*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 ...

How the director of America’s top hymnody database changed his mind about screens. What is the future of congregational singing, especially in North America over the next 10 years? How is it changing?

(RNS) — 'This idea that we need to be at war with each other over worship styles, I find ridiculous,' said center director Brian Hehn. (RNS) — Praise team leaders, organists, gospel choir members and ...

Our most important choir is made up of the men and women with untrained voices who sit in the pews. One of the most magnificent and impressive “choirs” I ever heard had never been rehearsed. It was ...

In congregational song a fluid tension exists between known and unknown music. A well-loved song brings to mind our personal faith, our faith family, personal joys, and personal sorrows. Singing it ...

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 ...

Lifelong church musician Benjamin Harlan has lived a dynamic musical score for more than 40 years, but as the writer, composer and professor reaches his career’s coda, he has decided to instead write ...

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, ...

The Haddam Neck Congregational Church, 401 Quarry Hill Road, Haddam Neck, will host a hymn sing on Sunday, July 19 at 6 p.m. in the church sanctuary. Come sing your favorite hymns and enjoy coffee and ...

The annual Gymanfa Ganu/Fall Hymn Sing of Dr. Edwards Memorial Congregational Church, Main Street, Edwardsville, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27. Scott Jones of Edwardsville will be the ...