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SUMMARY:Hymn Society Annual Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Hymn Society Annual Conference 2019\nThis year’s Annual Conference theme is “Each Breath Is Borrowed Air.” Join over 300 of the nation’s top hymn scholars\, teachers\, and practitioners to learn and sing together. \nDallas\, TX \nJuly 14-18\, 2019 \n  \nFor more information about this amazing event\, click here. \n  \n 
URL:https://congregationalsong.org/event/hymn-society-annual-conference-2/
LOCATION:University of Texas\, Dallas\, 800 W Campbell Rd\, Richardson\, TX\, 75080\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,Hymn Festival
ORGANIZER;CN="The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada":MAILTO:office@thehymnsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190605T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190605T203000
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CREATED:20190515T172018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190515T172109Z
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SUMMARY:Draw the Circle Wide
DESCRIPTION:Join Director of The Center for Congregational Song and a variety of Athens and Atlanta based artists in a hymn-singing and improvisatory concert. It’s free and open to the public. The first half of the event will be a sharing session of hymns and congregational songs from a variety genres. The second half of the concert will be in the style of “circle-singing\,” which is a style of vocal improvisation that includes the entire audience under the leadership of Brian Hehn and some friends. \nDate: Wednesday\, June 5\, 2019 \nLocation: Seney-Stovall Chapel\, Athens\, GA \nTime: 6:30PM to 8:30PM
URL:https://congregationalsong.org/event/draw-the-circle-wide/
LOCATION:Seney-Stovall Chapel\, 200 North Milledge Avenue\, Athens\, GA\, 30602\, United States
CATEGORIES:Centered in Song,Hymn Festival
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181111T173000
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SUMMARY:Veterans Day Hymn Festival
DESCRIPTION:Invitation\nIn collaboration with the Center for Sacred Music at Virginia Wesleyan University\, we are excited to be singing together this Veterans Day. The festival\, “In Times of Trouble\, O God of Peace\,” will include a hymn written during World War I\, great hymns of the faith\, and some new hymns written about God’s kingdom of peace. We hope you’ll join us for this festival of song in which we’ll pray and sing together. \n  \nDate\, Time\, & Location\n4PM on Sunday\, November 11th\, 2018 \nWycliffe Presbyterian Church\, 1445 N. Great Neck Road\, Va Beach  (ph: 757-496-2620) \n  \nFestival Leader\n \nBrian Hehn is an inspiring song-leader equally comfortable leading an acapella singing of “It Is Well” as he is drumming and dancing to “Sizohamba Naye.” Experienced using a variety of genres and instrumentations\, he has lead worship for Baptists\, Roman Catholics\, United Methodists\, Presbyterians\, and many more across the U.S. and Canada. He received his Bachelor of Music Education from Wingate University\, his Master of Sacred Music from Perkins School of Theology\, Southern Methodist University\, and is certified in children’s church music (K-12) by Choristers Guild. He has articles published on sacred music and congregational song in multiple journals and co-authored the book All Hands In: Drumming the Biblical Narrative\, published by Choristers Guild. While working for The Hymn Society as the Director of The Center for Congregational Song\, he is also Associate Director of Contemporary Music at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore\, Maryland\, and adjunct professor of church music at Wingate University in Wingate\, North Carolina. Brian lives in Baltimore\, Maryland\, with his wife\, Eve\, and son\, Jakob. \n  \n 
URL:https://congregationalsong.org/event/veterans-day-hymn-festival/
LOCATION:Wycliffe Presbyterian Church\, 1445 N. Great Neck Road\, Virginia Beach\, VA\, 23454\, United States
CATEGORIES:Hymn Festival
ORGANIZER;CN="The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada":MAILTO:office@thehymnsociety.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181024
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181027
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SUMMARY:SHARING THE SONG
DESCRIPTION:Invitation\nWe invite you to participate in SHARING THE SONG\, a workshop for song leaders excited to nurture and sustain singing in their communities. Experience three days of learning\, reflection\, and skill building with Alice Parker and Paul Vasile\, and grow in your ability to inspire others to make beautiful music with their voices! \nSharing the Song is designed for community song leaders seeking to strengthen and refine their skills so they can encourage beautiful music-making wherever they go! \nSharing the Song is generously supported by Melodious Accord\, Music That Makes Community\,  Eden Theological Seminary\, and The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada\, as well as other corporate and private donors. \n  \nFor more information about this event\, go to: http://www.sharingthesong.com/
URL:https://congregationalsong.org/event/sharing-the-song/
LOCATION:Eden Theological Seminary\, 475 East Lockwood Avenue\, St. Louis\, MO\, 63119\, United States
CATEGORIES:Hymn Festival,Workshop
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181006T180000
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CREATED:20180504T181329Z
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SUMMARY:Centered in Song - Brooklyn\, NY
DESCRIPTION:INVITATION TO BROOKLYN\nThe “Centered in Song” launch tour for The Center for Congregational Song is coming to Brooklyn! Join organist\, composer\, and master song leader Mark Miller for a day celebrating the importance and power of congregational song. There will be sessions on justice in music-making\, introducing The Center for Congregational Song\, and a closing hymn festival. Come join in the song! \nLEADERS\nMark Miller believes passionately that music can change the world. He also believes in Cornell West’s quote that ‘Justice is what love looks like in public.’ His dream is that the music he composes\, performs\, teaches and leads will inspire and empower people to create the beloved community.Mark serves as Assistant Professor of Church Music at Drew Theological School and is a Lecturer in the Practice of Sacred Music at Yale University. He also is the Minister of Music of Christ Church in Summit\, New Jersey. \nJacque Jones has been writing in various forms all her life and in recent years has taken up the challenge of writing hymn texts. Her hymn text collection Songs Unchanged Yet Ever Changing was published in 2015 by GIA. Jacque has been a member of The Hymn Society since 2003\, and is currently serving as its Immediate Past President\, having served previously as Treasurer and President. A native of Texas\, Jacque lives in New York and is an active member of the laity at Plymouth Church in Brooklyn Heights. \nAna Hernandez is a composer/arranger\, workshop facilitator\, author\, and mischief maker. She works with people to create beautiful liturgies in many different styles; from early music to contemplative\, to drummy and participatory. She facilitates deep and meaningful conversations using the Art of Hosting modalities. \nBrian Hehn is the director of The Center for Congregational Song. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nREGISTRATION\n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://congregationalsong.org/event/centered-in-song-brooklyn-ny/
LOCATION:Plymouth Church\, Brooklyn\, 75 Hicks St.\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Centered in Song,Hymn Festival,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20180929T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20180929T170000
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SUMMARY:Centered in Song - Toronto 2018
DESCRIPTION:Invitation to Toronto\nJoin us to learn about our ground-breaking new resource The Center for Congregational Song! You will hear from some of Toronto’s top song leaders and hymnologists and sing together in a “Big Sing\,” celebrating the diversity of the church’s song. \nRegistration\nRegistration is free\, but required so that we can make sure that our venue has enough space to house everyone. \nRSVP for this event using the form below: \n\n  \nPlenary Speaker\nDr. Lim Swee Hong is the Deer Park Associate Professor of Sacred Music at Emmanuel College\, and the Director of the Master of Sacred Music Program. Before joining Emmanuel on July 1\, 2012\, Swee Hong served as an Assistant Professor of Church Music at Baylor University\, Texas. Prior to his work at Baylor\, he served as the Lecturer of Worship\, Liturgy\, and Music at Trinity Theological College in Singapore. He is also the Director of Research for the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nMore Presenters\nWe are excited to have an all-star lineup of Toronto-based leaders! \nRev. Denise Gillard is the founder and Executive Artistic Director of TC3 and The HopeWorks Connection\, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to empower youth through the performing arts\, academics and relieving poverty. \nJason Locke is a church musician\, choir director and composer\, living in Toronto\, Canada. \nHussein Janmohamed is a Toronto-based choral artist\, composer and music facilitator/conductor passionate about excellence in the choral arts as a medium for cultural dialogue\, building positive relations\, and accessing the human spirit. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nLori-Anne Dolloff is Associate Professor of Music Education and the Area Head for Choral Music at the Faculty of Music in the University of Toronto. Her research in music education has also served to support music education in First Nations communities. Dolloff is also a composer/arranger with many choral pieces published with Boosey & Hawkes\, and is frequently sought out as a guest conductor for choral festivals and workshops. \nHilary Seraph Donaldson is a congregational song enlivener with a passion for strengthening community through shared song\, global music\, and paperless worship. \nBecca Whitla works as a community music maker and organizer in Toronto and is the Director of Chapel at Emmanuel College.For Becca\, music is a critical\, vibrant and healing part of any community. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n\nEvent Co-Sponsors\nWe are grateful to our co-sponsors for this event\, the Southern Ontario Chapter of The Hymn Society\, or “SOCHS.” For more information on SOCHS\, you can go to their website: http://sochs.org/ \n 
URL:https://congregationalsong.org/event/toronto2018/
LOCATION:Eastminster United Church\, 310 Danforth Ave.\, Toronto\, ON\, M4K 1N6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Centered in Song,Conference,Hymn Festival,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180901T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180901T160000
DTSTAMP:20260430T161310
CREATED:20180614T141413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180810T174507Z
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SUMMARY:Centered in Song - San Francisco Bay Area 2018
DESCRIPTION:INVITATION TO EL SOBRANTE\nJoin us for a day of celebrating the power and importance of singing together. This event is one of the last of many events during our year long nationwide tour to celebrate the opening of The Center for Congregational Song. The leadership will include some of the most skilled and forward-thinking song leaders and composers from the San Francisco Bay area. \n  \nA Special thanks to our sponsor and partner for this event\, Music That Makes Community. \n \n  \n\n\n\nREGISTRATION\nRegistration costs $20 and includes lunch. We are happy to accommodate any dietary restrictions you may have if you indicate those restrictions in your registration form. \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER\n  \nPRESENTERS\nEileen M. Johnson studied at Westminster Choir College (BMus) and Concordia University\, River Forest (MCM)\, with further studies at Bethany Theological Seminary and Pacific School of Religion. Johnson holds the Colleague certification from the American Guild of Organists and is a former Executive Committee member of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. She was on the editorial team for the hymnal supplement Spirit Anew: Singing Prayer and Praise (WoodLake Books) and has written hymn performance columns and reviews of hymn-based music for The Hymn. Johnson is a contributor to the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. She currently serves as Music Director at El Sobrante United Methodist Church\, El Sobrante\, California\, where she plays organ and piano\, directs an adult choir and handbell choir\, and leads the Kairos Praise Band (while playing electric bass). \nDonald Schell’s forty plus years experience as an Episcopal priest has included work as a university chaplain (with a daily\, sung liturgy)\, as vicar of small-town mission church in Idaho\, and (with Rick Fabian) as founder and rector of St. Gregory of Nyssa Church\, San Francisco. In all these settings Donald has found music essential to building liturgical community and touching people’s hearts for mission. Since beginning Music that Makes Community as a project of All Saints Company\, Donald worked with a network of clergy and church musicians recovering and renewing community-based practices of learning and sharing singing. In 2007\, just after launching Music that Makes Community as a project\, Donald joined All Saints Company full time in order to consult\, publish\, and lead workshops on the discoveries made at St. Gregory’s and develop Music that Makes Community workshops and network. For the program year beginning September 2014\, Donald is serving as Interim Rector of Christ Church (Episcopal)\, Portola Valley\, California. Donald has written My Father\, My Daughter: Pilgrims on the Road to Santiago and has contributed chapters to Searching for Sacred Space\, to What Would Jesus Sing? and to Music By Heart: Paperless Songs for Evening Worship. \nDan Damon is an internationally published writer of hymn texts and tunes\, pastor of First United Methodist Church\, Richmond\, CA\, and adjunct faculty in church music at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley\, CA. Dan plays piano in clubs in the San Francisco area and studied piano and composition with Richard Hindman. Three collections of Dan’s hymns have been published\, and his hymns can be found in many hymnals. \nRosa Cándida Ramírez is the worship Pastor of La Fuente Ministries\, an intercultural\, intergenerational bilingual ministry in Pasadena\, California. As a second generation Latina\, she is passionate about the role of language and culture in worship\, and the creation of bilingual worship resources. During her time as a student\, she worked with Fuller Theological Seminary’s All-Seminary Chapel in helping create intercultural worship and is currently working as a consultant with the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://congregationalsong.org/event/sfbay-2018/
LOCATION:El Sobrante United Methodist Church\, 670 Appian Way\, El Sobrante\, CA\, 94803\, United States
CATEGORIES:Centered in Song,Hymn Festival,Workshop
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ORGANIZER;CN="The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada":MAILTO:office@thehymnsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180428T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180428T164500
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SUMMARY:Centered in Song - Ottawa
DESCRIPTION:We can’t wait for The Center for Congregational Song to join our voices with the people of Ottawa! We’ll hear from some of Canada’s top song-leaders and sing together with a closing hymn festival. This workshop will also feature a “serve & sing” where we purposefully connect our song with mission and service. Registration is still open\, so register today. \nEmail ccs@thehymnsociety.org for more information.\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER
URL:https://congregationalsong.org/event/centered-song-ottawa/
LOCATION:Kanata United Church\, 33 Leacock Dr.\, Kanata\, ON\, K2K 2B9\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Centered in Song,Hymn Festival,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20180407T090000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20180407T193000
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SUMMARY:Centered in Song - Washington D.C.
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a day of workshops on congregational song that will run concurrently with a children’s choir festival! This celebratory event will include an information session about the new Center for Congregational Song\, a children’s choir master-class with composer and master conductor John Horman\, and a session on children and hymns with children’s choir expert Andrea Baxter. The workshops and concluding hymn festival are being hosted at First Congregational Church of Washington D.C.\, which is just two blocks from the National Portrait Gallery. \nANNOUNCEMENT – The Plenary address in the afternoon will be by acclaimed song leader Ken Nafziger. \nCOST: $25/adult (email ccs@thehymnsociety.org for group rates) \nClick Here To Register\n 
URL:https://congregationalsong.org/event/centered-song-washington-d-c/
LOCATION:First UCC Church Washington DC\, 945 G St NW\, Washington DC\, DC\, 20001\, United States
CATEGORIES:Centered in Song,Hymn Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180203T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180203T173000
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SUMMARY:Centered in Song - Chicago\, Park Ridge
DESCRIPTION:Director of The Center for Congregational Song Brian Hehn and some special guests will introduce participants to all that new Center for Congregational Song has to offer\, including our ground-breaking Resource Connection Tool. Other topics will include “breaking through the traditional/contemporary divide\,” “Breaking Down The Walls: Congregational Song as Catechesis for Spiritual Seeker\,” and a concluding song festival. \nClick Here To RSVP – $20 Registration\nOur Plenary Address will be given by acclaimed author of The Next Worship: Glorifying God in a Diverse World\, Sandra Van Opstal. For more information about Sandra’s work and ministry\, you can go to her website: www.sandravanopstal.com \nVenue: St. Luke’s Lutheran Church\, 205 N. Prospect Ave. Park Ridge\, IL 60068
URL:https://congregationalsong.org/event/introducing-chicago-to-the-center-for-congregational-song/
LOCATION:St. Luke’s Lutheran Church\, Park Ridge\, Illinois
CATEGORIES:Centered in Song,Hymn Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20180201T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20180201T163000
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SUMMARY:Centered in Song - Chicago\, Wheaton College
DESCRIPTION:CLICK TO REGISTER\nCome join Director of The Center for Congregational Song\, Brian Hehn\, and some of the nation’s top voices on worship as we introduce participants to all that new Center for Congregational Song has to offer\, including our ground-breaking Resource Connection Tool. For $35\, you’ll get to spend the day with Chuck Fromm of Worship Leader Magazine\, Leaders of United Adoration\, Wheaton Faculty including Tony Payne and John William Trotter\, and Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary’s Center for Music and Worship in the Black Church Experience Advisory Committee Member\, Dr. Alisha Lola Jones. \nSCHEDULE\n8:30AM – Check In \n9AM – Greeting from Dean Michael Wilder & Round Tables Discussions Hosted by Conference Clinicians \n10AM – Chuck Fromm on the borderlands between diverse practices of music and worship \n11AM – Plenary Address – Dr. Alisha Lola Jones \nNoon – Lunch (included in registration price) \n1:30PM – Brian Hehn on The Mission of The Center for Congregational Song \n2:15PM – Coffee Break \n2:45PM – John William Trotter on Improvisation\, Choral Music\, Congregational Song \n3:45PM – Closing Hymn Festival – John William Trotter and friends \n4:30PM – Dismissal \n5:30PM to 7:30PM – Optional Dinner\, location TBD (Pay on your own) \n  \nCLICK TO REGISTER\n  \nThank you to: \n\nWheaton College Conservatory of Music for hosting the event\nHope Publishing for sponsoring lunch\nGarret Evangelical Theological Seminary’s The Center for Music and Worship in the Black Church Experience for sending Dr. Alisha Lola Jones\nUnited Adoration for sending a representative\n\n 
URL:https://congregationalsong.org/event/centered-song-wheaton-college/
LOCATION:MO\, United States
CATEGORIES:Centered in Song,Hymn Festival,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20171111T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20171111T133000
DTSTAMP:20260430T161310
CREATED:20170725T214206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171027T192813Z
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SUMMARY:Centered in Song - Tennessee
DESCRIPTION:Join guest theologian and worship scholar Adam Perez and Director of The Center for Congregational Song Brian Hehn for a morning of free workshops on congregational song. The free workshop will be followed by a community choir rehearsal where we will prepare to lead the Veterans Day Hymn Festival\, which begins at noon. \nTo RSVP For This Free Event\, click here.\n 
URL:https://congregationalsong.org/event/congregational-song-workshop-veterans-day-hymn-festival/
LOCATION:First United Methodist Church\, Cookeville\, Tennessee
CATEGORIES:Centered in Song,Hymn Festival
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20171103T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20171104T163000
DTSTAMP:20260430T161310
CREATED:20170725T213746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171012T195730Z
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SUMMARY:Wake Forest University Church Music Conference
DESCRIPTION:Join a stellar faculty put together by Musician In Residence at Wake Forest Divinity Sally Morris for a weekend of singing and learning about congregational song. Featured guests include Director of The Center for Congregational Song Brian Hehn\, Composer Mark Miller\, and Church Music Professor Emeritus of Perkins School of Theology C. Michael Hawn. For more information on this event\, click here.
URL:https://congregationalsong.org/event/wake-forest-university-church-music-conference/
LOCATION:First Baptist Church Winston-Salem\, 501 W 5th St\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27101\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,Hymn Festival
ORGANIZER;CN="Sally Ann Morris":MAILTO:morissa@wfu.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171029T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171029T173000
DTSTAMP:20260430T161310
CREATED:20171012T195051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191108T141958Z
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SUMMARY:Reformation 500: A Hymn Festival
DESCRIPTION:Join festival leader Bob Crocker and other leading Southern California church musicians in a commemoration of the 500th anniversary since the Reformation. Hymns from a variety of styles and time periods will illustrate the rich legacy of congregational song over the last 500 years.
URL:https://congregationalsong.org/event/reformation-500-hymn-festival/
LOCATION:Immanuel Presbyterian Church\, 3300 Wilshire Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Hymn Festival
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