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Daniel Gardner

Hymnal Number: 2032 Author of "My Life Is In You Lord" in Sing the Faith

Henry Richard MacFadyen

1877 - 1964 Person Name: Henry Richard McFayden Hymnal Number: 2052 Author (st. 1-3) of "The Lone Wild Bird" in Sing the Faith

Terry Butler

b. 1955 Hymnal Number: 2165 Author of "Cry of My Heart" in Sing the Faith

Clinton Utterbach

Hymnal Number: 2034 Author of "Blessed Be the Name of the Lord" in Sing the Faith

Rick Founds

b. 1954 Hymnal Number: 2088 Author of "Lord, I Lift Your Name on High" in Sing the Faith

John D. Horman

b. 1946 Hymnal Number: 2189 Composer of "WEST MAIN" in Sing the Faith

Jon Mohr

Hymnal Number: 2163 Author of "He Who Began a Good Work in You" in Sing the Faith

Kevin Hackett

b. 1956 Person Name: Kevin R. Hackett Hymnal Number: 2116 Arranger of "GARU" in Sing the Faith

Kenneth R. Hanna

Hymnal Number: 2077 Adapter (st. 1) of "You Alone Are Holy" in Sing the Faith

b. 1937 Hymnal Number: 2209 Author of "How Long, O Lord" in Sing the Faith Barbara Woollett-- Born on 30 January 1937 in Southampton, where she has lived ever since. Educated at Sholing Secondary School for Girls; married David Woollett, an engineer; they have three children and six grandchildren. She has been a full-time housewife and mother, a volunteer ward assistant in a large city hospital, and a mature student for a GCSE in Drama, as well as being active in a local amateur dramatic group. She is a member of the Jubilate Group. She has written several hymn texts, Psalm versions and other verses. Publications featuring her work include Church Family Worship (1988); Come, Rejoice (1989); Songs from the Psalms (1990); Psalms for Today (1990) which has four of her paraphrases; "Let's Praise" 2 (1994); "Sing Glory" (1999); and "Praise!" (2000). Appearing in several books are her versions of Psalm 13, "How long, O Lord, will your forget an answer to my prayer"; and Psalm 84, "How lovely is your dwelling-place, O Lord most high". Among North American hymnals, The Worshiping Church (1990) has three of her texts and Worship and Rejoice (2001) has two, all of these from the Psalms. --www.jubilate.co.uk/about

Coni Huisman

Hymnal Number: 2006 Author of "Lord God, Almighty" in Sing the Faith

Naomi Batya

Person Name: Naomi Butya Hymnal Number: 2075 Author of "King of Kings" in Sing the Faith See also Yah, Nomi

Chip Andrus

Hymnal Number: 2110 Composer of "[Kyrie eleison] (Andrus)" in Sing the Faith

Debi Tyree

Hymnal Number: 2019 Translator of "Holy" in Sing the Faith

Jean Strathdee

Hymnal Number: 2168 Author of "Love the Lord Your God" in Sing the Faith Jean and Jim Strathdee have a special gift for encouraging folks to sing with them. Much of the music they write and perform is designed for congregational singing. They also love to work with local singers to create a choir for their events. Their music spans a diversity of sound and style and includes use of guitar, piano, mandolin, harmonica, African drums and Native American flute. They see their music as an agent of personal and social transformation and are involved with fund- and consciousness-raising events where ecumenical and inter-faith communities come together to make a stand for positive change. Jim and Jean have served on the staff of United Methodist churches in southern and northern California and Hawaii and are currently co-directors of music at Rancho Cordova UMC near Sacramento. Their music is published in dozens of songbooks, curriculum projects, denominational hymnbooks and supplements and is sung on six continents. They have written hundreds of hymns, songs and anthems and recorded nearly 20 albums (go to our Strathdee Music page for current projects). --www.strathdeemusic.com

Rafael Montalvo

b. 1957 Hymnal Number: 2044 Author of "My Gratitude Now Accept, O God" in Sing the Faith

Cathy Townley

b. 1949 Hymnal Number: 2109 Author of "Hosanna! Hosanna!" in Sing the Faith

William A. Cross

Hymnal Number: 2247 Composer of "CRASHING WATERS" in Sing the Faith William A. Cross is a United Church minister living in Winnepeg. Dianne Shapiro

Amanda Husberg

1940 - 2021 Hymnal Number: 2060 Composer of "JENNINGS-HOUSTON" in Sing the Faith

Bonnie Johansen-Werner

b. 1952 Hymnal Number: 2201 Composer of "[Prayers of the People]" in Sing the Faith Bonnie Johansen-Werner is a composer, performer, and teacher residing in Joliet, Illinois. She is organist at First United Methodist Church in Lockport, Illinois, on the music faculty at the University of St. Francis teaching music theory and composition, and manages her own private studio in Joliet. She also serves as Diaconal Minister of Music associated with Grace United Methodist Church (Naperville) in the ministry of organ and composition. Her music has been performed in the United States, Canada, Russia, and Europe. Bonnie’s music combines techniques from ancient sources with contemporary rhythms, shifting tonalities, and vibrant melodies. Mysticism and spirituality play an important role in her music, with a focus on the presence of the holy in all of life. Themes for her music range from hope and expectancy to pointed encounters with death, AIDS, and drought. Ms. Johansen-Werner holds music degrees from Augustana College and Concordia University with theological study at Garrett Theological Seminary, the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, and Methesco. She is the former McCosh Assistant Professor of Music at Upper Iowa University. With her husband, Duane Werner, they have five children and eight grandchildren. Bonnie Johansen-Werner

Joe Horness

Hymnal Number: 2161 Author of "To Know You More" in Sing the Faith

David Hampton

Hymnal Number: 2227 Author of "We Are the Body of Christ" in Sing the Faith

James Ritchie

Hymnal Number: 2233 Author of "Where Children Belong" in Sing the Faith

Al Oppenheimer

Hymnal Number: 2278 Arranger of "LORD'S PRAYER (OPPENHEIMER)" in Sing the Faith

Jack Schrader

b. 1942 Hymnal Number: 2225 Composer of "KINDDRED" in Sing the Faith JACK SCHRADER (b. 1942), arranger, composer, conductor, vocalist, and organist/pianist, is past editor with Hope Publishing Company, retiring in January of 2009. His association with Hope began in 1978. A 1964 graduate of Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, where he majored in Voice and Organ, he also received the Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Nebraska (1966). Further studies in theology culminated in Jack's ordination by the Evangelical Free Church of America (1975). Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he now resides in Wheaton, Illinois, with his wife, Karen. They have three children, Beth, Jonathan and Joel, and currently three grandchildren. Jack is the best selling choral composer in the Hope catalog. In addition to choral music Jack has published collections for keyboardists, instrumentalists and vocal soloists. He was a member of the editorial committee for Hope's most recent hymnal, WORSHIP & REJOICE (2001), in which he has 24 hymn credits. His music is heard in hundreds of churches across the country each Sunday, and he can be seen throughout the year as a guest clinician at choral reading sessions and workshops. --www.hopepublishing.com

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