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Thank you, O God, for the time that is now

Author: Fred Kaan, 1929-2009 Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Times and Seasons; Our Journey With God Used With Tune: QUEDLINBURG

TRADITION

Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Frederick R. C. Clarke, 1931- Tune Key: G Major Used With Text: Thank You, O Lord, For The Time That Is Now

Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 12 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Johann Christian Kittel, 1732-1809; Paul Leddington Wright, b. 1951 Tune Sources: Chorale by Kittel Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 13455 16543 25432 Used With Text: Thank you, O God, for the time that is now

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Thank You, O Lord, For The Time That Is Now

Author: Frederik Herman Kaan, 1929- Hymnal: The Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada #205 (1971) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Tune Title: TRADITION

Thank you, O God, for the time that is now

Author: Fred Kaan, 1929-2009 Hymnal: Singing the Faith #478 (2011) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Topics: Times and Seasons; Our Journey With God Languages: English Tune Title: QUEDLINBURG

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Fred Kaan

1929 - 2009 Person Name: Fred Kaan, 1929-2009 Author of "Thank you, O God, for the time that is now" in Singing the Faith 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)