Questions for the Director – CCLI or Onelicense?
Here’s the next question that I sometimes get from you church musicians and pastors out there. This one is about copyright. I’m sure many of you will relate to the question posed. The Question Dear Brian, I am looking for an answer to why I might need both a CCLI license and […]
21st of November 2019
Lessons & Carols Ideas
We’re grateful for friend of The Center and Hymn Society member Greg Scheer for sharing his document of “Lessons and Carols Brainstorms” that includes general background on this type of service, guidelines and advice on how to pull it off, and specific songs and resources for each lesson. We hope you find it as helpful […]
18th of November 2019
Ten Artists Kanye Obviously Doesn’t Know About
We weren’t going to post anything about Kanye West and his new album. Frankly, he gets enough press already and most of his music isn’t designed nor does it lend itself well to be considered “congregational.” But the latest news of him claiming to be the “greatest artist God has ever created” does open up […]
4th of November 2019
An Interview with George Shorney
Many times the people who are most passionate about a topic and those who do so much to empower and enable good and important work are never given the spotlight. In some ways, that is the case with the late George Shorney. A long-time member of The Hymn Society and long-time chairman of Hope Publishing […]
21st of October 2019
5 Simple Answers
Blogger Brian Hehn is the Director of The Center for Congregational Song, adjunct professor of worship at Wingate University, and Director of Music at Light Street Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, MD. Common Quotes “We should sing songs & hymns with good theology” “5 ways to get your congregation singing” “This song has good theology” “This […]
15th of October 2019
Recharge Your Light
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. Come, descendants of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the Lord. (Isaiah 2:5, NIV) How do we tell the story How […]
30th of September 2019
How to Use a Hymnal
Blogger Brian Hehn is the Director of The Center for Congregational Song, adjunct professor of worship at Wingate University, and Director of Music at Light Street Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, MD. This kind of information may be old news to some of our readers, but there are those of you who may not […]
16th of September 2019
On “Faithful Feelings”
Author – Adam Perez is a doctoral student in liturgical studies at Duke Divinity School. Wins If the so-called “worship movement” has accomplished anything, it has helped to make Christian worship more emotionally expressive. Where some of the “frozen chosen” (I’m from the Reformed tradition, for the record) used to stand in icy […]
3rd of September 2019
Consumerism and 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. What Is Water? In David Foster Wallace’s now famous commencement address at Kenyon College in 2005, he began, after the briefest of introductions, with what he […]
26th of August 2019
A Pastor’s Music Question
One of the joys of my position as the Director of The Center for Congregational Song is to be asked interesting questions from people who are working week in and week out to get their congregations singing. This series of blogs will take some of the questions I’ve been asked and post the answers publicly. […]
