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Paul Leddington Wright

b. 1951 Person Name: Paul Leddington Wright, b. 1951 Scripture: Acts 10:43 Arranger of "[God forgave my sin in Jesus' name]" in Singing the Faith

1770 - 1853 Person Name: William Gardiner, 1770-1853 Scripture: Acts 10:34-43 Composer of "FULDA (WALTON)" in Singing the Faith William Gardiner (b. Leicester, England, 1770; d. Leicester, 1853) The son of an English hosiery manufacturer, Gardiner took up his father's trade in addition to writing about music, composing, and editing. Having met Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven on his business travels, Gardiner then proceeded to help popularize their compositions, especially Beethoven's, in England. He recorded his memories of various musicians in Music and Friends (3 volumes, 1838-1853). In the first two volumes of Sacred Melodies (1812, 1815), Gardiner turned melodies from composers such as Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven into hymn tunes in an attempt to rejuvenate the singing of psalms. His work became an important model for American editors like Lowell Mason (see Mason's Boston Handel and Haydn Collection, 1822), and later hymnbook editors often turned to Gardiner as a source of tunes derived from classical music. Bert Polman

Jacques Berthier

1923 - 1994 Person Name: Jacques Berthier, 1923-1994 Scripture: Acts 10:34-36 Author of "Laudate Dominum (Sing, Praise, and Bless the Lord)" in Lift Up Your Hearts Jacques Berthier (b. Auxerre, Burgundy, June 27, 1923; d. June 27, 1994) A son of musical parents, Berthier studied music at the Ecole Cesar Franck in Paris. From 1961 until his death he served as organist at St. Ignace Church, Paris. Although his published works include numerous compositions for organ, voice, and instruments, Berthier is best known as the composer of service music for the Taizé community near Cluny, Burgundy. Influenced by the French liturgist and church musician Joseph Gelineau, Berthier began writing songs for equal voices in 1955 for the services of the then nascent community of twenty brothers at Taizé. As the Taizé community grew, Berthier continued to compose most of the mini-hymns, canons, and various associated instrumental arrangements, which are now universally known as the Taizé repertoire. In the past two decades this repertoire has become widely used in North American church music in both Roman Catholic and Protestant traditions. Bert Polman

Patrick Appleford

1925 - 2018 Person Name: Patrick Appleford, b. 1925 Scripture: Acts 10:34-43 Author of "Lord Jesus Christ, you have come to us" in Singing the Faith

David Haas

b. 1957 Person Name: David Haas, b. 1957 Scripture: Acts 10:34-38 Author of "We Are Called" in Lift Up Your Hearts

Charlie D. Tillman

1861 - 1943 Scripture: Acts 10:34-48 Author (es. 1-2) of "En un aposento alto" in Celebremos Su Gloria Tillman, Charles "Charlie" Davis. (Tallahassee, Talapoosa County, Alabama, March 20, 1861--1943). Married Anna Killingsworth (Dec. 24, 1889); four daughters, one son (d.1910). --Keith C. Clark, DNAH Archives

H. W. Cragin

1885 - 1947 Scripture: Acts 10:34-48 Translator (es. 1-2) of "En un aposento alto" in Celebremos Su Gloria Howard Whittemore Cragin, Pentecostal missionary in Peru. Dianne Shapiro Brother of J. Paul Cragin (Melodias Evangélicas: Nuevo Cantos y Coros de Despertamiento Cristiano, #181).

Lynn J. Anderson

b. 1942 Person Name: Lyn Anderson Scripture: Acts 10:34-48 Author (es. 3-4) of "En un aposento alto" in Celebremos Su Gloria

Bland Tucker

1895 - 1984 Person Name: F. Bland Tucker, 1895-1984 Scripture: Acts 10:38 Author of "Christ, When for Us You Were Baptized" in Hymnal Supplement 98 Francis Bland Tucker (born Norfolk, Virginia, January 6, 1895). The son of a bishop and brother of a Presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church, he was educated at the University of Virginia, B.A., 1914, and at Virginia Theological Seminary, B.D., 1920; D.D., 1944. He was ordained deacon in 1918, priest in 1920, after having served as a private in Evacuation Hospital No.15 of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. His first charge was as a rector of Grammer Parish, Brunswick County, in southern Virginia. From 1925 to 1945, he was rector of historic St. John's Church, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. Then until retirement in 1967 he was rector of John Wesley's parish in Georgia, old Christ Church, Savannah. In "Reflections of a Hymn Writer" (The Hymn 30.2, April 1979, pp.115–116), he speaks of never having a thought of writing a hymn until he was named a member of the Joint Commission on the Revision of the Hymnal in 1937 which prepared the Hymnal 1940

Graham Kendrick

b. 1950 Person Name: Graham Kendrick, b. 1950 Scripture: Acts 10 Author of "God of the poor" in Singing the Faith Graham Kendrick (b. England, August 2, 1950), the son of a Baptist minister in Northamptonshire, is one of the most prolific Christian singer-songwriters in the United Kingdom. He’s written music for over thirty years, and to date has released thirty-eight albums. He is best known for his songs “Shine, Jesus, Shine,” “Knowing You,” and “The Servant King.” Kendrick has received honorary doctorates in divinity from Brunel University and Wycliffe College. In 1987 he helped co-found the March for Jesus, which today is a global phenomenon in which Christians take their faith to the streets in a celebration of Christ. In 1995 Kendrick received a Dove Award for his international work, and he remains an active advocate for Compassion International, which is a Christian child sponsorship organization dedicated to the long-term development of children living in poverty around the world, and also is a contributor to CompassionArt, an organization with the aim of generating income from works of art to assist in the relief of suffering around the planet. Laura de Jong