%27In Christ Alone%27 a favorite new hymn with youth Gettys write songs as lasting testament They want their music to connect with souls NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Most songwriters in Nashville want to ...

When people in church raise their voices in song, it's like praying, twice. That thinking has been traced to St. Augustine and is the basis of a new program for Lent at Church of Peace United ...

According to Seyi Shay, enslaved people were made to sing those hymns written by slave owners while being subjected to torture. In her words, “I stopped going to that church. PERIODT”.

As I stood in church over time, singing and reading, I began to realize why hymns have some kind of power to stand the test of time. Amazing Grace was written in the 1700s. That’s over 200 years ...

End your Fourth of July weekend with this fun and festive event. On July 6 at 4 p.m., the Community United Methodist Church (CUMC) will host an old-fashioned community hymn sing in its sanctuary in ...

(RNS) — A new documentary details a project to revamp an 1,800-year-old hymn for a modern audience. The Oxyrhynchus Hymn is the oldest surviving Christian hymn with musical notation — and was ...

The church held a community hymn sing that featured more than 20 requests by congregants. ... "We'll honor all requests as we sing old favorites and revisit memories," Elliott said in advance.

My Favorite Hymns Album Cover Christian Singer/Songwriter Michael Stosic, from Reno Nevada, has just released his eleventh studio album on September 12, 2024 entitled “My Favorite Hymns”. I remember ...

Hymns often draw heavily on the images and tropes of the psalms. Even a simple-sounding Thanksgiving hymn like “We Gather Together” contains no fewer than 11 allusions to particular psalms .