*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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Diane Louise Jordan's Greenbelt Festival at 40 special with congregational hymns and big crowd Worship songs; and guests Graham Kendrick, Ben Cantelon and Daughters of Davis perform live. Marking the ...

Who says people don’t like hymn books? “Talk to anyone who works in churches and they’ll tell you how hymn books have a way of walking off,” said Carl Daw with a chuckle. “I think the death of the ...

I have to confess that my heart sinks when we sing a song in church that’s less than 30 years old. Hymns are one of the only remaining doors through which names, sounds, and words from the church’s ...

BRATTLEBORO -- July 3 is the Third Sunday after Pentecost at First Congregational Church in West Brattleboro. The Rev. Joseph Amico’s sermon will be "The Invitation to Rest" based on Matthew 11:16-19, ...