Why it's a good choice: One of the most sung hymns at funerals, this is really a prayer to God to stay with him in death as He did with us in life. Henry Francis Lyte, Vicar of Brixham in Devon, had ...

Saxophonist Andy Tecson takes the recurring connections between jazz and church music to a new direction. As a composer and bandleader, Tecson combines the melodies of traditional Lutheran hymns with ...

Leland Sateren, a renowned composer and choral conductor whose music can be found in the hymnals of Lutheran churches throughout the nation, died Saturday in Minneapolis. He was 94. He died of natural ...

The Chattanooga Boys Choir and adults from area choirs lead congregational singing at a previous Hymn Festival. First Lutheran Church, 2800 McCallie Ave., will celebrate the 500th anniversary of the ...

FORT DODGE, Ia. — As the funeral began Saturday for Allen Henderson, the slain pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Fort Dodge, his congregants began singing the hymn, "Onward Christian Soldiers." ...