Monday, April 29, 2013

Satisfying both sides in the worship war



St John’s Church, Mickleover, Derbyshire, during the UK’s first wifi service
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Last updated at 10:39PM, April 16 2013


At a time when many churches use PowerPoint overheads for singing and when pop and show songs are twice as likely as hymns to be requested at funerals, it takes faith and courage to launch a new hymn book.

Ancient & Modern, the latest offering from the most venerable of all hymnal publishers, which weighs in at 1.3kg for the full music edition and contains 847 items, represents a resounding vote of confidence in the durability of the congregational hymn and provides a fascinating indicator of current tastes in Anglican worship.

It was the first edition of Hymns Ancient &


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