DESCRIPTIONS

<p><b>Click <br />href="http://www.thepresbyterianleader.com/Forms/Hymnal-Order.aspx">here <br /><br />to order quantities for congregational <br /><br />use.</b></p><p>The new Presbyterian <br /><br />hymnal, <i>Glory to God</i>, will be <br /><br />published in September of 2013 but is <br /><br />now available for pre-order for <br /><br />individuals and congregations. This new <br /><br />book of congregational song will <br /><br />include: </p><ul><li>Over 800 hymns, psalms, <br /><br />and spiritual <br /><br />songs.</li><li>Approximately 50% of <br /><br />included hymns will be from the 1990 <br /><br />Presbyterian hymnal. The remaining <br /><br />pieces will come from former <br /><br />Presbyterian hymnals, other <br /><br />denominational songbooks, and individual <br /><br />authors and composers.</li><li>A musical <br /><br />setting of almost every Sunday <br /><br />lectionary psalm.</li><li>Music from six <br /><br />different continents.</li><li>Music <br /><br />covering all major historical and <br /><br />contemporary sacred genres, including <br /><br />approximately thirty-five African <br /><br />American/Gospel <br /><br />hymns.</li><li>Comprehensive <br /><br />indexes.</li></ul><p></p><p><i>Glory to <br /><br />God</i> will also contain worship aids <br /><br />and printed liturgies for Sunday <br /><br />services (including baptism and the <br /><br />Lord's Supper) and services for daily <br /><br />prayer. Complete orders of service will <br /><br />include congregational responses, <br /><br />prayers, and creeds. These will be <br /><br />perfect resources for "green" <br /><br />congregations, camps and conference <br /><br />centers, daily prayer services, and <br /><br />time-pressed pastors.</p><p></p><p>The pew <br /><br />edition of <i>Glory to God</i> is <br /><br />available in either of two colors, red <br /><br />and purple, in either of two versions: a <br /><br />Presbyterian edition and an ecumenical <br /><br />edit