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 ...

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, ...

Many American churches are doing everything they can to attract new generations of parishioners. And often, that means less traditional organ music and Christian hymns. But the organist at the West ...

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 ...

FITCHBURG — Members of Rollstone Congregational Church welcome the community to it’s annual Christmas Pageant, in the form of a hymn sing, at 10 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, at the church, located at 199 Main ...

*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 ...

Nothing like a golden oldie on the radio to get the feet tapping and the memories rolling. But for First Congregational Church of Houston, which prides itself on a progressive theology and an ...

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 ...

Churches are retiring their hymnals and organs, hoping to attract younger crowds, but at West Auburn Congregational in Maine, Charles Marshall has been playing for 70 years with no plans to retire.