MARION - The annual summer hymn sing of the First Congregational Church of Marion will be held on Sunday, July 30, at 10 a.m. The hymns will be set to tunes whose names are associated with cathedral ...

Members of the Ethnic Committee are shown, from left, first row: Carol Jones Wolosz, Heidi Ceklosky, Jean Bonn, Bette Lee Devers and Betty Jones. Second row: Bill Morgan, Kevin Ceklosky, Scott Jones, ...

From understanding hymn structure to refining vocal techniques, great hymn singing blends skill, preparation, and heartfelt worship. Choirs and congregations alike can benefit from intentional ...

*Although screen monitors are used these days, I remember the interaction while sharing a hymnal and singing together with the person next to me in church – pointing out each stanza on each staff to ...

Christian congregations have not always been allowed to lift up their hearts in songs of praise. St. Ambrose, 4th Century Bishop of Milan and teacher of St. Augustine, seems to have started ...

What is the future of congregational singing, especially in North America over the next 10 years? How is it changing? How can and should technology play a role? These questions are of first importance ...

“A hymn should be a prayer set to music,” says the Rev. Gerrit Barnes of Denver’s Christ Church (Episcopal). “It should follow the idea of ‘make a joyful noise unto the Lord.”’ Ideas change about what ...

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 ...

WEST BRATTLEBORO -- In a long-awaited celebration, the Rev. Joseph Amico will be installed as minister at First Congregational Church in West Brattleboro on Sunday, Jan. 22, at 1:30 p.m. There will be ...

Fred Kaan was known and honoured throughout the English speaking world as a hymn writer. He was in the tradition of reformed ministers such as Philip Doddridge who wrote hymns to follow and sum up the ...