This article is part originally appeared as a part of the Mennonite Church USA MennoSnapshots series on Voices Together. Katie Graber is an ethnomusicologist who studies race and ethnicity in a variety of contexts, including Mennonite music, American music and European opera. She teaches classes on Western music history and world music at the Ohio State University, […]
This article is part originally appeared as a part of the Mennonite Church USA MennoSnapshots series on Voices Together. Anneli Loepp Thiessen is a Ph.D. student in Interdisciplinary Music Research at the University of Ottawa, where she studies diversity and equity in the contemporary worship music industry. She is a co-director of Anabaptist Worship Network and director of Ontario […]
The following responsive reading comes from MennoMedia‘s Voices Together #864. Reprinted with permission. Leader: We offer thanksgiving to our Creator, recalling that Christ is the center of creation and our lives as Christians. As we face east, the direction of the rising sun, we offer thanks for the gifts of the tree world and for new beginnings. […]
This article is part originally appeared as a part of the Mennonite Church USA MennoSnapshots series on Voices Together. Katie Graber is an ethnomusicologist, who studies race and ethnicity in a variety of contexts, including Mennonite music, American music and European opera. She has taught classes on Western music history and world music, and she accompanies Suzuki […]
This article is part originally appeared as a part of the Mennonite Church USA MennoSnapshots series on Voices Together. Katie Graber is an ethnomusicologist, who studies race and ethnicity in a variety of contexts, including Mennonite music, American music and European opera. She has taught classes on Western music history and world music, and she accompanies Suzuki […]
HARRISONBURG, Va. — Several congregations have expressed concern over the shipping charges for Voices Together products. MennoMedia takes these concerns very seriously and wants congregations to know that great care was taken to keep distribution and shipping costs as low as possible. Voices Together books were printed in the United States, and getting them to […]
HARRISONBURG, Va. — When worshipers flip through the pages of 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 […]
HARRISONBURG, Va. — MennoMedia has recently learned that John Rempel’s ministerial credentials have been terminated by Mennonite Church Eastern Canada after an investigation into multiple complaints of ministerial sexual misconduct that stem from Rempel’s time serving as chaplain, residence director, and adjunct professor at Conrad Grebel University College from 1973 until 1989. “We are taking […]
HARRISONBURG, Va. — As the release of Voices Together approaches, MennoMedia is making several adjustments to have products available as soon as possible. Print products will begin shipping in November and most digital products will be available in mid-October 2020. On October 19, the app versions of the pew edition, the accompaniment edition, and the […]
This article is part originally appeared as a part of the Mennonite Church USA MennoSnapshots series on Voices Together. By Anneli Loepp Thiessen and Katie Graber Early on Saturday morning, August 22, a highly anticipated 20-page PDF was uploaded to the Voices Together website: lists of the songs and resources in the new Mennonite hymnal. The information […]