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Michael Dawney

b. 1942 Person Name: Michael Dawney, b. 1942 Composer of "CONSERVATION" in Singing the Faith

b. 1938 Person Name: Simon Beckley (born 1938) Composer of "LIVING WORD" in Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) Simon Beckley was born in 1938. He graduated with a BA degree from London University in 1961 and from Oak Hill Theological College in 1958. He was a clergyman in Watford, New Ferry, Chadderton, Delph (Friarmere) and Tranmere. He retired in 2003. He has been associated with Jubilate Hymns since the late 1970s. NN, Hymnary editor. Sources: http://www.praise.org.uk/hymnauthor/beckley-simon/ and http://www.jubilate.co.uk/about/people/simon_beckley

Christopher M. Idle

b. 1938 Person Name: Christopher Idle (born 1938) Author of "Powerful in making us wise to salvation" in Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) Christopher Martin Idle (b. Bromley, Kent, England, 1938) was educated at Elthan College, St. Peter's College, Oxford, and Clifton Theological College in Bristol, and was ordained in the Church of England. He served churches in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria; London; and Oakley, Suffolk; and recently returned to London, where he is involved in various hymnal projects. A prolific author of articles on the Christian's public responsibilities, Idle has also published The Lion Book of Favorite Hymns (1980) and at least one hundred of his own hymns and biblical paraphrases. Some of his texts first appeared in hymnals published by the Jubilate Group, with which he is associated. He was also editor of Anglican Praise (1987). In 1998 Hope Publishing released Light Upon the River, a collection of 279 of his psalm and hymn texts, along with suggested tunes, scripture references, and commentary. Bert Polman