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Hymnal for the Elderly
Paperback
General MusicGeneral Songbooks
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 24 2026
Pages: 208
Weight: 1.09
Height: 0.44 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Hymnal for the Elderly contains 200 new hymns set to traditional SATB music and is offered as a companion for worship in later life-whether sung in a full sanctuary, in a small chapel, around a family table, or beside a bed in a quiet room. It is not a hymnal for lesser days. It is a hymnal for days that have been lived: for faith tested and refined, for love carried through seasons of joy and sorrow, and for hope learned in the long school of time.
Older voices often sing with a particular authority. They have learned the weight of simple words: mercy, daily bread, forgiveness, endurance, peace. They know that praise is not only exuberance; it is also steadfastness. They know that prayer is not only eloquence; it is also a sigh, a whispered name, a remembered line of Scripture when other words fail. This book is shaped by that wisdom. Its texts speak plainly and reverently of aging, frailty, caregiving, healing, loneliness, memory loss, grief, reconciliation, and the Christian hope of resurrection-without sentimentality, and without pretending that hard things are easy.
Because song often remains when other abilities diminish, congregational singing can become an anchor of identity and belonging. Hymns carry doctrine, memory, and comfort in a form the heart can hold. For that reason, this hymnal is designed for confident participation: sturdy meters, clear poetic stress, and a strong commitment to traditional four-part SATB hymnody. Many texts are written to familiar meters so that a small repertoire of well-loved tunes can serve many occasions. This supports communities where learning new music is difficult, and it also strengthens singing in settings such as assisted living, hospital visits, home communion, and funerals.
This hymnal is equally intended for those who care for the elderly-spouses, adult children, professional caregivers, pastors, chaplains, and friends. It provides language to speak with the suffering, to bless the weary, and to confess Christ's nearness when words feel scarce. It aims to help congregations remain whole: not separating the elderly from the worshiping body, but honoring them as integral members whose prayers and praise sustain the Church.
If these hymns do their work, they will do more than fill time in a service. They will tell the truth about life and about God. They will help the faithful give thanks for mercies received, lament losses honestly, forgive freely, persevere quietly, and entrust the final chapters of life to the One who has been faithful from the beginning. And they will keep before us the Church's enduring song: that in life and in death we belong to the Lord, and that nothing-neither weakness, nor forgetting, nor grief, nor time itself-can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus.
These 200 new hymns may be freely used, copied, and shared for any non-commercial purpose, including worship, education, and community gatherings. Commercial use is not permitted without written permission from the author.
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