The Rev. J. Alan McLean was making plans with some fellow ministers several years ago to mark the beginning of Lent in an ecumenical service at South Congregational Church in Hartford. “We were ...

Familiar hymns are hard to find in many churches these days, but a local church will be bringing them back during a special musical program this week. Walnut View Christian Church, 3634 S.E. 37th, ...

*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 ...

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, ...

(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 ...

African-American Baptists, white Baptists from Appalachia and Presbyterian Scottish Highlanders are gathering at Yale University to celebrate a shared tradition. It's called line singing, and it's ...

The third Sunday night of the month “Red Back Hymnal Singings” move from the Hullander Farm to the Ridgedale Baptist Church for December, January and February. Organizer Bill Hullander said there will ...

As people of Jewish faith observe Passover this week on Zoom, for Christians it is Holy Week, ending with Easter Sunday. Music is at the core of many religious rituals. Because of the COVID-19 ...

New England Congregational Church in Aurora and the Fox Valley American Guild of Organists are hosting a hymn festival featuring eight guest organists. They will perform in a concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, ...