New Hymnals Coming!

I have ordered a number of hymnals in the past few weeks. Two of them have now arrived:

• The St. Michael Hymnal, a very Catholic hymnal locally produced by a Roman Catholic Parish (not, interestingly, named St. Michael's; I think it's St. Boniface or something) in Indiana; I don't think I'll put "Long Live the Pope" in Evergreen Sings, but it's nice to have a hymnal with it in it; our organist may be able to use it for a Prelude or something...


• Lutheran Worship, which just arrived today. This is the 1982 hymnal of the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. It's certainly an attractive volume, and I'm sure it will have some gems in it. LCMS is Jaroslav Vajda's denomination, and I'm interested to see how much of his stuff (and what) they have included.

On order are five Spanish hymnals (one each Methodist, Catholic, Disciples, non-denominational, and Southern Baptist); so far I haven't figured out how to get a copy of the interesting recent Cuban Baptist Alabanza Cubana, which at least one Google reference shows (mystifyingly) as having been published by a Pentecostal publisher (Buena Semilla, I think) in ¡Colombia!

Also on order are Hymns for a Pilgrim People, recently put out by the NACCC; the African American Heritage Hymnal, which I believe is the current pew hymnal at Mt. Zion, Seattle's most "established" Black Baptist Church; a used copy of Melodies of Praise, a 1950s Assembly of God hymnal that I hope will contain several Ira Stanphill songs I want to have; and four more copies of the Christian Life Hymnal. And apparently the United Methodists' Global Ministries' Russia Project is going to send me a copy of the UM Russian hymnal.

Also, Japanese Baptist has a bunch of old Baptist Hymnals (1956) and Broadman Hymnals (1940), and I am hoping they'll part with one of each, as well as perhaps the 聖歌 and the American Hymnal (Broadman, 1930) they also have in their choir closet. I still need to get ahold of a copy of the 1977 New National Baptist Hymnal to supplement and correct my 2001 "Millennium Edition" of said work. That done, I will have all the current EBA hymnals I know of, as well as most if not all of the previous generation.

The Evergreen newsletter published today has a blurb (see p. 2) about this Evergreen Sings project. I hope someone reads it ;-)

Leland

What hymnals are we using?

Here are the data I have so far. If you know what hymnal one of the churches in the "Unknown" category is using, please post that or email it to me. Thanks! (I think I may have received information about Issaquah and Burien but can't find it now...)

Leland aka Haruo

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Current Pew Hymnals of Evergreen Baptist Association churches:

AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE HYMNAL
Mount Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, WA

CELEBRATION HYMNAL
Japanese Baptist Church, Seattle, WA (Eigo Congregation)
Pullman New Wine Baptist Church, Pullman, WA

CHALICE HYMNAL
Good Shepherd Baptist Church, Lynnwood, WA

HYMNAL FOR WORSHIP & CELEBRATION
Fremont Baptist Church, Seattle, WA
Wedgwood Community Church, Seattle, WA

NEW CENTURY HYMNAL
First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA
University Baptist Church, Seattle, WA

NEW NATIONAL BAPTIST HYMNAL
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Baptist Church, Renton, WA

SAMBIKA 21
Japanese Baptist Church, Seattle, WA (Nichigo Congregation)


UNKNOWN
Burien Community Church, Burien, WA
Burton Community Church, Burton, WA
Church of the Covenant, Palmer, AK
Community Church, Issaquah, WA
Confraternidad Cristiana Ebenezer, Burien, WA
Daystar Baptist Church, Renton, WA
Fairview Community Church, Costa Mesa, CA
Filipino-American Christian Fellowship, Lynnwood, WA
First Baptist Church, Bountiful, UT
First Baptist Church, Chico, CA
First Baptist Church, Mountlake Terrace, WA
First Baptist Church, Palo Alto, CA
First Baptist Church, Salt Lake City, UT
Goodwill Missionary Baptist Church, Seattle, WA
Grace Baptist Church, San José, CA
Greater Friendship Baptist Church, Seattle, WA
Greater New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, Seattle, WA
Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, Seattle, WA
New Beginnings Christian Fellowship, Renton, WA
New Direction Baptist Church, Seattle, WA
New Hope Baptist Church, Seattle, WA
Oak Lake Baptist Church, Seattle, WA
Panther Lake Community Church, Kent, WA
Paradise Baptist Church, Seattle, WA
Progressive Baptist Church, Seattle, WA
Shell Ridge Community Church, Walnut Creek, CA
The United Church, Moscow, ID
Urban Grace, Tacoma, WA

Evergreen Sings: the Blog — Welcome

This blog is where I will discuss my projected hymnal, Evergreen Sings, which I intend to produce as an offering to the common musical ministry of the Evergreen Baptist Association. Comments are welcome, either here or by email to me.