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This article is part originally appeared as a part of the Mennonite Church USA MennoSnapshots series on Voices Together. When Hymnal: A Worship Book was released in 1992, internet access was slowly becoming available. Before last year, Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite...

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This article is part originally appeared as a part of the Mennonite Church USA MennoSnapshots series on Voices Together. By Ingrid Loepp Thiessen and Anneli Loepp Thiessen When the Mennonite Worship and Song Committee met in Winnipeg in June 2019, a...

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This article is part originally appeared as a part of the Mennonite Church USA MennoSnapshots series on Voices Together. During the Voices Together (VT) Dedication event on December 13, 2020, the first of four online Launch webinars, the committee received more...

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This article is part originally appeared as a part of the Mennonite Church USA MennoSnapshots series on Voices Together. By Sarah Kathleen Johnson The term “Lord” may seem like an archaic and reverent word that is mostly used today...

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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...

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This article is part originally appeared as a part of the Mennonite Church USA MennoSnapshots series on Voices Together. By Katie Graber and Sarah Kathleen Johnson As Sarah Kathleen Johnson describes in her article “More Than Singing,” Voices Together (VT) is...

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This article is part originally appeared as a part of the Mennonite Church USA MennoSnapshots series on Voices Together. Last week the committee working on the new Mennonite hymnal and worship book Voices Together released a statement: “Expansive Language in Voices Together: Gendered...

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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...

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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...

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This article is part originally appeared as a part of the Mennonite Church USA MennoSnapshots series on Voices Together. The following essay will be included in a forthcoming collection of notes about Voices Together songs, which will be available at VoicesTogetherHymnal.org....

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