A Singing Communion of Churches

Hymn: Once in Royal David's City

• Hymn: "Once in Royal David's City"

• Writer/Composer:

• Cecil Frances Alexander, 1848

• Vilma Sabutienė, 2017

• Henry John Gauntlett, 1849

• Choir: “Adoremus”

• Director: Renata Kreimere

Hymns of Advent and Christmas:
A Singing Communion of Churches

During this Advent season, Lutheran World Federation member churches are sharing hymns (website, YouTube) from their congregations to show how the Lutheran communion regions prepare for Christ’s coming into this world.

We want to use this period to reflect on and celebrate the diversity, uniqueness and oneness of God’s gifts to us. Martin Luther wrote:

"I would certainly like to praise music with all my heart as the excellent gift of God which it is and to commend it to everyone. It has been instilled and implanted in all creatures, individually and collectively. For nothing is without sound or harmony."
— Preface to Georg Rhau’s Symphoniae iucundae (Delightful Melodies), 1538