That's among the interesting pieces of information that can be found in this United Methodist News Service commentary about the possibility of a new UMC Hymnal: ...

Before our dear friend Ed Parks died, he would invite us up to his house in Highlands on a Sunday and say, “We’ll have supper, then we’ll go over to the Little Church in the Wildwoods and sing.” It is ...

Favorite hymns in North Iowa appear to run the spectrum from old and traditional church hymns to more contemporary songs. With countless hymns to choose from, responses to the Globe Gazette reader ...

FALL RIVER - United Methodist Church, 600 Highland Ave., announced the following scriptures will be read by the Liturgist; 1 Samuel 15:34- 16:13 13, Psalm 72, and Mark 4: 26-34 on the Fourth Sunday of ...

The Bristol home of Methodist Charles Wesley is due to reopen to the public later for the first time in a year. Wesley, who died in 1788, was a prolific hymn writer whose 6,000 plus compositions ...

There's a myth circulating among Methodists in the United States. Many believe the denomination's founders, John and Charles Wesley, based their hymns on tavern tunes that were popular in 18th century ...

When I wrote about the night a woman arose at a little church we were visiting in Highlands, N.C., and proclaimed that her favorite hymn was also the favorite hymn of Southern humorist Lewis Grizzard, ...