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CONTENTS GATHERING . 1–67 SHARING OUR STORIES . 494–672 Welcome . 1–37 Morning and Evening . 494–507 God’s Presence with Us . 38–67 Child Blessing . 508–510 Nurturing Faith . 511–522 PRAISING . 68–139 Family, Friendship, and Marriage . 523–525 Praise . 68–112 Vocation, Work, and Rest . 526–535 Thanksgiving . 113–124 God’s Call . 536–547 Adoration . 125–139 Conversion and New Life . 548–565 RECONCILING . 140–174 Following Christ . 566–584 Confession of Sin . 140–155 Doubt and Faith . 585–604 Assurance of Grace . 156–174 Suffering and Joy . 605–641 TELLING GOD’S STORY . 175–418 Healing and Anointing . 642–651 Creation . 175–189 Death and Eternal Life . 652–672 Covenant . 190–195 PRAYING . 673–744 Wisdom . 196–204 Prayer . 673–690 Prophets . 205–209 Lament . 691–696 Jesus’ Advent . 210–239 Gratitude . 697–704 Birth of Jesus . 240–269 For the World . 705–714 Jesus’ Epiphany . 270–279 For the Church . 715–722 Life, Teaching, and Ministry of Jesus . 280–303 For One Another and Ourselves . 723–744 Journey to the Cross . 304–319 GIVING . 745–760 Jesus’ Death . 320–332 Jesus’ Resurrection . 333–362 LIVING GOD’S STORY . 761–808 Jesus’ Ascension . 363–366 Mission . 761–770 Holy Spirit . 367–385 Service . 771–778 Church . 386–397 Peace and Justice . 779–801 Word of God . 398–406 Expanding our Circle . 802–808 Reign of Christ . 407–418 SENDING . 809–849 CONFESSING FAITH . 419–440 Commissioning . 809–829 Blessing . 830–849 CELEBRATING BAPTISM . 441–458 WORSHIP RESOURCES . 850–1069 CELEBRATING COMMUNION . 459–493 Meal . 459–489 First Line Index of Worship Resources . page 1145 Footwashing . 490–493 First Lines and Common Titles Index of Songs. page 1149 How Songs Were Chosen for Voices Together COMMITTEE SCREENING CURRENT COLLECTIONS CONSULTING GROUPS • Open submissions • Hymnal: A Worship Book (1992) • Spanish language APPROXIMATE APPROXIMATE NUMBER OF SONGS • Single author collections (text • Sing the Journey (2005) • Connections to Indigenous committee, tune committee) • Sing the Story (2007) communities • Other hymnals • African American • Global songbooks • American Sign Language (intercultural worship committee) • Individuals representing additional Mennonite culture/ • Contemporary language groups 10,000+ worship music (popular idiom committee) • Kernlieder (Russian Mennonite heart songs) • Psalms • Ecumenical core repertoire FULL COMMITTEE REVIEW • Songs from Taizé • Songs rendered anonymous • Texts and tunes from before the • All assigned a 1 to 5 star rating Reformation • Chorales (organ) 6,000 • Female composers/authors • Sixteenth-century Anabaptist • Other Anabaptists (Church FULL COMMITTEE IN-PERSON DISCUSSION of the Brethren, Mennonite • Songs with higher review scores grouped by table of contents Brethren) • Sing and/or read each item • Camp songs • Discuss merits, drawbacks, possible revisions • Songs accessible to children • Propose changes, vote to gauge support for changes • Short and paperless songs 1,600 • Update star ratings • Secular songs with spiritual sentiments BALANCE CHECKS EDITORIAL TEAM DECISIONS • Heart song survey data • Balance within table of contents areas • Key themes and functions • Slates of material from consultants within table of contents areas • Committee ratings • Balance of musical idioms • Balance checks overall and within table of contents areas • Presence across historic Mennonite collections TEXT COMMITTEE TUNE AND ACCOMPANIMENT • Geographic balance • Text research (comparison COMMITTEE across the collection to historical and ecumenical • Tune research • Representation of female versions) • Key, chords, vocal arrangements composers/authors • Text revisions • Accompaniments 900 • Balance of contributors (names • Collaboration with writers • Pairings of text and tune of authors/composers/artists • Additional languages • Inviting new compositions restored) • Consulting groups PRODUCTION • Copyediting • Engraving • Proofreading 775 • Permissions • Indexing How Worship Resources Were Chosen for Voices Together SOURCES OF RESOURCES • Current Collections FORM SCREENING WORSHIP SCRIPTURE GROUP TEAMS RESOURCES SCRIPTURE • Alberta COMMITTEE WORSHIP • Kansas SCREENING RESOURCES PROPOSAL • Pennsylvania DEVELOP LONGLIST • Ontario OF POSSIBLE • Digital Library of Published Sources READINGS • Open Submissions CONSULTING GROUPS • Confessing Faith DEVELOP SHORTLIST • Spanish Language OF READINGS COMMISSIONED • African American ACCOUNTING RESOURCES • Connections to Indigenous FOR SPACE Communities • Resources from Taizé BALANCE CHECKS • American Sign Language CHOOSE WORSHIP • Surveys and focus TRANSLATIONS RESOURCES • Poetry groups COMMITTEE • Themes and functions DECISIONS AND within the table of REVISIONS NG COMMIT contents SO TE ARRANGE D E • Poetic and theological N RESOURCES SCRIPTURE AND style A FOR USE IN VISUAL ART P R I FO • Historical diversity H S IP SC WORSHIP Twelve works of art S D H R R S W and twelve pages of • Cultural diversity R R R O IP O E O O SO R T Scripture worship • Resources for settings editin S U W py g U W W o • L H resources spread C a R other than Sunday : g • Pe y R E in r o I E N d m C P throughout the col- a u worship T i e s E I O t I r s f • W i S lection that address T o o I N n C n o O d twelve key themes r s U O e P R D x N • Gathering i n S O g R H N CENTRAL PRACTICES P • Praising E I A V P M S • Creation and R I • Baptism E S R T U C E Covenant I L • Communion A T S A C L O A R R • Advent and Birth P • Footwashing T U N E of Jesus C • Child Blessing R C E • Life, Teaching, and S SELECT AND • Marriage C O Ministry of Jesus M COMMISSION M I E T E • Healing T CENTRAL WORKS OF • Death and • Funerals PRACTICES VISUAL ART Resurrection of • Church Membership GROUP Jesus • Church Leadership REVISIONS • Holy Spirit, Pentecost, Church • Baptism CALL FOR • Communion CENTRAL PRACTICES TESTING in SUBMISSIONS • Praying GROUP PREPARES congregations and at TEST DRAFTS workshops, review • Service and by Mennonite and Witness for Peace ecumenical pastors • Sending and scholars VISUAL ART PROPOSAL WRITERS PREPARE FIRST DRAFTS REVIEW CURRENT FORM FORM PROPOSE RESOURCES CENTRAL VISUAL ART SPECIFIC PRACTICES GROUP RESOURCES GROUP Where do the songs come from? Text or tune from Hymnal: A Worship Book, Text and tune from Sing the Journey, or Sing the Story Sing the Journey 63 Text or tune from or Sing the Story 94 17 Mennonite Hymnal 293 292 New to Voices Together Text and tune (ecumenical from Hymnal: hymnals, newly A Worship Book written, etc.) What languages are represented? English 740 Arabic 7 Cheyenne 3 Shona 2 Guarani 1 Sotho 1 Spanish 49 Hebrew 5 Indonesian 3 Urdu 2 Hmong 1 Telegu 1 German 23 Korean 4 Mandarin 3 Cantonese 1 Khmer 1 Thai 1 Swahili 17 Xhosa 4 Japanese 2 Catalan 1 Kiowa 1 Tonga 1 French 13 Zulu 4 Lao 2 Chin 1 Marathi 1 Tshiluba 1 Latin 13 American Sign Lingala 2 Dakota 1 Muscogee 1 Twi 1 Greek 8 Language 3 Navajo 2 Dutch 1 Norwegian 1 Portuguese 2 Filipino 1 Timeline of tunes and texts 224 157 147 TUNES 140 29 24 27 1 1 2 2 1 4 4th BC 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st Unknown Script- ture 1 2 5 2 4 4 1 2 2 6 3 3 11 11 8 8 20 17 41 48 100 TEXTS 182 278 What is the breakdown of voice parts? 58% Four Part 31% (438) Unison (237) 11% Other (84) Words for Worship (including ASL) Visual Art 12 Scripture Worship 78 Resources 179 Words for Worship 41 Resources for Central Practices Worship Resources Facts • Total worship resources: 310 • There are resources from more than 43 individual Anabaptist contributors • There 9 resources in Spanish, 4 in French, 1 in German, and one resource that includes 22 languages • 13 worship resources date from the 1500s, and 15 from before 1500 • There are resources for schools, camps, hospitals, homes, community vigils, meetings, and more 1145 FIRST LINES AND COMMON TITLES INDEX OF WORSHIP RESOURCES Titles proceeded by a † are passages of Scripture. Italic first lines are given for transla- tions when the original language also appears. † A shoot will come up .......................232 Come among us, Holy Spirit, and create a A wilderness beckons us ...................1011 community . 955 Advent Candle Lighting (Hope, Peace, Joy, Love) . 916 Come, come, whoever you are...............1047 Advent Candle Lighting (The Light Shines) ....917 Come, Holy One, work upon us ..............858 Alive (visual art) .......................... 334 Come, Holy Spirit, enter our silences ..........877 Alleluia (ASL) ...............................73 † Come, let us go up ...........................13 Alleluia! Christ is risen!......................875 Come, with your faith and your doubts........947 Allez en paix . ....................... 1052.A–C Commissioning Leaders within a Community ..965 Almighty God, to you all hearts are open ......860 Communion (visual art) . 468 Amen (ASL) ...............................687 Communion Prayer—Common Practice .......941 † Anyone who is joined to Christ ...............785 Communion Prayer—Global Celebration ......943 Apostles’ Creed ............................923 Communion Prayer—Inspired by Early † Are any of you suffering hardships? ..........727 Christian Practice.........................944 As a shepherd seeks a lost sheep..............868 Compassionate Christ, if you are my light . 1003 As John baptized Jesus in the Jordan ..........940 Confesemos nuestro pecado contra Dios .......901 As we now receive you into the fellowship.....932 Confession (Evening Prayer) ...............987.D † As you come to Christ, the living stone ........381 Congregational Commitment at Baptism ......932 At the Impulse of God’s Love (visual art) ......780 Congregational Covenant Renewal............960 At the table of Christ ........................936 Convert us, Jesus the persecuted.............1027 At this table, we receive the bread of life .......943 Creator God, thank you for people and places ..954 Creator Spirit, you clothe the flowers.........1018 Baptism with water in the name of the triune Creator, we give you thanks..................861 God.....................................930 Creemos en Dios Padre todopoderoso .........927 Barely midnight.