Library
• Church News:
  • Hymns—For Home and Church
  • Hymnbook and Children’s Songbook Revisions
  • Nine New Hymns Released for New Global Hymnbook (September 12, 2024)
  • A Portion of the New Hymnbook Is Coming in May (1 April 2024)
  • Sacred Hymnbook to Help Unite, Uplift Latter-day Saints of All Ages Worldwide (29 September 2023)
  • Singers Needed for New Church Hymnbook (18 August 2023)
  • Committees Thank Members for ‘Overwhelming’ Response to Hymnbook Revision Efforts (10 November 2020)
  • Committees and Strategic Goals Announced for Hymnbook and Children’s Songbook Revisions (9 May 2019)
  • Church Announces Plans for New Hymnbook and Children’s Songbook (18 June 2018)
• Other News and Sites:
  • New Church hymnbook updates announced at Education Week (August 24, 2023)
  • “For All the Saints” episode interviewing Ray Robinson
  • Episode 190: As Church releases 13 new hymns (Church News)
  • Sites:
    • Latter-day Saint Hymnology
    • SingPraises
    • Hymn Stats
  • Last Chance: Make Your Voice Heard for More Gender Inclusive Hymns and Primary Songs (June 18, 2019)
  • Ziff at Zelophehad’s Daughters:
    • Now Let Us Rejoice in the Hymnbook Revisions (18 June 2018)
    • Some thoughts on hymns and the hymnal update (July 11, 2022)
    • Gender-Neutralizing the Hymns: A Proof of Concept (September 22, 2022)

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Additional Hymn-related Times and Seasons Posts:

• Chad Nielsen:
  • Mexico Mission Hymns
  • Sacrament Meeting Hymns
  • The 1927 Latter-day Saint Hymns
  • Christmas Hymns Posts:
    • Sing a Christmas Carol: Christmas Music in the Latter-day Saint Hymnbooks
    • A Christmas Hymn Wishlist
    • “As we commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ”
    • Christmas Carols in the French Hymnbook
    • Advent Songs in the Latter-day Saint Tradition
• Kaimi Wenger:
  • Another post about hymns
  • Under-rated Hymns
  • Hymns that Need to Go
  • Sacrament Hymns
• Other Authors:
  • Your apocalyptic hymnbook (Jonathan Green)
  • Adam-God in the Hymnal (Nate Oman)