“With all these details, don’t lose sight of the reason why people come: that moment when a pet is blessed in the name of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Ensure enough time, enough room, […]
Webinar: June 24, 2020; 3:00pm – 4:00pm EDT. Zoom Gathering for Participants: July 1, 2020; 3:00pm – 4:00pm EDT. What are we to do during when we can’t gather and make music during this time? […]
A couple of weeks ago we invited some of our colleagues to tell us how they are making music during this time of quarantine. In this post you can hear them for yourselves. Josh Brown […]
Recently Music, Liturgy, and the Arts sent out a request through social media as well as by invitation for musicians to complete a survey as to how they are creating music during this time of […]
The Rev. Juan Oliver, liturgist, author, and Custodian of the Book of Common Prayer, has given the Church a wonderful gift – a book about worship that is compelling and one that asks us to […]
Lent will be here before we know it. Here are suggestions for using hymns as anthems. H82= The Hymnal 1982 LEVAS-Lift Every Voice and Sing II WLP=Wonder, Love, and Praise MHSO=My Heart Sings Out The First […]
by Ellen Johnston “Bill is a gifted composer and an excellent choral conductor. Most of all, he is an encouraging mentor and a trusted friend.” Dr. Marty Wheeler Burnett William Bradley Roberts and I first […]
Are you looking for a book to study for your Lenten program or inquirers’ class this year? Gifts of God for the People of God would make a fine addition for your program or class. […]
Are you a musician who is working in the Episcopal Church for the first time? Are you a vocational deacon who desires to know more about the Church’s liturgy? Have you been working in the Episcopal Church […]
This year there are two Sundays in the Christmas season. Assuming that you will continue to sing Christmas carols well known to your congregation, here are a few suggestions for some Christmas hymns that might not […]
We are now at the beginning of the season of ADVENT. Advent opens the new “Church Year,” being the first of the liturgical seasons. This progression of seasons—Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, and Easter (concluding with […]