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B. R. Hanby

1833 - 1867 Person Name: Benjamin R. Hanby Scripture: Acts 10:34-43 Author of "Es Jesús ¡Qué bella historia!" in Celebremos Su Gloria Benjamin Russell Hanby was born July 22, 1833, the oldest of eight children, to Bishop William Hanby in Rushville, OH. The family moved to Westerville,OH where Bishop Hanby was a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad. In his short life Benjamin graduated from Otterbein, taught school, became a United Brethren minister, started a singing school, was editor for John Church publishers in Cincinnati and composed many songs and hymns before he died of tuberculosis March 15, 1867. His home in Westerville was Ohio's first memorial to a composer. It was a stop on the Underground Railroad for slaves escaping to Canada and is a national historic site, a Methodist church Landmark and a Network to Freedom site for the National Park Service. There is a Hanby Residence Hall at Otterbein University. Best known for "Up on the housetop" and "Darling Nellie Gray," Hanby published many hymns including "Little Eyes" and "Who is He? Mary Louise VanDyke

Fred Kaan

1929 - 2009 Scripture: Acts 10:36 Author of "Voice-over God, our Lover and Creator" in Agape Fred Kaan Hymn writer. His hymns include both original work and translations. He sought to address issues of peace and justice. He was born in Haarlem in the Netherlands in July 1929. He was baptised in St Bavo Cathedral but his family did not attend church regularly. He lived through the Nazi occupation, saw three of his grandparents die of starvation, and witnessed his parents deep involvement in the resistance movement. They took in a number of refugees. He became a pacifist and began attending church in his teens. Having become interested in British Congregationalism (later to become the United Reformed Church) through a friendship, he was attended Western College in Bristol. He was ordained in 1955 at the Windsor Road Congregational Church in Barry, Glamorgan. In 1963 he was called to be minister of the Pilgrim Church in Plymouth. It was in this congregation that he began to write hymns. The first edition of Pilgrim Praise was published in 1968, going into second and third editions in 1972 and 1975. He continued writing many more hymns throughout his life. Dianne Shapiro, from obituary written by Keith Forecast in Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/fred-kaan-minister-and-celebrated-hymn-writer-1809481.html)

Dietrich Werner

Scripture: Acts 10:36 Translator (German) of "Voice-over God, our Lover and Creator" in Agape

Pablo D. Ostuni

b. 1972 Person Name: Pablo D. Ostuni (1972- ) Scripture: Acts 10:38 Author of "Jesús anduvo por aquí" in Himnario Adventista del Séptimo Día

Hector Pereyra Suárez

b. 1922 Person Name: Héctor Pereyra Suárez (1922- ) Scripture: Acts 10:34-35 Vers. esp. of "Señor de todos" in Himnario Adventista del Séptimo Día

María I. Mateo de Gómez

b. 1947 Person Name: María L. Mateo de Gómez (1947- ) Scripture: Acts 10:34-35 Vers. esp. of "Señor de todos" in Himnario Adventista del Séptimo Día

Keith Getty

b. 1974 Person Name: Keith Getty, b. 1974 Scripture: Acts 10:36 Author of "Jesus, Ever-Abiding Friend" in Christian Worship Keith Getty (b. December 16, 1974) is a world-renowned modern hymn writer. Keith developed a passion for writing good songs for the church in his twenties, and began writing for his small Baptist church. He writes and performs with his wife, Kristyn and they regularly tour the United States and the United Kingdom. (Also known as Julian Keith Getty) Laura de Jong

Steve Siler

b. 1956 Person Name: Steve Siler, b. 1956 Scripture: Acts 10:36 Author of "Jesus, Ever-Abiding Friend" in Christian Worship

James Chepponis

b. 1956 Person Name: James J. Chepponis, b. 1956 Scripture: Acts 10:39-43 Author of "Go Forth and Preach the Gospel" in Christian Worship

Alec Wyton

1921 - 2007 Person Name: Alec Wyton (b. 1921) Scripture: Acts 10:39 Composer of "INDIFFERENCE" in Wonder, Love, and Praise Alec Wyton is described in Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, by saying, "Wyton has brought together and caused to flourish three separate traditions: English church music, American church music and music from outside the churches." Also bringing together clergy and musicians of the Episcopal Church, he was the Coordinator of the Standing Commission on Church Music from 1974 to 1985; he was Minister of Music at St. Stephen's Church, in Ridgefield, Conn., from 1987 until his appointment as Minister of Music Emeritus in 2004; and he was Founder and Chairman of the Church Music Department of the Manhattan School of Music. Wyton is the award-winning ASCAP composer of over 100 published works; editor of the Anglican Chant Psalter; contributor of articles to professional journals; performer, teacher and lecturer: he is the complete musician. From 1954 to 1974 he was Organist and Master of the Choristers at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and Headmaster of the Cathedral Choir School. He taught at Union Theological Seminary in NYC and was Chairman of the Organ Department at Westminster Choir College, Princeton. Wyton was born in London in 1921. He earned degrees from the Royal Academy of Music and Oxford University. He came to the United States in 1950, working briefly in Dallas and St. Louis. Wyton died on March 18, 2007, after a prolonged illness. He has traveled throughout the US and Canada playing recitals, conducting workshops, master classes and hymn festivals stressing the coexistence in liturgy of great music and literature of the past with new and exciting works by artists of our time. --www.selahpub.com