CHURCHES in Scotland are being forced to use karaoke machines for the singing of hymns at services due to a lack of organists. A shortage of young people learning to play the organ has led many ...

But some church congregations are having to rely on ‘hymn karaoke’ machines” at services due to a growing shortage of traditional organists.

One of Hymn Technology’s newest customers is the 15th-century St. Mary the Virgin Church in Mudford, England, which used the HT-300 recently at its services in order to give its organist a rare ...

Among the new batch of 48 hymns released by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints you’ll find an African American spiritual. “I’m Gonna Live So God Can Use Me” was released along with 10 ...

As part of a project that started more than six years ago, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released online 13 hymns to be added to the new Hymns—for Home and Church hymnbook. The ...

Vicars are turning to karaoke in an attempt to muster a choir and an organist for Sunday services. The trusty hymn books could well become a thing of the past with British church bosses looking to ...

I attempt “You Raise Me Up,” the love song some churches adopted as a contemporary hymn after Josh Groban popularized it in 2003. Both songs, Ho tells me, are his go-to picks when he sings at his ...

THEY are usually associated with debauched women's nights out or a Japanese businessman's idea of fun. Now, however, the karaoke machine is going from the local pub to the church pew.

CONGREGATIONS will be singing karaoke-style carols this Christmas as many churches ditch traditional hymn books.

But some church congregations are having to rely on ‘hymn karaoke’ machines” at services due to a growing shortage of traditional organists.