Care home residents Mary Barrow and Susan McLaughlin enjoyed a festive outing to the filming of the Songs of Praise Christmas ...
Sister Amiya spent 42 years as a teacher and has been a passionate composer of sacred music. The Bangladeshi religious has written lyrics for more than 100 hymns.
I was filling my backpack in preparation for a sabbatical and included my Bible and a small handful of books, but had not intended to take a hymnal. However, it ...
The building in Grand Blanc Township served a congregation of about 150 members. And that number was growing, according to a frequent visitor. By Lauren Jackson The Michigan church where a gunman ...
Prayer and reflection are integral to so many of the world’s faiths and it’s a privilege to be invited into these sacred spaces, across all four Nations, during such personal moments of spiritual and ...
Not long ago a radio speaker declared that a good Bible hour is better than a dozen sermons. One may be justified in saying also that a good evangelical hymn is better than much of the preaching one ...
One of my close friends cries almost every time our congregation sings a hymn. Clearly, music moves him. Sacred music especially. Who knew architects could be such softies? I was thinking about him as ...
THE CREWS ARE STILL WORKING TO CONFIRM THAT WAS THE CAUSE. MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM PREPARED AND DELIVERED HOLIDAY MEALS TO FIRST RESPONDERS TODAY. ORGANIZERS SAY IT’S A WAY TO GIVE ...
The Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Amphilochios and priest Atanas Sultanov presided over the singing of hymns describing the life of Jesus and the reading of prayers, while the congregation lit candles ...
“Silent Night” is one of the most popular Christmas hymns, often sung in churches lit only by candles. The song describes a “tender and mild” infant Christ slumbering undisturbed in “heavenly peace.” ...
Prince George was feeling the festive spirit at his mom Kate Middleton’s annual “Together at Christmas” carol service. The second-in-line for the throne, 11, was all smiles as he listened to Richard E ...
The fire that consumed the First Pentecostal Church of Buford on Thanksgiving left a void in the downtown community, but it did not take away the congregation’s Christmas spirit. “We’re closer now ...