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MennoMedia releases full list of songs and resources included in new hymnal Harrisonburg, Va. — The full list of songs and resources included in Voices Together is now available. The Mennonite Worship and Song Committee has worked tirelessly over...

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Committee announces #1 and Dedication Anthem placement   Harrisonburg, Va. — As Voices Together nears publication, the Mennonite Worship and Song Committee editorial team has assigned the roughly 750 songs across the table of contents and selected the song...

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This article originally appeared as a part of the MCUSA series on Voices Together.   By Katie Graber, Sarah Kathleen Johnson, Anneli Loepp Thiessen   MennoMedia released a statement on Tuesday: in response to credible accusations of sexual abuse...

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Changes made after accusations of serial sexual misconduct   The Mennonite Worship and Song Committee takes seriously the recent multiple accusations of serial sexual misconduct and spiritual manipulation by composer David Haas. Recently, Into Account and SNAP, two nonprofit...

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One of the most potent ways we cope with hardship is by singing and praying together. Amid the loss of in-person gathering, congregations have shown a tremendous amount of creativity, whether worshiping via video conference platforms such as Zoom,...

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This article originally appeared as a part of the Mennonite Church USA series on Voices Together.   By Katie Graber and Bradley Kauffman Copyrights background Copyright laws and procedures protect intellectual property and pay people who make a living...

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As Voices Together is undertaking permissions work (seeking copyright contracts) in this period between January and June, we offer a song and a worship resource that may speak into the disorientation of these days of COVID-19.  The following excerpt...

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HARRISONBURG, Va. — Mennonite church congregations, colleges, universities, and camps have preordered 29,388 copies of Voices Together. “We are overwhelmed by the outpouring of enthusiasm support for this momentous project,” said Amy Gingerich, publisher at MennoMedia. “Truly this work...

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“Mom Squad” volunteers prepare texts for editing HARRISONBURG, VA — When some of the individuals working on the forthcoming Voices Together hymnal needed help with a big task, they called their moms. The task was daunting: the text committee...

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WATERLOO, ON — A stack of paper containing 780 songs and a binder of 320 worship resources greeted each member of the Voices Together committee when they arrived for their tenth and final committee meeting in early October. In...

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