The Daily Yonder highlights a centuries-old Appalachian hymn singing tradition, still uplifting souls through heartfelt ...
Sitting and looking out on the frothy waves crashing on the rugged shoreline outside the window of our room at an inn in ...
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 ...
For many worshippers, only a pipe organ makes church feel like church. That is apparently the sentiment of the leadership and a significant percentage of the congregation of Valley Baptist Church, so ...
Ella Jones, minister of music at First Baptist Church of Graymont, was 12 years old when her father, Pastor R.M. Joseph, asked her to play the organ during Sunday morning services. Seventy-five years ...
Jonathan K. Merritt is pictured in 2021 preparing for a Christmastime performance at Pulaski Heights Baptist Church in Little ...
A handful of area churches are blessed to have pipe organs in their sanctuaries, but only First Baptist Church of Savannah on Chippewa Square has the oldest organ and the largest with more than 4,000 ...
Late Saturday afternoon, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Evanston, was filled to the rafters with music as participants lifted their voices in song in celebration of the centennial anniversary of the ...
W. Robert Morrison has been playing organ music in Stark-area churches for 80 years, and has no sign of stopping now that ...
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.