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) — They are words the Rev. John Witvliet, an expert on Christian worship, never thought he would hear himself say. “Based on the science that we are learning about this week, we are urging and I ...

*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 ...

“In a lot of churches, congregational song has been pushed aside and they see congregational singing as something ‘weakly done’ and not with a lot of conviction. This will be an event, for people ...

Lessons from a year without corporate worship. One year ago, my husband and I were still learning how to get out the door on Sunday morning for church with a two-year-old and a five-month-old during ...

GOMER — When the first annual Gymanfa Ganu took place at Gomer Congregational Church the first weekend in October in 1917, Dorothy Ridenour was only 5 years old. This year, the Gymanfa Ganu will be ...

NASHVILLE (RNS) — Keith Getty’s life is usually filled with singing. Leading worship at Christian conferences. A national singing tour, including a standing-room-only hymn sing at the Grand Ole Opry ...

NEWBURYPORT — Central Congregational Church will host the community sing “Songs of Freedom and Hope” on Sunday, March 16, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the church, 14 Titcomb St. Singing circles exist in all ...

Selections from George Friedrich Handel’s 400-year old “Messiah” reverberated throughout the sanctuary of Cadillac’s First ...

Children were the catalyst for how Conservative Jews sing in services today. Previously, the responses to a cantor (music leader) were “spontaneous, haphazard, individual, without any coordination,” ...