The Village Church welcomes everyone to “The Faith We Sing,” a free festival of hymns with brass and organ on Sunday, Jan. 26 ...

The text for this hymn was written in 1779 by the English poet and cleric, John Newton, a former captain of slave ships who found faith after a violent storm at sea. It tells of forgiveness and ...

where he collaborated with poet William Cowper to publish The Olney Hymns in 1779. It was in this volume that his Amazing Grace sermon's words, originally titled Faith's Review and Expectation ...