As Church releases 13 new hymns, leaders discuss ongoing hymnbook project and sacred music

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🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Six years after The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced in 2018 that it was working to create a new hymnbook for members to use as part of their worship and gospel study, leaders have released the first batch of hymns in four languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.

On this episode of the Church News podcast, Elder Isaac K. Morrison, a General Authority Seventy; Primary General President Susan H. Porter; and Hymnbook Committee Secretary Brooke Hirst talk about this sacred ongoing project. They are joined by guest host Church News Editor Ryan Jensen, who leads a discussion about the 13 new hymns released on Thursday, May 30, 2024. They discuss how sacred music helps members better worship Heavenly Father and the Savior Jesus Christ.

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0:00.0	I want to talk about this think a secret song.
0:12.3	We all go through difficult times in their life that they are supposed to make decisions
0:16.1	between good and bad.
0:17.4	And this song reminds us all to think a sacred song. Think of those words that
0:25.7	will give you a power. And the chorus is just so amazing. Your heart and mind would open to let the
0:33.3	spirit in and you will feel it comfort again. I think that the power of sacred music is to
0:40.8	bless us, help us to be in tune with a spirit. And this is a song that will remind us. It is a song
0:48.9	that would bring joy. It will edify us. It will comfort us. It will bless us to be able to be a true
0:57.2	disciple of Jesus Christ. And that is the essence of what we are doing here is to help all of God's
1:04.3	children to come to him.
1:17.6	This is Sarah Jane Weaver, executive editor of the Church News, welcoming you to the Church News podcast. We are taking you on a journey of connection as we discuss news and events of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
1:26.6	Six years after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Six years after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced in 2018
1:33.3	that it was working to create a new hymn book for members to use as part of their worship and gospel study,
1:39.3	leaders have released the first batch of hymns. Elder Isaac K. Morrison, a general authority 70, primary general president
1:46.7	Susan H. Porter, and hymn book committee secretary Brookhurst joined the church news podcast to talk
1:52.2	about this sacred ongoing project. They are joined by guest host Ryan Jensen, who is the church
1:58.2	news editor. He leads the discussion about the 13 new hymns, which were
2:02.7	released on Thursday, May 30th, 2024. We turn the mic over to them as they discuss the ways
2:09.1	this sacred music will help members better worship Heavenly Father and the Savior Jesus Christ.
2:15.3	President Porter, Elder Morrison, and Brooke Hurst, welcome to the Church News
2:19.1	podcast. Thank you. Thank you. We're really excited to have the three of you here. This is a subject
2:25.1	that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been talking about. They've been
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