Play and/or sing a hymn every morning before starting your day. You can sing the same hymn every day, start at the beginning of the hymn book and sing a different one every day, or anything in between.
If you have primary age children, sing a primary song with them every day before sending them to school.
Open your hymnal to one of the hymns that was sung at a recent church meeting, and look up the scriptures listed next to the hymn. This is a great way to study the scriptures.
Choose a hymn and ponder the meaning of the words. Write down your thoughts. I occasionally post hymn meditations on this blog when a hymn we sang in sacrament meeting had a special resonance for me.
Join your ward choir! If you are a choir director, have your choir sing a hymn at the beginning of each rehearsal.
Have a hymn testimony meeting(Relief Society, fireside, etc.) where members can request their favorite hymns and then everybody sings them.
If you are a music teacher, have your students learn to play hymns as part of their studies.
Put together a small group (or volunteer to sing in one) to sing one of the hymns as a special number for sacrament meeting.
Memorize the words of one of the hymns.
Sing before you pray.
Quote
We get nearer to the Lord through music than perhaps through any other thing except prayer." -- President J. Reuben Clark Jr., in Conference Report, Oct. 1936, 111
I believe that church music does not have to be difficult to be effective. Many of my compositions are written for churches that have limited resources. Below are two free choir anthems based on hymn tunes by famous composers.
"How Wondrous and Great" SATB with piano or organ. Based on the hymn tyne LYONS attributed to Joseph Michael Haydn.
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October, 2007
