Worship and music help make disciples

The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Wilson, the featured teacher at the 2021 Michigan Annual Conference, took members across time and space to expand their understandings of worship and music.

Music shares Jesus’ healing love

A hospice chaplain finds, “Music can awaken the deepest level of emotional response in positive ways.” It’s a tool that shares Jesus’ love.

How can I keep from singing?

“It’s breaking my heart,” says Bishop Laurie Haller. She explains that coronavirus makes choral singing “a super-spreader event.”

What Would Wesley Think?

Rev. Glenn Wagner asserts, “It can be fruitful to approach today’s challenges with guidance from Methodism’s visionary founder, John Wesley.”

What! Why no singing?

Wearing masks, washing hands, no-touch orders of worship. These factors of return to in-person worship are understandable. Why no singing?

Advent-Christmas music quiz

We listen. We hum. We sing along. But how much do we know about our favorite songs of the season? 

City sings for peace at Christmas

A congregation decides to move beyond the traditional carol singing and finds harmony in community.

Michigan pastor on Hymnal Committee

The Rev. Anna Moon, TroyHope Ministry, is a member of the team revising the United Methodist Hymnal. 

Doing good through music

Singing in church creates better worship, a greater sense of community, and improves health.