Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CANTON − The "Father of Church Music" in Stark County is being feted for nearly 80 years of ministry. Friends and admirers of W.

This is church music: A large pipe organ, often elderly. A lady organist, also rather elderly. A choir in robes, singing hymns from the 1800s or, for another challenge, some sacred music by Bach and ...

FITCHBURG — The beautiful, melodic sounds of organ notes are once again filling the Emanuel Lutheran Church sanctuary, music to the congregation’s ears and the finishing touch in the rebuilding ...

For the past 200 years, First Presbyterian Church has been a cornerstone of the community. The congregation is one of the oldest houses of worship in Johnson County, giving Franklin’s first settlers a ...

DUXBURY — Hymn music from a 165-year-old pipe organ filled the sanctuary at First Parish Church, the tones rich and mellow, yet so powerful a visitor could almost feel the music vibrating in her chest ...

ST. CLOUD — Salem Lutheran Church's organ joined the digital age this month. The 135-year-old church on St. Cloud's East Side has a history of traditional — and less-traditional — styles of worship.

At Christmastime in small towns, churches are trying to find organists — or even pianists. Sometimes piano-playing children have stepped up to fill the void. Christmas is a really good time of year to ...

NEWTOWN BOROUGH >> The Newtown Presbyterian Church celebrated the 50th anniversary of its Keats Pipe Organ with a concert on Oct. 23. The church’s current organist, Hehsun Chun-Smith, joined three ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- Revving motorcycles, live bands and the calling of the Hogs are routinely heard in downtown Fayetteville, depending on the time of year. Now, the sound of 3,500 wind-blown pipes is ...

First Central Presbyterian Church debuted a magnificent new pipe organ in December, but it’s the organist who really should be in the spotlight. Larry Wolz is entering his 39th year as organist at the ...

Formula One grandee Otmar Szafnauer has a useful maxim: big institutions may behave like the navy, but victories are won by ...

GROSSE POINTE FARMS, Mich. (AP) — David Hufford learned that an extreme storm had flooded a suburban Detroit church with more than 7 feet of water, striking the boiler, electrical system, elevator, ...