Hamburg All-Day Singing

Ecumenical Forum
Hamburg, Germany
Saturday, October 17, 2026

The Hamburg All-Day Singing was held on Saturday, October 17, 2026 at the Ecumenical Forum in Hamburg, Germany.
Song selections in the morning were from The Sacred Harp, 2025 edition.

Lucia Ferguson called the class to order by leading 47t, Primrose.
Chloë Spreadborough offered the opening prayer.
Tobias Saalmann and Julia Sievert served as the Arranging Committee.
Leaders:
59, Holy Manna - Tobias Saalmann
325, Soldier of the Cross - Chloë Spreadborough
45t, New Britain - Bertolt Hering
54, Russell - Ulrike Tietjen
571, Hamrick - Marcos Sullivan
82b, Edgefield - Rike Fischer
326, Weary Pilgrim - Caro Stamm-Reusch
80t, Troubles Over - Dominik Fraune
192, Schenectady - Katha Bueschler and Tobias Saalmann
270, Confidence - Sebastian Borckenhagen
128, The Promised Land - Elisabeth Schallwig
215, New Topia - Jasmina Graf
255, Mechanicville - Ellen Kennedy
525, Imandra - Constantin Dorsch
360, The Royal Band - Caitlin Jay.

RECESS

Nathan Bowler called the class back to order by leading 344, Rainbow.
Leaders:
71, Leander - Julia Sievert
523, Just for a Day - Sara Hellström
163b, China - Marvin Wortman
460, Sardis - Hannah Kennedy
29t, Fairfield - Werner Ullah
115, Holbrook - Janna Itter
362, Norwich - Paul Bird
161, Southminster - Lucia Ferguson
366, Bremen - Constantin Dorsch
524, Moonlight - Elisabeth Schallwig
189, Montgomery - Caitlin Jay
472, Akin - Bertolt Hering
29b, Tribulation - Rike Fischer
146, Hallelujah - Marcos Sullivan
383, Eternal Day - Sebastian Borckenhagen
536, Sweet Majesty - Caro Stamm-Reusch.

RECESS

Tobias Saalmann and Katha Bueschler called the class back to order by leading 244, Plevna.
Leaders:
126, Babel's Streams - Constantin Dorsch
323b, Kingswood - Tobias Saalmann.
Chloë Spreadborough gave the memorial lesson, reading the names of the sick and homebound:
Derek Buckland, Inga Buckland, Rojana Wings, Nick Hall, Lilia, Irina, Lena, and Annette.
She led 70t, Gainsville, in honor of the following deceased:
Ted Johnson—Illinois, USA; Beverly Millis Haskin—Texas, USA; John Carty—Ireland; and Lino Zamboni—Italy.

Leaders:
522, Ye Heedless Ones - Jasmina Graf
544, Youthful Blessings - Dominik Fraune
377, Eternal Praise - Hannah Kennedy
575, Lisbon - Ulrike Tietjen
457, Wayfaring Stranger - Werner Ullah
236, Easter Anthem - Caitlin Jay
299, New Jerusalem - Paul Bird
478, Helen Hills Hills - Ellen Kennedy
505, Where Ceaseless Ages Roll - Rike Fischer
198, Green Street - Sara Hellström.
Marcos Sullivan offered a prayer before the lunch break.

LUNCH

Song selections in the afternoon were from The Christian Harmony, 2010 edition.

Sebastian Borckenhagen called the class back to order for the afternoon session by leading 58t, Liverpool.
Leaders:
372, I Won't Turn Back - Marcos Sullivan
1, Weary Rest - Caro Stamm-Reusch
146b, Bangor - Dominik Fraune
417b, Zanesville - Werner Ullah
171, Sessions - Sara Hellström
269t, Restoration - Paul Bird
261t, Come Thou Fount - Mandy Rose
438, The Mouldering Vine (Second) - Constantin Dorsch
55t, Carolina - Lucia Ferguson
138, Rest in the Kingdom - Elisabeth Schallwig
215, In That Morning - Ulrike Tietjen
64, Youthful Blessings - Julia Sievert
91, There is a Fountain - Tobias Saalmann
170, On My Way - Chloë Spreadborough
216b, Social Band - Jasmina Graf
240, Morning Light - Katha Bueschler and Julia Sievert
89, Northfield - Paul Bird
210t, Old Hundred - Werner Ullah.

RECESS

Tobias Saalmann called the class back to order by leading 228, Pass Me Not.
Leaders:
29, The Midnight Cry - Lucia Ferguson
155, Solemn Call - Ulrike Tietjen
9, Cords of Love - Elisabeth Schallwig
184, Where We'll Never Grow Old - Janna Itter and Marcos Sullivan
332, Babylonian Captivity - Marcos Sullivan
31t, Home - Julia Sievert
13, Traveler's Hope - Caro Stamm-Reusch
276, Worlds Beyond the Sky - Sara Hellström
209, The Lord's Supper - Constantin Dorsch
546b, Oak Grove - Werner Ullah
362, Shining Light - Katha Bueschler
492b, Supplication - Dominik Fraune
55b, Idumea - Paul Bird
432b, Fish Pond - Sebastian Borckenhagen
109, Not Made with Hands - Chloë Spreadborough.

Reports were given. All expenses were met. Thirty-eight singers from five countries sang eighty-three songs over the day.
Lucia Ferguson led 536, Symphony, as the closing song.
Nathan Bowler offered the closing prayer, and the class was dismissed.

Chairperson—Lucia Ferguson; Secretary—Nathan Bowler.