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1st of April 2019

Why Is There A Band In The Sanctuary?

Guest Blogger Zach Light-Wells in an Associate Director of Music at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church in Dallas, Texas, and is earning a Master of Sacred Music in Choral Conducting from Perkins […]


25th of March 2019

Questions for the Director – Education for Budding Music Ministers

Blogger Brian Hehn is the director of The Center for Congregational Song.       QUESTION For someone graduating high school who wants to serve as a music minister or […]


20th of March 2019

Words, Music, and Surprises in Lent

Blogger Ginny Chilton Maxwell is Music Minister at Church of the Ascension in Norfolk, Virginia, where she serves as organist, choirmaster, and elementary music teacher.   Right now we are […]


11th of March 2019

Calvin Symposium on Worship Round-Up

Author – Adam Perez is a doctoral student in liturgical studies at Duke Divinity School.   Worship Across the Spectrum There are few places where the who’s who of worship across […]


5th of March 2019

To the Minister of Music: Leading Out Of a Hurt Place

Min. Rylan Harris is Minister of Worship & Arts at Ray of Hope Christian Church in Atlanta, Georgia while he pursues a Master of Religious Leadership with a concentration in Music […]


25th of February 2019

QUESTIONS FOR THE DIRECTOR: 25 Women Song-Writers You Should Know

Blogger Brian Hehn is the director of The Center for Congregational Song.   Lots of Questions As the director of The Center for Congregational Song, I’m often asked questions for […]


19th of February 2019

A Song of Renewal for the Lenten Season

Felicia Patton is a lifelong Chicago native and worship leader at Urban Village Church. Felicia received an undergraduate degree from North Park University followed by two graduate degrees from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.     […]


11th of February 2019

What “The Sound of Music” Taught Me About Congregational Song

Blogger David Bjorlin is a worship pastor at Resurrection Covenant Church (Chicago), a lecturer in worship at North Park Theological Seminary (Chicago), and a published hymnwriter.       A […]


5th of February 2019

Reflections on The Porter’s Gate Songwriting Retreat

Blogger Rylan A. Harris is Minister of Worship & Arts at Ray of Hope Christian Church in Atlanta, Georgia while he pursues a Master of Religious Leadership with a concentration in Music and […]


7th of January 2019

Giving Advent and Christmas a Post-Op Performance Evaluation

Author – Adam Perez is a doctoral student in liturgical studies at Duke Divinity School.   I hope that you, dear reader, had a wonderful season of music and worship during […]