Why bother with a hymn book?

Brian Edwards  |  Features
Date posted:  1 May 2002
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The age of OHPs and data projection is not just here to stay, it is here to be improved and expanded.

For this reason most hymn books offer their words on CD as well, and in many churches the hard copies are stacked in a dark cupboard somewhere out of sight. But why has the hymn book gone out of fashion?

First. Because hymn books are expensive and bulky. Certainly they are, but how much cost and inconvenience are we prepared to invest in one of the most significant parts of our corporate worship of God?

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