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Here is the place, now is the time

Author: Shirley Erena Murray Meter: 8.8.10.8 Appears in 3 hymnals

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SUANTRAI

Meter: 8.8.10.8 Appears in 15 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thomas Henry Weaving (1881-1966) Tune Sources: Irish traditional melody Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 55613 23155 61323 Used With Text: Here is the place, now is the time

[Here is the place, now is the time]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Colin Gibson Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 32311 22332 31132 Used With Text: Hymn For a Confirmation

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Hymn For a Confirmation

Author: Shirley Murray Hymnal: Alleluia Aotearoa #60 (1999) First Line: Here is the place, now is the time Topics: Commitment; Confirmation; Personal Worth Languages: English Tune Title: [Here is the place, now is the time]
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Here is the place, now is the time

Author: Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931) Hymnal: Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #678 (2005) Meter: 8.8.10.8 Lyrics: 1 Here is the place, now is the time: an inner voice has bid me come; here in the company where Christ is known, he claims my life, he speaks my name. 2 Here I declare a seed of faith, a will to learn, a gleam of truth, and ask for singleness of heart to speak what God has put into my mouth. 3 I seek the real and face the cost, I give away my lack of trust, in joyful hope I take the Spirit's lead; I go with all who follow Christ. Topics: The Church Celebrates Ordination; The Church Celebrates Holy Baptism; The Church Celebrates Confirmation; Confirmation; Discipleship; Holy Baptism Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:9 Languages: English Tune Title: SUANTRAI
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Here is the place, now is the time

Author: Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931) Hymnal: Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #678 (2008) Meter: 8.8.10.8 Lyrics: 1 Here is the place, now is the time: an inner voice has bid me come; here in the company where Christ is known, he claims my life, he speaks my name. 2 Here I declare a seed of faith, a will to learn, a gleam of truth, and ask for singleness of heart to speak what God has put into my mouth. 3 I seek the real and face the cost, I give away my lack of trust, in joyful hope I take the Spirit's lead; I go with all who follow Christ. Topics: The Church Celebrates Ordination; The Church Celebrates Holy Baptism; The Church Celebrates Confirmation; Confirmation; Discipleship; Holy Baptism Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:9 Languages: English Tune Title: SUANTRAI

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Shirley Erena Murray

1931 - 2020 Person Name: Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931) Author of "Here is the place, now is the time" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) Shirley Erena Murray (b. Invercargill, New Zealand, 1931) studied music as an undergraduate but received a master’s degree (with honors) in classics and French from Otago University. Her upbringing was Methodist, but she became a Presbyterian when she married the Reverend John Stewart Murray, who was a moderator of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Shirley began her career as a teacher of languages, but she became more active in Amnesty International, and for eight years she served the Labor Party Research Unit of Parliament. Her involvement in these organizations has enriched her writing of hymns, which address human rights, women’s concerns, justice, peace, the integrity of creation, and the unity of the church. Many of her hymns have been performed in CCA and WCC assemblies. In recognition for her service as a writer of hymns, the New Zealand government honored her as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit on the Queen’s birthday on 3 June 2001. Through Hope Publishing House, Murray has published three collections of her hymns: In Every Corner Sing (eighty-four hymns, 1992), Everyday in Your Spirit (forty-one hymns, 1996), and Faith Makes the Song (fifty hymns, 2002). The New Zealand Hymnbook Trust, for which she worked for a long time, has also published many of her texts (cf. back cover, Faith Makes the Song). In 2009, Otaga University conferred on her an honorary doctorate in literature for her contribution to the art of hymn writing. I-to Loh, Hymnal Companion to “Sound the Bamboo”: Asian Hymns in Their Cultural and Liturgical Context, p. 468, ©2011 GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago

Colin Gibson

b. 1933 Composer of "[Here is the place, now is the time]" in Alleluia Aotearoa Colin Gibson (b. 1933) was born in Dunedin, the south island of New Zealand. He has been writing hymn texts and hymn settings for over 20 years. His works have been published and performed in Africa, the United States, Asia and Australasia, Great Britain and Europe. He is organist and director of the Mornington Methodist Choir, Dunedin, New Zealand, a lay preacher, and retired in 1999 as Head of the Department and Donald Collie Professor of English at the University of Otago where he currently heads the Department of Theatre Studies and continues to lecture on English Literature as Emeritus Professor. He has conducted numerous hymn workshops in New Zealand, Australia and Great Britain, and has been co-editor of a number of hymn collections. His frequent collaboration with Shirley Erena Murray is represented in several Hope publications, and he has his own published collections of hymns: Singing Love (Collins) and more recently Reading the Signature (Hope, 1994 - Code #1753) and Songs for a Rainbow People (Hope, 1998 - Code #8005). Three of his hymns are included in the Hope hymnal Worship & Rejoice (2001). --www.hopepublishing.com

Thomas Henry Weaving

1881 - 1966 Person Name: Thomas Henry Weaving (1881-1966) Arranger of "SUANTRAI" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.)