Resources

We have created many resources to help your congregation engage with Voices Together. On this page you will find indexes, curricula, teaching videos, essays, stories on particular songs, and much more! May these resources enrich your congregational experience with this new Anabaptist worship and song collection.

To use songs under copyright via streaming or electronic platforms for worship such as Zoom, many songs require a license. Volunteers from Anabaptist Worship Network have compiled a comprehensive chart that shows what kind of license is needed to stream any of the songs from the new Voices Together hymnal. The songs are organized by number, and this spreadsheet should be freely shared with those planning music in your congregation.

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Launch resources

Guide to Adopting Voices Together

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LEADER FALL 2020 RESOURCES

Dedication Resources Additional Dedication Resources

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Eager to try out some new music in Voices Together? This helpful chart outlines some new songs to try out if your congregation is used to singing certain songs or types of songs.

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Dec. 13, 2020 — Voices Together Dedication Launch

Click the link below to view the full recording of this event, as well as individual videos for several musical performances.

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Curricula & Discussion guides

Five Session Congregational Curriculum

A five-session curriculum will help introduce Voices Together and all of its products to your congregation. Written by Anneli Loepp Thiessen, a member of the committee, the curriculum walks a congregation through unpacking what’s in this new collection, how content decisions were made, and allows time for singing and reflecting.

Click here to download this five session curriculum.

Four Session Worship Leader Curriculum

This four-session adult faith formation curriculum based on the Worship Leader Edition helps you reflect on the worship practices of your own community. Written by Sarah Kathleen Johnson, who edited the worship leader edition, it is ideal for a general audience or a worship leadership team. Only facilitators need copies of the Worship Leader Edition. Options are provided for meeting either online or in person.

Click here to download this four session curriculum.

SHOW STRENGTH

How to Respond When Worship Materials Are Implicated in Abuse

This resource offers a survivor-centered perspective on how individuals
and communities of faith can respond when it is discovered that beloved
songs and prayers were written by a person who has perpetrated sexual
violence.

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Expansive Language in Voices Together

When worshipers flip through the pages of the new hymnal and worship book Voices Together, or swipe through songs in the app, they will discover many different images of God. Images like Rock, Breath, and Creator appear alongside Father, Mother, Womb, and King. Pronouns including he/him and she/her are used to refer to God. Some familiar hymn texts are revised, whereas others remain unchanged. In this statement the committee outlines the theological foundations and practical approach taken to language for God in Voices Together.

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Teaching Videos

Calvin Grant Visit Montage

Dec. 13, 2020 Dedication Launch Videos

Indexes

All Indexes are from the pew edition unless otherwise noted.

Full Table of Contents

Contributors Index

Copyright Holders Index

First Lines and Common Titles Index of Songs

First Lines and Common Titles Index of Worship Resources

Metrical Index

Non-English Language Index

Topics and Uses in Worship Index

Tune Index

Scripture Index

Scripture Index (Worship Leader Edition)

Getting to Know Voices Together

Mennonite Church USA MennoSnapshots Voices Together Series

A hard, holy work: The making of ‘Voices Together’ (The Mennonite)

‘Voices Together’ hymnal set for fall launch with safety of singing together in question (The Mennonite)

Voices Together: Q&A on the New Mennonite Hymnal (Pray Tell Blog)

How Songs and Worship Resources Were Chosen for Voices Together

A hymn by any other number (Canadian Mennonite)

Downloadable Extras

BOOKPLATES

Add a personal touch to your hymnals with these downloadable bookplate templates.

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VOICES TOGETHER LOGOS

The title artwork serves as the logotype for Voices Together. The logotype should not be distorted in any way. Make certain when resizing that the dimensions are constrained. The words should not be separated.

The dove symbol should not be distorted in any way. The same care is required in handling/resizing the symbol as is given for the logotype. The symbol should not be reversed or rotated.

Streaming License Information for Voices Together