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1 Music Musings #200: The Favorite Hymns of United Methodists (2008) July 18, 2008 by Dean McIntyre This and previous Music Musings may be found at Since 1994 I have made periodic efforts to learn what are the favorite hymns of United Methodists. As technology has progressed and its availability grown, my methods have become more sophisticated and more accurate. Early attempts involved polling a number of identified experts (music directors, pastors, professors, hymn writers) for their opinions, not of their own personal favorites, but of the denominational favorites. From an initial sample of under 100, the number of respondents has grown in the latest polling into the thousands nearly 20,000 of them including United Methodists from congregations all over the USA. The results reveal the most accurate and detailed data yet about the favorite hymns of our denomination.

2 Here is a summary of the top ten favorites identified in the 2007 research: United Methodist Hymnal : All Responses 1 Amazing Grace 378 2 Here I Am, Lord 593 3 How Great Thou Art 77 4 Be Thou My Vision 451 5 Because He Lives 364 6 Blessed Assurance 369 7 Hymn of Promise 707 8 A Mighty Fortress 110 9 It Is Well with My Soul 377 10 Christ the Lord Is Risen Today 302 The Faith We Sing: All Responses 1 The Summons 2130 2 I ll Fly away 2282 3 As the Deer 2025 4 His Eye Is on the Sparrow 2146 5 I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry 2051 6 Shine, Jesus, Shine 2173 7 Lord, I Lift Your Name on High 2088 8 Sanctuary 2164 9 Shout to the Lord 2074 10 They ll Know We Are Christians by Our Love 2223 United Methodist Hymnal : Laity 1 Amazing Grace 378 2 How Great Thou Art 77 3 Here I Am, Lord 593 4 Because He Lives 364 5 Blessed Assurance 369 6 Be Thou My Vision 451 7 A Mighty Fortress 110 8 It Is Well with My Soul 377 9 Hymn of Promise 707 10 In the Garden 314 The Faith We Sing: Laity 1 I ll Fly away 2282 2 His Eye Is On the Sparrow 2146 3 Lord, I Lift Your Name on High 2088 4 As the Deer 2025 5 Sanctuary 2164 6 Shine, Jesus, Shine 2173 7 Shout to the Lord 2074 8 They ll Know We Are Christians 2223 9 Awesome God Just a Closer Walk with Thee 2040 2158 10 I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry The Summons 2051 2130 United Methodist Hymnal .

3 Clergy 1 Here I Am, Lord 593 2 Be Thou My Vision 451 3 Amazing Grace 378 4 Hymn of Promise 707 5 It Is Well with My Soul 377 6 A Mighty Fortress 110 7 Christ the Lord Is Risen Today 302 8 Because He Lives 364 9 How Great Thou Art 77 10 Great Is Thy Faithfulness 140 The Faith We Sing: Clergy 1 The Summons 2130 2 I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry 2051 3 As the Deer 2025 4 Shine, Jesus, Shine 2173 5 Gather Us In 2236 6 We Are Marching/Siyahamba 2235 7 Come and Find the Quiet Center Sanctuary 2128 2164 8 I ll Fly away 2282 9 Grace Alone 2162 10 Lord, I Lift Your Name on High 2088 The United Methodist Hymnal : Congregational Singers 1 Amazing Grace 378 2 Here I Am, Lord 593 3 How Great Thou Art 77 4 Be Thou My Vision 451 5 Because He Lives 364 6 Hymn of Promise 707 7 Blessed Assurance 369 8 It Is Well with My Soul 377 9 A Mighty Fortress 110 10 Christ, the Lord Is Risen Today 302 The Faith We Sing: Congregational Singers 1 The Summons 2130 2 I ll Fly away 2282 3 I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry 2051 4 Shine, Jesus, Shine 2173 5 Sanctuary 2164 6 Lord, I Lift Your Name on High 2088 7 His Eye Is On the Sparrow 2146 8 As the Deer 2025 9 Shout to the Lord 2074 10 They ll Know We Are Christians 2223 The United Methodist Hymnal .

4 Choir or Music Director 1 Be Thou My Vision 451 2 Amazing Grace 378 3 Here I Am, Lord 593 4 Hymn of Promise 707 5 A Mighty Fortress 110 6 It Is Well with My Soul 377 7 How Great Thou Art 77 8 Blessed Assurance 369 9 Because He Lives 364 10 Spirit Song 347 The Faith We Sing: Choir or Music Director 1 The Summons 2130 2 As the Deer I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry 2025 2051 3 I ll Fly away 2282 4 Grace Alone Shine, Jesus, Shine 2162 2173 5 Shout to the Lord 2074 6 Sanctuary You Are Mine 2164 2218 7 His Eye Is On the Sparrow 2146 8 Lord, I Lift Your Name on High 2088 9 Change My Heart, O God 2152 10 Gather Us In Star-Child They ll Know We Are Christians 2236 2095 2223 The United Methodist Hymnal : Under Age 30 1 Be Thou My Vision 45 2 Here I Am, Lord 593 3 Amazing Grace 378 4 How Great Thou Art It Is Well with My Soul 77 377 5 Come, Thou Fount 400 6 Blessed Assurance Christ, the Lord Is Risen Today 369 302 7 A Mighty Fortress 110 8 O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing 57 9 Because He Lives Holy, Holy, Holy!

5 Lord God Almighty Hymn of Promise Lord of the Dance 364 64 707 261 10 Great Is Thy Faithfulness 140 The Faith We Sing: Under Age 30 1 The Summons 2130 3 I ll Fly away Sanctuary 2282 2164 3 I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry 2051 4 Mothering God, You Gave Me Birth We Are Marching/Siyahamba 2050 2235 5 Awesome God I Am Your Mother Shine, Jesus, Shine 2040 2059 2173 6 As the Deer His Eye Is on the Sparrow I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry Womb of Life 2025 2146 2051 2046 7 Gather Us In 2236 8 Shout to the Lord Wade in the Water We Are Called 2074 2107 2172 9 Give Thanks Lord, I Lift Your Name on High You Are Mine 2036 2088 2218 10 Come and Find the Quiet Center 2128 The United Methodist Hymnal : 31-50 1 Amazing Grace 378 2 Here I Am, Lord 593 3 Be Thou My Vision 451 4 How Great Thou Art 77 5 It Is Well with My Soul 377 6 Blessed Assurance 369 7 Hymn of Promise 707 8 Because He Lives 364 9 A Mighty Fortress 110 10 Christ, the Lord Is Risen Today Great Is Thy Faithfulness 302 140 The Faith We Sing: 31-50 1 The Summons 2130 2 I ll Fly away 2282 3 Shine, Jesus, Shine 2173 4 Lord, I Lift Your Name on High 2088 5 Sanctuary 2164 6 As the Deer 2025 7 Shout to the Lord 2074 8 I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry 2051 9 Gather Us In 2236 10 They ll Know We Are Christians 2223 The United Methodist Hymnal .

6 51-70 1 Amazing Grace 378 2 How Great Thou Art 77 3 Here I Am, Lord 593 4 Because He Lives 364 5 Blessed Assurance 369 6 Be Thou My Vision 451 7 A Mighty Fortress 110 8 It Is Well with My Soul 377 9 Hymn of Promise 707 10 In the Garden 314 The Faith We Sing: 51-70 1 I ll Fly away 2282 2 His Eye Is On the Sparrow 2146 3 Lord, I Lift Your Name on High 2088 4 As the Deer 2025 5 Sanctuary 2164 6 Shine, Jesus, Shine 2173 7 Shout to the Lord 2074 8 They ll Know We Are Christians 2223 9 Awesome God Just a Closer Walk with Thee 2040 2158 10 I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry 2051 The United Methodist Hymnal : Over 70 1 Amazing Grace 378 2 How Great Thou Art 77 3 Here I Am, Lord 593 4 Because He Lives 364 5 Blessed Assurance 369 6 Be Thou My Vision 451 7 A Mighty Fortress 110 8 It Is Well with My Soul 377 9 Hymn of Promise 707 10 In the Garden 314 The Faith We Sing: Over 70 1 I ll Fly away 2282 2 His Eye Is On the Sparrow 2146 3 Lord, I Lift Your Name on High 2088 4 As the Deer 2025 5 Sanctuary 2164 6 Shine, Jesus, Shine 2173 7 Shout to the Lord 2074 8 They ll Know We Are Christians 2223 9 Awesome God Just a Closer Walk with Thee 2040 2158 10 I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry 2051 Songs and Hymns Requested to Be Included in a New Hymnal that Are Not Now Included in The United Methodist Hymnal or The Faith We Sing Listed in Order of Frequency Requested 1.

7 Love Lifted Me 2. Open the Eyes of My Heart, Lord 3. Amazing Love 4. God Bless America 5. He Hideth My Soul 6. Heaven Came Down 7. Ivory Palaces 8. Let Us Sing Unto the Lord 9. O Holy Night Also see: Complete Survey Data for 2007-2008 Research Favorite Hymns of United Methodists (2007) Favorite Hymns of United Methodists IN 2000 and 2006 _____ Copyright 2008 The General Board of Discipleship of The United Methodist Church (Dean B. McIntyre, Director of Music Resources); PO Box 340003; Nashville TN 37203-0003; telephone 877-899-2780, ext. 7070; website < >. This article may be reprinted and used for nonprofit local church and educational use with the inclusion of the complete copyright citation plus the words "Used by permission." It may not be sold, republished, altered, used for profit, or placed on a website.

8 Dean McIntyre, Director of Music Resources The General Board of Discipleship of The United Methodist Church PO Box 340003; Nashville TN 37203-0003 Telephone 877-899-2780, ext 7073 (toll free) Telephone 615-340-7073. Fax 615-340-7015 Email Address: Website < >