30th Harmonia Sacra Singing on New Year's Day

Chapel of the Word, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary
Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana
Sunday, January 1, 2023

All selections from The Harmonia Sacra, 26th ed., 2008.

Matthew Lind called the thirtieth* annual singing to order with the song on page 53.
Samuel Sommers said an opening prayer and led the song on page 218.
Leaders: 54 - Jim Helke
62 - Jan May
96 - Jan May
221 - Michael Miller
227b - Matthew Lind
228 (requested by Barbara Nelson Gingerich)
353 (requested by Barbara Nelson Gingerich)
75 - Jan May (requested by Margaret McLaughlin)
90 - James Nelson Gingerich (requested by Margaret McLaughlin)
91b - Christine Guth
268 - Christine Guth
265 - James Nelson Gingerich (requested by Will Gatewood)
63b
92 - Holly Austin
301 - Ginny Landgraf
141b - Ginny Landgraf
196 - James Nelson Gingerich (requested by Dan Thut).

Recess

James Nelson Gingerich brought the class together with 93.
Other leaders: 149 - Brandon Buxton (requested by Kathryn Flanagan)
282b - Brandon Buxton (requested by Kathryn Flanagan)
128 - Steven Hupp
101 - Samuel Sommers (requested by Molly Peck)
251 - Matthew Lind (requested by Wesley Mast)
270 - Samuel Sommers
100 - Beth Bontrager
173b - Jim Helke
359 - James Nelson Gingerich (requested by Gayle Koontz)
144 - Jan May
351 - Michael Miller
153 - Ginny Landgraf (requested by Carl Foote)
140b - James Nelson Gingerich (requested by Barbara Nelson Gingerich).

Recess

The singing resumed with Matthew Lind leading 176b.
Other leaders: 347 - Samuel Sommers (requested by Margaret McLaughlin)
310 - Christine Guth
303 - James Nelson Gingerich
62b - Holly Austin
66 - Ginny Landgraf
156 - Brandon Buxton (requested by Kathryn Flanagan)
99 - Brandon Buxton (requested by Kathryn Flanagan)
378b - Will Gatewood
349 - Samuel Sommers
97 - Beth Bontrager
188 - Jim Helke
311 - Jan May
98 - Michael Miller.

Recess

James Nelson Gingerich called the class to order with the song on page 300.
Leaders: 260 - Matthew Lind
326 - James Nelson Gingerich (requested by Barbara Nelson Gingerich)
290 (requested by Margaret McLaughlin)
355 - Will Gatewood and James Nelson Gingerich
339 - Holly Austin
192b - Ginny Landgraf
378 - Christine Guth
220 - Brandon Buxton (requested by Kathryn Flanagan)
248 - Brandon Buxton (requested by Kathryn Flanagan)
217 - Ginny Landgraf (requested by Connor Foley).
Matthew Lind asked for announcements of upcoming singings and James Nelson Gingerich led 354 as the closing song.

[*] The twenty-ninth Annual Singing was in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic prevented the class from meeting in 2021 and 2022.

Minutes: Samuel Sommers