The Harmonia Sacra

Minutes for January 1, 2025

Chapel of the Word
Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries, Elkhart, Indiana

Matthew Lind called the thirty-second annual singing to order with the song on page 53. Samuel Sommers said an opening prayer and led the song on page 64b. Leaders: Will Fitzgerald 216t; Jim Helke 90b; Hannah Lind 106b; Cecelia Kramer 97; Murray Hibbard 96; Michael Miller 158t; Gerald Shoultz 67t; (Jon Meyer) James Nelson Gingerich 217t; Brian Newell 217b; (Barbara Nelson Gingerich) James Nelson Gingerich 351; (Bonnie Meyer) Samuel Sommers 378b; Kate Lind 347; (Margaret McLaughlin) Matthew Lind 139; Gillian Inksetter 228t; Beth Bontrager 218t; Marian Mitchell 204; James Nelson Gingerich 353; Ginny Landgraf 99t.

Recess

Matthew Lind brought the class together with 303. Other leaders: Samuel Sommers 155; Will Fitzgerald 221; Cecelia Kramer 230b; Hannah Lind 349; Jim Helke 173b; Murray Hibbard 348; Michael Miller 98t; Gerald Shoultz 270; (Jon Meyer) James Nelson Gingerich 161t; Brian Newell 98b; (Barbara Nelson Gingerich) James Nelson Gingerich 227t; Kate Lind 209; (Margaret McLaughlin) Samuel Sommers 210b; Gillian Inksetter 345; Marian Mitchell 202t; (Danile Martens) Matthew Lind 227b; James Nelson Gingerich 196t; Ginny Landgraf 301.

Recess

Matthew Lind called the class back with 260. Other leaders: Samuel Sommers234b; Will Fitzgerald 290; Cecelia Kramer and Melissa Newell 131b; Hannah Lind 300; Jim Helke 188t; Murray Hibbard 108b; Michael Miller 175; Gerald Shoultz 115; Brian Newell and Melissa Newell 79t; Marian Mitchell 122t; (Barbara Nelson Gingerich) James Nelson Gingerich 326; Kate Lind and James Nelson Gingerich 355; (Margaret McLaughlin) James Nelson Gingerich 140b; Gillian Inksetter 339; Ginny Landgraf 119b. Announcements were made. James Nelson Gingerich closed the singing session with 354. Michael Miller said a prayer before the evening meal..

Recess

Secretary’s note: All the song numbers in these minutes refer to pages of the twenty-sixth 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