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Sunday, February 21, 2010, 3:00 p.m. "What Song Shall We Sing?" with Rachael Boles @ Kingsway Lambton United Church, Etobicoke
Our February event “What song shall we sing?” will focus on planning hymns for worship and will be of interest to musicians and clergy. It features leadership by Rachael Boles, long-time collaborative hymn-selector. The event will take place at Kingsway-Lambton United Church, The Kingsway, Etobicoke. Refreshments will be available at 2:30. Suggested donation for non-members, $10.00 to defray expenses. Click here for some background.
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ St. Andrew's United Church, Toronto, John Bell Returns
John Bell returns to inspire and instruct in a day-long session. A book service will be available. Please save the date. Registration instructions will be posted on the SOCHS website. St. Andrew's United Church is at the corner of Church and Bloor, in downtown Toronto. This event is co-sponsored by Emmanuel College, Victoria University, and the Southern Ontario Chapter of the Hymn Society. Directions to St. Andrew's. Registration Form (this will be updated to reflect the new location).
Past Events
Genevan Psalmody for Today
SOCHS’ fall event was in Waterloo, on Friday, November 20th , 7:30 p.m. in Keffer Chapel at Waterloo Lutheran Seminary. The event brought together Calvin Seerveld with Stephanie Martin and the Pax Christi Chorale to explore Genevan Psalmody in music, visuals and words.
Calvin @ 500
For the second event of SOCHS' 2008-2009 season, Bert Polman of Calvin College, Grand Rapids (and long-time teacher at Redeemer College, Ancaster), brought a wealth of experience as a scholar and lover of all things hymnological to enrich our understanding of this towering figure of reformed theology. Calvin the man and musician and how his words and thought have influenced the hymns we sing today. About 50 hymn enthusiasts gathered at Kingsway Lambton United Church in Etobicoke to hear Professor Polman speak both about Calvin and about hymn editing.
Great Hymns of Faith
For the 2008-09 season, our first event was a magnificent hymn festival featuring among many wonderful hymns the winner of last year’s SOCHS Tenth Anniversary Hymn Competition. The event took place on Sunday afternoon, October 26, at Humbercrest United Church, in Toronto's west end.
The Festival featured the Choir of Humbercrest Church with the Salvation Army Toronto Brass, and is directed by Melvin J. Hurst
There was no charge for this event, sponsored by the Southern Ontario Chapter of the Hymn Society (SOCHS, www.sochs.org). The Society is deeply grateful to the Council, Choir and Staff of Humbercrest United, and to the North York Temple of the Salvation Army for their assistance with and support of this event.
Hymn Competition Closes with Winner and Honourable Mentions
"Singing God's Song in a Strange Land"
A search for hymn texts. The deadline was 2 June 2008. Fifty-seven submissions were received from North America and Great Britain. All participants have been notified and the winner will be announced in the fall. The winning hymn was performed at a hymn festival in Toronto in October. We thank all participants for their submissions.
The winner of the competition, which was subject to blind judging, was a hymn by Stan Engle, Minister of Music at Messiah Lutheran Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Honourable mentions were given for fine texts by Frederick Harrison of Toronto and John Dalles of Florida.
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