The Harmonia Sacra

Minutes for January 1, 2005

Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries, Elkhart, Indiana

James Nelson Gingerich called the Fourteenth Annual Singing to order with the song on page 347. Christine Guth said an opening prayer and Matthew Lind sang the song at 53. Other leaders: Samuel Sommers 282b; Kent Beck 129b; Martha Beverly 72b; Mary List and Samuel Sommers 123; Matthew Lind 75; (Bill Beverly) 107; Nick Pasqual 84b; (Margaret McLaughlin) 108; (Barbara Nelson Gingerich) 74t; (Jan Wright) 303; (Clare Cardy) 112; Kate Lind 351; (Karen Bahler) 56; (Margie Davis) 109b.

Recess

James Nelson Gingerich brought the class together with 317. Other leaders: Brad Bahler 188t; Ginny Landgraf 171; Danile Martens 264; Rachel Miller Jacobs 106b; (Loretta Hoover) 155; Samuel Sommers 333; Kent Beck 332t; Will Fitzgerald 302b;

Martha Beverly 79; (Mary List) 302; Christine Guth 258.

Lunch

Matthew Lind brought the class back with 96, 353. Other leaders: (Bill Beverly) 85; Nick Pasqual 105b; (Margaret McLaughlin) James Nelson Gingerich 221; (Kate Lind) 328; Clare Cardy and Samuel Sommers 350; (Barbara Nelson Gingerich) Matthew Lind 260; (Lori Graber) 62b; (Jan Wright) 80t; (Margie Davis) 63t; Brad Bahler 300; Ginny Landgraf 60b; James Nelson Gingerich “Love at Home”; (Danile Marten) 63b; Samuel Sommers 269.

Recess

Bill Beverly recommenced the singing with the song at page 60. Other leaders: Christine Guth 139b; Kent Beck 218b; Martha Beverly 188b; (Mary List) 116; (Will Fitzgerald) 380; Dirk Lind 290; Matthew Lind 326; (Bill Beverly) 84; Nick Pasqual 175; Carl Yoder 303; (Margaret McLaughlin) 227b; (Kate Lind) 69b; (Clare Cardy) 307; (Mary List) 204; (Danile Marten) 268; (Nick Pasqual) 242b. Announcements were made. James Nelson Gingerich said a prayer and the class closed with at 354b.

Secretary’s note: All the song numbers in these minutes refer to pages of the twenty-fifth edition of The Harmonia Sacra. If a singer selects a song and chooses not to lead it, the requester is named parenthetically in these minutes, followed by the name of the leader, if there be one, and the number of the page where the song may be found. SWS