Our Anabaptist church removed all songbooks from the pew holders. Words to songs appear on the overheads. Personally, I miss singing the hymns of the past when so many have such rich wordings. But the youth like 7/11 music (7 words you repeat 11 times ). I see how they enter in and so enjoy worshipping God in this way, so I try to fit in where I can and wait for the message. For me, the new singing style leaves little room for 4 part harmony, which I really enjoyed along with the depth of the words in many old hymns.RZehr wrote:What is the songbook you would recommend for church use?
A few churches, even ours, have made an attempt at having a separate sing time using the old hymn books but this is falling off too.
Quite a different Anabaptist environment than what most of you are familiar with, I suspect.