I heard a TV news show personality say "Why do we sing Auld Lang Syne at New Years? It's such a sad song." This caught my ear and got...

“God will Provide” A Pauls Valley Christmas Story By Mary Gowing It all started with Lou Hall, a lovely older woman in our congregation...

Dear friends, On behalf of the staff and all who benefited, thank your for your kind cash gift given at the Church Family Night Dinner on...

December is a month that people associate with the days getting shorter, nights getting longer and both days and nights getting colder....

Every year when its November, most think of family gatherings, turkeys and Thanksgiving. We all have seen television ads of a traditional...

Advent launches the new liturgical church year. This tradition goes back to about the fourth century. The name was adopted from Latin...

Bach wrote many choral preludes to be used throughout the liturgical year. Alle Menschen Mussen Sterben was written after Bach was...

Sharon Agee was cleaning out her office and found this throwback Presby Press article from April 19, 2001. This was just a little after...

It was early in the afternoon on Saturday, September 21 and I was getting my classroom ready for Children's Worship on Sunday. I normally...

Sunday, December 15 will be our First Presbyterian Church Christmas Music Concert entitled CHRISTMAS CAROLS: Morning, Noon & Night . Our...

According to the calendar, it is still summer. Summer, according to the astronomical calendar, ends on September 21st this year. But...

Martin Luther said, “Next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise. The gift of language combined with the gift of song was...

As many of you know, Lenny and I went with a group organized by Lauren Robbins of Second Wind Charters to Amsterdam and Iceland in June...

Summer is when church music directors sketch out their music plans for the fall and often for the spring also. Through the year, people...

The Fourth of July with noise from all the community fireworks shows and neighborhood firework shenanigans has come and gone. For me, I...

When the local chapter of the American Guild of Organists (AGO) meets, the first question members usually ask when meeting another...

My title is taken from a longer quote from the book "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J. R. R. Tolkien. The entire quote goes like this:...

Max Morath, a friend of mine, was a world-famous ragtime pianist that sparked the international revival of ragtime music in the middle of...

It is difficult for me to decide what season of the year is my favorite. I have always thought that fall is my favorite time of the year,...

How fortunate we are to have a pipe organ. As the Reformation spread across Europe after Martin Luther nailed his 95 famous writings on...