Guides: Worship and Preaching: Music/Art

Christian Art Online

Art in the Christian Tradition
Over three thousand images freely available for educational and religious non-profit use. A database provided by the Vanderbilt University Divinity Library
The Revised Common Lectionary (Vanderbilt Divinity Library)
Scripture readings, art and prayer for each Sunday of the church year. Images may be reproduced for non-commercial purposes by teachers and worship leaders.
The Visual Faith Project Image Database
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Art and Worship

Imaging the Word
Call Number: 264.34 I31
Publication Date: 1994
Don't let the lack of a cover photo here keep you from examining this three-volume work with art from many traditions. Four pages of prayers, poetry, meditations and music for each Sunday of the Christian year.
In Wisdom's Path by Jan L. Richardson
Call Number: 242.3 R52i
Publication Date: 1999
Art and poetry for the seasons of the church year.
Music and the Arts in Christian Worship by Robert E. Webber (Editor)
Call Number: REF 264 C73 v.4
ISBN: 1562330144
Publication Date: 1994-03-01
Reference source on the arts in worship

Current Mennonite Hymnals

Voices together by Bradley Kauffman
Call Number: 782.2708897 V870
ISBN: 9781513805535
Publication Date: 2020
Voices Together is available in Reference and General Books. We have the Pew Edition, Accompaniment Book, and Worship Leader Edition. These editions are all available for sale in our bookstore as well - search "Voices Together" at anabapti.st/bookstore

Older Mennonite Hymnals

Hymnal: A Worship Book
Call Number: Worship Resources 782.2708897 H99
ISBN: 9780836180015
Publication Date: 1992
Copies of the former Mennonite hymnal are in the Reference Collection and in General Books (North). The accompaniment edition and Hymnal Companion are also in General Books (North).
A Concordance to Hymnal: A Worship Book by Schloneger, Weldon
Call Number: 782.2708897 H99 Concord.
Publication Date: 1994?
An index to all except the most common words of the hymns. Print copies are in General Books (North).

This database may also be searched on library computers. On the lab computers, select the concordance from the program menu and then create a new login using the instructions in the lower right corner of the desktop.
Sing the Journey and Sing the Story
Call Number: Worship Resources 782.2708897 H99 Suppl.1 and 2
Supplements to Hymnal: a Worship Book. Copies are in both the Reference Collection and General Books (North).

Hymnals, Other Denominations

The call number for hymnals is 782.27. Browse in this area of General Books (North) to find hymnals arranged by denomination like the following examples.

Gather
Call Number: 782.0882
Publication Date: GIA Publications, 1988
A folk hymnal from the Catholic tradition.
Lutheran Book of Worship
Call Number: 782.2708841 L975
Publication Date: Augsburg, 1978.
The United Methodist Hymnal
Call Number: 782.2708876 M597
Publication Date: United Methodist Publishing House, 1989.

Global Music and Worship

Music in the Life of the African Church by Roberta King; Jean Ygoya Kidula; James R. Krabill; Thomas A. Oduro
Call Number: 264.2096 K54
Publication Date: 2008
Worship and Mission for the Global Church by James R. Krabill (Editor); Frank Fortunato; Robin P. Harris; Brian Schrag
Call Number: 264 W936
ISBN: 9780878084937
Publication Date: 2012-06-26

Journals

The Hymn: A Journal of Congregational Song, a quarterly research journal by The Hymn Society, contains articles about hymns and reviews of new books and hymn-based compositions. Regular columns include “Hymns in Periodical Literature,” “Hymn Performance,” and “Hymn Interpretation.” In print in the AMBS Library.

Yale Journal of Music and Religion
A peer-reviewed, open access journal of interdisciplinary scholarship on the study of sacred music in its ritual, artistic, and cultural contexts.