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WELCOME – You have arrived at anglicanmusicresources.org, a website dedicated to aiding and equipping priests and church musicians in their leading of intergenerational Anglican worship in both North America and worldwide. If you are looking for the website for the newly formed ACNA Music Resource Task Force, their good work can be found at acnamusicresources.org.  Thank you and may God bless you in your continuing work of ministry. Mark Williams (Christ Church Anglican: 1733, Savannah, GA)

WHAT’S NEW?

Good news! At the June 2025 College of Bishop’s meeting, the College consented to recommending the Anglican liturgical hymnal “Sing unto the Lord” for the use of the Province. (see more info below and an article from the Gulf/Atlantic Diocese: https://www.gulfatlanticdiocese.org/2025/07/grassroots-hymnal-effort-commended-by-college-of-bishops/)

FULL ANGLICAN CHANTS in hymn style are now available for Year B along with guitar chords under the Psalms in Worship tab. Many thanks to Katherine Rick for her loving gift of time and talents in engraving this historic collection making Full Anglican Chant more accessible to all.

Also, a new video teaching with handout on The Biblical Foundations of Music in the church can be found under the Music Leadership Philosophy tab. Good resource for Sunday School, small groups, or personal learning.

Sing unto the Lord: This is the new hymnal from Anglican Music Publishing. At the heart of Sing Unto the Lord are 740 hymns representing the best selections from The Hymnal 1940, The Hymnal 1982, and Hymns Ancient and Modern as well as many rich new hymns written in the past 40 years. Included are only the best texts and tunes, hymns that are highly singable and time-tested. The extensive Service Music section is based on the structure of the 2019 Book of Common Prayer. The hard bound Pew Edition and large-format spiral bound Keyboard/Guitar edition as well as a free Hymnal Planner found under the Resources tab are available at (Sing Unto the Lord: A liturgical hymnal). 

Future of ACNA Hymnal Commission (reconstituted as Music Resource Task Force) see Absp. Bob Duncan’s letter here. ACNA Hymnal Commission Formed – The Anglican Church in North America

(And see these below) an article titled, “Why Hymnals? Ten Reasons Why Hymnals are Important”, also new articles on The Acoustics of Sacred Spaces, Basics Helps: how to read music, Streams within the Anglican Liturgy, a video of Alice Parker’s watershed presentation on congregational hymn singing, a new article on “How Hymns Work”, an article on seven Biblical reasons why singing matters and two new outstanding books on the history of Christian music (found under the Music Leadership Philosophy tab)

A new video on effectively accompanying Contemporary Songs at the piano from a Lead Sheet can be found under the Contemporary Music tab. A new video from SING! by on the WHY of Music Ministry (under Music Leadership Philosophy tab) , the WHAT of Choir Leadership (under the Choir Tab) and the HOW of Authentic Hymn Singing (under the Hymns and Spiritual Songs tab)

Also a list of tried, true, and singable Contemporary Songs sorted by church season under the Contemporary Music tab. Psalms are up with weekly postings of Simplified Anglican, Gregorian Chant, and Full Anglican Chant in hymn style layout as well as Simplified Anglican Chants and Gregorian Psalm. Also see the powerful article titled, The Power of Good Melody (both under the Hymns & Spiritual Songs tab), and 110 Excellent Anthems for Children’s Choirs (under the Choirs tab).

Questions, comments, ideas? Contact the website host at williams4950(at)bellsouth.net (Mark K. Williams, Christ Church Anglican 1733, Savannah, GA)

Yes, We’ll Gather-Alice Parker’s watershed video on authentic, renewed congregational hymn singing. (video found under the Hymns and Spiritual Songs tab.)

The Hymn Society (terrific resources for all types of congregational singing)

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