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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/)

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 a large-format spiral bound Keyboard/Guitar edition as well as a free Hymnal Planner found under the Resources tab on the hymnal website are all available at (Sing Unto the Lord: A liturgical hymnal). 

Excerpts from a review in The North American Anglican: “ In the end, Sing Unto the Lord succeeds at what it sets out to do: creating a hymnal for ACNA contemporary language worship. If an ACNA parish is looking to replace an existing hymnal, Sing Unto the Lord is the best replacement for the Hymnal 1982 offering updated ACNA mass texts, dropping some of the more questionable Hymnal ’82 hymns, while adding a large assortment of new hymns. Overall, Sing Unto the Lord seems like it should be the default choice for a contemporary language Anglican parish, both for the new hymns and for the better fit in worship with the 2019 edition of the ACNA prayer book.” Read the full review at The North American Anglican Joel West

A very helpful new video on more effective hymn leading at the keyboard is found under the KEYBOARDS menu tab. Here is a link: https://youtu.be/6XmI93pS0Sw?feature=shared

A video on accompanying Contemporary Songs at the piano from a Lead Sheet can be found under the Contemporary Music or the Keyboards menu tabs. 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 video teaching with handout on The Biblical Foundations of Music in the church can be found under the Music Leadership Philosophy menu tab. This is an excellent resource for Sunday School and Christian Ed, small groups, or personal learning.

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.

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 links to these helpful resources 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

Also a list of tried, true, and singable Contemporary Songs sorted by church season under the Contemporary Music menu tab. Congregational 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 menu tabs), and 110 Excellent Anthems for Children’s Choirs (under the Choirs menu tab).

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

MORE HELPFUL LINKS FOR YOUR WORK OF MINISTRY AND A WHOLE HOST OF EXCELLENT ARTICLES AND RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND UNDER THE MAIN MENU TABS AT THE TOP OF THE HOME PAGE:

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

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

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