#68 "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"

This is another one of my favorite hymns.  The old hymnbook showed dynamic markings that I have transferred into my personal copy of the current hymnbook.  It is so much more effective with the correct dynamic markings, in my humble opinion.  I love to crank up the organ and use a lot of stops.  This is a difficult hymn to lead properly, but at the Church Music Workshop I learned a "stop; draw; beat again (retrace)" pattern that gives me more confidence to lead this hymn.  Using melded gestures for the fermatas helps the congregation follow the beat pattern.