The 2025 annual national Getty Music Sing! Conference in Nashville, TN was a landmark event as their “Sing! Hymnal” was introduced to an enthusiastic gathering of nearly 8,000 church musicians and worship leaders. Several years in the making, this will likely become the hymnal most often found in evangelical churches across America over the next couple of years. This year’s conference had the theme, “Generation to Generation,” and that was evident in the structure and selections in this hymnal, designed to reach multi-generations. The Getty team and their advisors and editors have chosen a wide sampling of hymns from all ages from centuries past to some of the newest compositions of the 21st century.
It will be a great tool to connect multi-generations at a time when many children, young people, and young adults have missed out on the opportunity to know such great hymns as “Crown Him with Many Crowns,” “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name,” “O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing,” and “Jesus, What a Friend for Sinners.” At the same time, the hymnal has a rich sampling of newer hymns of several different styles from composers like the Gettys. It also includes a healthy number of metrical Psalms for singing, a welcome emphasis to a historic practice that needs to be revived.