The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has added 15 new hymns to its global collection, “Hymns—For Home and Church.” These songs are available on the online Music Library, Gospel Library, and Sacred Music app in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French.

The 15 new hymns are:

• “Close As a Quiet Prayer”
• “Come, Hear the Word the Lord Has Spoken”
• “Faith in Every Footstep”
• “Holy Places”
• “I Can’t Count Them All”
• “I Have Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ”
• “I Know That My Savior Loves Me”
• “Let Easter Anthems Ring”
• “Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling”
• “Standing on the Promises”
• “Take My Heart and Let It Be Consecrated”
• “This Little Light of Mine”
• “To Love Like Thee”
• “Welcome Home”
• “Were You There?”

This release includes newly submitted music, songs from other Christian faith traditions, and hymns that have previously been available in only a small number of languages. This brings the total number of hymns in the new global hymnbook to 37. More songs will continue to be published every few months leading up to the release of the full hymnbook in print and digital formats. Learn more in the article “Fifteen New Hymns Available to Use in Church and at Home.”

Watch the video below, “Fifteen New Hymns Available to Use in Church and at Home.” The video explains the process of “transcreation” of the hymns into other languages.

The video below gives ideas about how to introduce these new hymns to your congregation.

Some of the suggestions include the following:

• Consider introducing the new hymns gradually—no more than one new hymn each week—to help your ward become more familiar with the music.
• The accompanist could play the hymns as prelude music before sacrament meeting for multiple weeks.
• The ward choir or a small musical group could introduce a new hymn to the congregation.

You can access the new music in the Church’s digital music channels. In the Gospel Library app, tap on the Music section, or start from the Sacred Music app or the Church music website instead. In any of these channels, you’ll find the new collection right next to the current hymnbook and Children’s Songbook.

Hymn numbering. The numbering for new hymns starts at 1001 and holiday music starts at 12001.

Printing sheet music. The Church provides sheet music and audio recordings of each new song, so members can learn the new lyrics and melodies at home. If needed, wards can even use the audio recordings in sacrament meeting to accompany congregational singing. Since the printed hymnbook will not be released until 2026, not every member will have access to the digital sheet music. Wards may provide members with printed copies of any new music as needed. You can easily print sheet music from the app by selecting a song, choosing either sheet music or the lyric view, and tapping print in the drop-down menu. To print from the Music website, download a PDF copy of the music to print offline.

New hymnbook. The new hymnbook will include many new hymns as well as hymns that members are familiar with. New hymns will be released every few months in batches of 10 to 15 songs at a time until the full hymnbook is complete in 2026 in four languages. Up to 50 total languages will be published by 2030. Watch the video below to learn more and read the article “A Glimpse Into World Report April 2024: A Portion of the New Hymnbook Is Coming in May.”