Family
and Congregational hymn sings can be used for a variety of occasions or
just because you want to. We have experienced and also received
reports of significant experiences attributed to the participation in
hymn singing programs. They can be 40 minutes, one hour, or our
favorite a 90 minute fireside on Sunday evening with families
participating.
Elements
for an interesting and successful hymn sing is with appropriate
variety. Everyone participates. There can be a choir, a soloist,
readers, varying use of organ and piano accompaniments, and most of all,
the family and congregation. Some of the hymns are sung exactly as in
the hymn book and other selections melody only with special
accompaniments. We have found it successful to consider the choir or
soloists as participants rather than performers such as, one verse
soloist, another verse choir with congregation joining etc.