Have you ever heard a song that makes you feel calm or hopeful? That’s what hymns do for many people. Hymns are memorable songs sung in churches during prayers or at important events, such as weddings ...

A special worship service in the University Chapel, led by the dean and the associate dean of religious life and the chapel, that features festive music of the season! With music by Kenneth Grayson, ...

Q: My favorite Advent hymn is "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel." I'm used to singing it all through Advent, but the new choir director at my parish says we're not allowed to sing it now until the fourth ...

MARION — Some churches have them, that half-page sized red book, filled with hundreds of pages of hymns. In a little more than a week, local organizers will celebrate that style of singing — and those ...

Born in 1674 in England, Isaac Watts was an impactful writer and thinker, reshaping religious education and philosophy. Known for his sharp intellect, he mastered Latin, Greek, and Hebrew early on.

Four hundred years ago, the ancestors of the song leaders who recently gathered in an Ephrata-area church likely would have sung the same hymns in the same way. They would have been sung in German, ...

Yet even at their annual worship conference, there’s room for multiple styles of music to declare the stories of the Bible. The success of “In Christ Alone” established Keith Getty as one of the ...

As part of Hope College’s celebrations marking the 1,700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed, the Hope College Orchestra will present a special Hymn-Sing concert on Friday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. in the Jack ...

East Texas Baptist University held its 15th annual Great East Texas Hymn Sing this past week at Baker Chapel in the Rogers Spiritual Life Center in Marshall. Hundreds of participants, including ...

Church pastor the Rev. Shawn Walker, left foreground, joins the audience in singing ‘God Be With You (Til We Meet Again’). In keeping with tradition at Dr. Edwards Memorial Congregational Church, each ...

Times change. Worship changes. The music of worship changes. Let’s compare the attitude expressed in today’s hot worship songs with that of the most beloved hymns of the ages. “Today” is represented ...