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 ...

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 ...

*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 ...

Lifelong church musician Benjamin Harlan has lived a dynamic musical score for more than 40 years, but as the writer, composer and professor reaches his career’s coda, he has decided to instead write ...

Special musical performances highlight the holiday schedule at Mansfield's First Congregational Church. Each Sunday in December, Advent season will be celebrated with communion, special events and ...

More than 100 people are crammed into a downtown restaurant. drinks in hand, waiting for the music to begin. The host announces the first song, then all join in singing Martin Luther's classic hymn, ...

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.