*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 ...

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 ...

The St. Francisville resident has always placed a high priority on congregational signing and the hymnody that is traced from the fourth century to the present era. “I feel that singing these songs ...

Understandably, it became more commonly known simply as “the large hymnal.” The first hymn in that first edition was “O, for ...

Read the sidebar article on the making of the new PCUSA hymnal. Hymnals are more like telephones than automobile tires. Tires wear out visibly and require replacing. Telephones, on the other hand, ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Presbyterians of every hue will have new colors poking through the pews beginning in 2013. News releases last week announced that ...

One of Pope Francis’ more memorable aphorisms, from a homily in 2014, is: “You’re able to shout when your team makes a goal, but you cannot sing the Lord’s praises?” I have heard parish song directors ...

Some claim music is rooted in our souls. Yet, if you've ever suffered through a tone-deaf friend singing along with the radio to one of your favorite tunes, you know that's not always true. When it ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The annual Gymanfa Ganu/Fall Fling Hymn Sing of Dr. Edwards Memorial Congregational Church, Main Street, Edwardsville, will be held at 3 p.m. Oct. 29. Gary Boyer of the Back Mountain will be the ...