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Hymns Sung (Virginia)
During 2017, we conducted a sacrament meeting hymns survey to find out which hymns are sung most commonly in sacrament meetings around the world. This page shows results specific to Virginia, United States. To see an overview of results from the full survey, see Hymns Sung in Sacrament Meetings.
About the data set
Church membership in Virginia (31 Dec 2017): 95,379
Congregations in Virginia (wards and branches): 200
- 15 congregations from Virginia participated in the survey (7.5%). The full list can be found below.
- 164 total sacrament meetings were reported (only a subset of wards reported every week).
Top 15 Overall
- As Now We Take the Sacrament (12)
- Because I Have Been Given Much (9)
- God Loved Us, So He Sent His Son (9)
- Jesus of Nazareth, Savior and King (9)
- Father in Heaven, We Do Believe (8)
- He Died! The Great Redeemer Died (8)
- Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee (8)
- Lord, I Would Follow Thee (8)
- We’ll Sing All Hail to Jesus’ Name (8)
- Come, Follow Me (7)
- God, Our Father, Hear Us Pray (7)
- How Gentle God’s Commands (7)
- In Humility, Our Savior (7)
- Jesus, Once of Humble Birth (7)
- There Is a Green Hill Far Away (7)
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- While of These Emblems We Partake (Aeolian) (7)
- Again We Meet around the Board (6)
- America the Beautiful (6)
- Bless Our Fast, We Pray (6)
- Come unto Jesus (6)
- Did You Think to Pray? (6)
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (6)
- How Great the Wisdom and the Love (6)
- I Stand All Amazed (6)
- Now Let Us Rejoice (6)
- Our Savior’s Love (6)
- Reverently and Meekly Now (6)
- Teach Me to Walk in the Light (6)
- ’Tis Sweet to Sing the Matchless Love (Meredith) (5)
- Again, Our Dear Redeeming Lord (5)
- Choose the Right (5)
- For the Beauty of the Earth (5)
- Glory to God on High (5)
- How Firm a Foundation (5)
- In Memory of the Crucified (5)
Top 15, Adjusted (excl. sacrament hymns)
- Because I Have Been Given Much (9)
- Lord, I Would Follow Thee (8)
- Come, Follow Me (7)
- How Gentle God’s Commands (7)
- Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee (7)
- America the Beautiful (6)
- Bless Our Fast, We Pray (6)
- Come unto Jesus (6)
- Did You Think to Pray? (6)
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (6)
- Now Let Us Rejoice (6)
- Our Savior’s Love (6)
- Teach Me to Walk in the Light (6)
- Choose the Right (5)
- Glory to God on High (5)
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- How Firm a Foundation (5)
- Love One Another (5)
- Come, Let Us Anew (4)
- Dearest Children, God Is Near You (4)
- Do What Is Right (4)
- Father, Thy Children to Thee Now Raise (4)
- For the Beauty of the Earth (4)
- Home Can Be a Heaven on Earth (4)
- I Am a Child of God (4)
- Joy to the World (4)
- Lord, We Ask Thee Ere We Part (4)
- O Little Town of Bethlehem (4)
- Oh, Holy Words of Truth and Love (4)
- Press Forward, Saints (4)
- Secret Prayer (4)
- The Spirit of God (4)
- We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet (4)
- Angels We Have Heard on High (3)
- As I Search the Holy Scriptures (3)
- Before Thee, Lord, I Bow My Head (3)