It's been 20 years since the pipe organ at a Door County church has been played, but that will change this weekend.

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 ...

Congregational hymn singing is the hallmark of worship at the traditional Westminster Presbyterian Church in America. That’s why the Manheim Township congregation recently upgraded its 2006 ...

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 ...

First Lutheran Church in Lorain is ready to dedicate the musical instrument that joins the congregation’s hymns of praise. The church will host a dedication recital for its new pipe organ, built this ...

WEBB CITY, Mo. — Twelve area musicians and speakers will be featured at the Hymn Festival from 3-4:30 p.m. Saturday at the First Presbyterian Church, Broadway and Ball streets. A feature of the ...

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 ...

PATTERSON CREEK, W.Va. — Leitersburg resident Wally McClure got his start playing church music at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in Patterson Creek in the mid- to late 1960s under the auspices of ...

New England Congregational Church in Aurora and the Fox Valley American Guild of Organists are hosting a hymn festival featuring eight guest organists. They will perform in a concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, ...

The Bevington organ has fallen victim to rust and corrosion in recent years.

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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.