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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CANTON − The "Father of Church Music" in Stark County is being feted for nearly 80 years of ministry. Friends and admirers of W.

Late Saturday afternoon, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Evanston, was filled to the rafters with music as participants lifted their voices in song in celebration of the centennial anniversary of the ...

It's been 20 years since the pipe organ at a Door County church has been played, but that will change this weekend.

For many worshippers, only a pipe organ makes church feel like church. That is apparently the sentiment of the leadership and a significant percentage of the congregation of Valley Baptist Church, so ...

Hymns from a decades-old organ can be heard once again traveling through the sanctuary of Grace United Methodist Church in Hagerstown. The 1929 Moller organ can be played again thanks to a $243,000 ...

ANDOVER — It's a gift to themselves 50 years in the making. The pipes of the organ at Christ Church were out of tune due to deterioration, improper placement, and poor tonal concepts. In addition, the ...

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(RNS) — Rahel Daulay, a Methodist who had traveled from Indonesia, was explaining the proper way to dance while singing a hymn she had brought from Southeast Asia — bending knees slightly “to humble ...

FARGO — There are a hundred ways a town can be silent during a pandemic. No sounds of children in school. No sounds of laughter from a restaurant. No soundtracks from movies. On Sundays, no sounds of ...

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.