Hesston College Music Department will host a program called Anabaptism at Five Hundred: Hymn Festival on Sunday, January 19, 2025, 3:00 pm, at Hesston Mennonite Church. The Hymn Festival coincides with the 500th anniversary of the first Anabaptist adult baptisms that took place in Zurich, Switzerland in 1525. This event will also celebrate the release of the Anabaptist Community Bible.
The public is invited to this community wide celebration that involves singers from surrounding churches, as well as audience participation in the singing of hymns, led by Russell Adrian and Karen Unruh. The core of the program will be historical narrative by Ken Rodgers tracing important hymns and texts throughout the past five centuries.