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The hymn festival is the culmination of a short-term course on hymnology taught by Bolster and Courter during the month of January. Congregational hymn singing will be the central activity of this special service that will feature class members as singers, instrumentalists, readers, and as hymn writers and composers. The hymns selected for the festival will span several centuries and include Hymns sung in a variety of styles. Both new and familiar hymns will be included along with information about the hymn texts, tunes and their respective authors and composers. Hymns from various cultures and nations about unity in Christ and the brotherhood and sisterhood of humankind have been selected to express the motto's central message, the kinship of all people.