News Release

WINONA LAKE — A Sunday Night Praise Hymn Sing, free and open to all, will be held in the chapel of Grace Retirement Village in Winona Lake, on Sunday, Aug. 18.

It’s at 6 p.m., with the prelude beginning at 5:45 p.m.

The program will feature the artistry of Bill Schaffer and Rich Dick at the console of the Rodgers organ and the piano. Terry White and Howard Mayes will share leadership of the hymns. Local soloists Brian Brauchla and Miriam Pacheco will be featured in several numbers, as well.

These community hymn sings are held quarterly and are a joint effort of the Grace Village chapel and Winona Lake Grace Church. Sunday night’s program will feature historical background on a number of notable hymn writers and composers, including Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley, Fanny Crosby, J. Wilbur Chapman, John W. Peterson, Norman Clayton and others.

One story shared will be how one West Coast hymn writer enabled a future resident of Winona Lake to journey to Africa as a missionary when all commercial ship traffic had ceased.

All who are interested in an informal hour of singing and worship are encouraged to attend.