Use contemplative song to quiet your mind each Thursday in February. Release your sense of struggle from the day, dive deep into the silence, and allow space for God to speak. Come, sing and pray with me and The Rev. Phil Carr-Jones – zooming to you for about 30 minutes from the Church of the Holy Spirit in Lebanon, NJ. Thursday evenings at 8 pm EDT. Link to come!
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Rebirth: Singing Death, Singing Life.
The Hymn Society 2026 Annual Conference July 19-22, 2026
The Annual Conference of The Hymn Society will be held at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey, July 19-22, 2026, with the theme “Rebirth: Singing Death, Singing Life.”
I’ll be leading a sectional to introduce my new song collection from AugsburgFortress (coming out in May)!
The program will explore the relationship between congregational song and some of the most pressing issues of our time, including ecology, sustainability, and disability. Plenary speakers include Keri Day, Miriam Spies, and Nate Stucky. Evening hymn festivals will be led by Mark Miller, FHS, Myron Sauder, Jerome Weaver, Marcell Silva Steuernagel, Mina Choi (Organ Masterclass instructor and Morning Prayer Leader), and Braxton Shelley.
New features include: mini-hymn sings before lunch; an opportunity to reflect on sustainability and ecological justice at PTS’s Farminary with a morning of work and song; an organ masterclass; an opportunity to tour the impressive hymnological collection at the seminary library; and the contributions of songwriter-in-residence Ken Medema.
For more info, Hymn Society Annual Conference