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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As Westminster Congregational United Church of Christ prepares to celebrate 140 years, members of the congregation will honor its history Sunday through art and music. Westminster Congregational ...

Playing principal roles in the Gymanfa Ganu Fall Fling Hymn Sing at Dr. Edwards Memorial Congregational Church on Sunday were, from left: church pastor the Rev. Shawn Walker, leader of Welsh hymns ...

Randall Sensmeier has spent decades playing the organ, composing music and leading congregations in song. But he has also been bringing to light new church composers and their work. The 74-year-old ...

WEST BRATTLEBORO -- In a long-awaited celebration, the Rev. Joseph Amico will be installed as minister at First Congregational Church in West Brattleboro on Sunday, Jan. 22, at 1:30 p.m. There will be ...

Harlan serves as the minister of music at University Baptist Church, in Baton Rouge, and he is inviting a few hundred singers to join him Sunday for a hymn festival that will be patterned after a ...

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.