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Jean C. Lambert

b. 1940 Person Name: Jean C. Lambert, 1940- Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-4 Translator of "Jesus' Name! Oh, Let Me Sing It" in The Covenant Hymnal

b. 1936 Person Name: Brian Wren, 1936- Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-4 Author of "A Man of Ancient Time and Place" in Community of Christ Sings Brian Wren (b. Romford, Essex, England, 1936) is a major British figure in the revival of contemporary hymn writing. He studied French literature at New College and theology at Mansfield College in Oxford, England. Ordained in 1965, he was pastor of the Congregational Church (now United Reformed) in Hockley and Hawkwell, Essex, from 1965 to 1970. He worked for the British Council of Churches and several other organizations involved in fighting poverty and promoting peace and justice. This work resulted in his writing of Education for Justice (1977) and Patriotism and Peace (1983). With a ministry throughout the English-speaking world, Wren now resides in the United States where he is active as a freelance lecturer, preacher, and full-time hymn writer. His hymn texts are published in Faith Looking Forward (1983), Praising a Mystery (1986), Bring Many Names (1989), New Beginnings (1993), and Faith Renewed: 33 Hymns Reissued and Revised (1995), as well as in many modern hymnals. He has also produced What Language Shall I Borrow? (1989), a discussion guide to inclusive language in Christian worship. Bert Polman

Madeleine Forell Marshall

b. 1946 Scripture: Hebrews 1:3-5 Translator of "All Splendid Bright, Your Grandeur Shows" in Moravian Book of Worship

Alison O. Carter

b. 1956 Person Name: Alison O. Carter, b. 1956 Scripture: Hebrews 1:3 Author of "Our Only Source of Unity (La Fuente de la Unidad)" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song

George Lockwood

b. 1946 Person Name: George Lockwood, b. 1946 Scripture: Hebrews 1:3 Translator (sts. 1, 2, 4) of "Our Only Source of Unity (La Fuente de la Unidad)" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song Rev. George Lockwood was born in 1946 and has been a missionary to Costa Rica. He has pastored Spanish-speaking congregations in both Arizona and California and served on the editorial committee for the Methodist hymnal supplement Celebremos II. In addition, Lockwood has traveled throughout Central and South America interviewing church musicians and gathering new hymns from both Spanish and Portuguese cultures which he then presents at conferences and workshops. The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion, 1993

Luis Olivieri

1937 - 2017 Person Name: Luis Olivieri, b. 1937 Scripture: Hebrews 1:3 Translator (sts. 1, 2, 4) of "Our Only Source of Unity (La Fuente de la Unidad)" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song Puerto Rico, University and Seminary Professor, Baptist Minister Sing a New Song No. 3 by Patrick Prescod (Bridgetown, Barbados: Cedar Press, 1981)

Brian Hoare

Person Name: Brian Hoare (b. 1935) Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-3 Author of "Creator God, the world around" in Ancient and Modern

Dan Damon

b. 1955 Person Name: Daniel Charles Damon Scripture: Hebrews 1:1 Author of "As Children, We May Learn to Love" in New Hymns of Hope Daniel Charles Damon (b. 1955) is an internationally published writer of hymn texts and tunes and is Associate Editor of Hymnody for Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, Illinois. Damon is also a jazz pianist and has played in many hotels and clubs in the San Francisco Bay area. He holds degrees from Greenville College, Greenville, Illinois (BME, 1977) and Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California (MDiv, 1987). He is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church in the San Francisco Bay area and a life member of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Several single-author collections of Damon's hymns have been published: Faith Will Sing (Carol Stream, 1993), The Sound of Welcome (Carol Stream, 1998), To the Thirsty World (Nashville, 2002), Fields of Mercy (Carol Stream, 2007), and Garden of Joy (Carol Stream, 2011). He collaborated with text writer Gracia Grindal in A Treasury of Faith: Lectionary Hymns Series A (Colfax. 2012). Damon's hymns have been included in several major hymnals and supplements. He has also written hymn translations from Vietnamese, Portuguese, and Shona languages, and, with Patrick Matsikenyiri, edited Njalo, A Collection of 16 Hymns in the African Tradition (Nashville, 1996). He has released three recordings of hymns, carols, and traditional songs, and a solo piano recording of jazz standards (available at www.damonstuneshop.com). Damon has presented his work at national conferences of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada and the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts. He is a contributor to the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. In 2016, Damon was made a Fellow of the hymn Society, the highest honor The Hymn Society can confer. Dan Damon

Mary Bahnfleth

Scripture: Hebrews 1:3-4 Author of "How Great the Bright Angelic Host" in Trinity Psalter Hymnal

Nancy Tischler

Scripture: Hebrews 1:3-4 Author of "How Great the Bright Angelic Host" in Trinity Psalter Hymnal

Pablo Sywulka B.

b. 1940 Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-9 Author (es. 1) of "Eterno Padre celestial" in Celebremos Su Gloria

Helen Howarth Lemmel

1864 - 1961 Scripture: Hebrews 1:3 Author of "Pon tus ojos en Cristo" in Celebremos Su Gloria Born: November 14, 1863, Wardle, England. Died: November 1, 1961, at her home in Seattle, Washington. Buried: Lemmel was cremated, but her final resting place is unknown to us. Daughter of a Methodist minister, Helen emigrated from England with her family to America when she was 12 years old. They first settled in Mississippi, then relocated to Wisconsin. She moved to Seattle in 1904, and for three years was music critic for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. While interviewing German singer Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Helen was persuaded to go to Europe. A gifted singer, she studied music in Germany for four years. Upon her return to America, she began giving concerts and traveling on the Chautauqua circuit. Eventually, she became a vocal music teacher at the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois. After retirement, she moved to Seattle, Washington, where she was a member of the Ballard Baptist Church. Among her works are a hymnal used by evangelist Billy Sunday for over a decade. Lemmel and a women’s choral group she directed were part of Sunday’s group at the peak of his career. Sources: Hustad, pp. 272-73 Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 3, 1961 © The Cyber Hymnal™ (hymntime.com/tch)

Carlos P. Denyer

1898 - 1967 Scripture: Hebrews 1:3 Translator of "Pon tus ojos en Cristo" in Celebremos Su Gloria

Carl P. Daw Jr.

b. 1944 Scripture: Hebrews 1:1-8 Translator of "From the Parent’s Heart, the Firstborn (Corde natus ex parentis)" in Voices Together Carl P. Daw, Jr. (b. Louisville, KY, 1944) is the son of a Baptist minister. He holds a PhD degree in English (University of Virginia) and taught English from 1970-1979 at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. As an Episcopal priest (MDiv, 1981, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennesee) he served several congregations in Virginia, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. From 1996-2009 he served as the Executive Director of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Carl Daw began to write hymns as a consultant member of the Text committee for The Hymnal 1982, and his many texts often appeared first in several small collections, including A Year of Grace: Hymns for the Church Year (1990); To Sing God’s Praise (1992), New Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1996), Gathered for Worship (2006). Other publications include A Hymntune Psalter (2 volumes, 1988-1989) and Breaking the Word: Essays on the Liturgical Dimensions of Preaching (1994, for which he served as editor and contributed two essays. In 2002 a collection of 25 of his hymns in Japanese was published by the United Church of Christ in Japan. He wrote Glory to God: A Companion (2016) for the 2013 hymnal of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Emily Brink

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