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Marnie Barrell

Short Name: Marnie Barrell
Full Name: Barrell, Marnie, 1952-
Birth Year: 1952

Marnie Barrell is a hymn writer and piano teacher living in Christchurch, New Zealand and teaching at Christchurch School of Music.

Dianne Shapiro, from Christchurch School of Music website (http://www.csm.org.nz/about/staff/) and Barrell's Facebook page (accessed 10/30/2017


Texts by Marnie Barrell (20)sort descendingAsAuthority LanguagesInstances
A stranger met by chance, a spoken wordMarnie Barrell (Author)1
Christ ascends to God! Behold himMarnie Barrell (Author)1
Come to the celebration, all who are hungryMarnie Barrell (Author)English1
From this holy timeMarnie Barrell (Author)1
God be in, around, above meMarnie Barrell (Author)1
God, come now to explore my heartMarnie Barrell (Author)1
God of all beauty, creation is your treasureMarnie Barrell (Author)English1
God, who granted faith and visionMarnie Barrell (Author)1
God who weeps when we are weepingMarnie Barrell (Author)1
Great and deep the Spirit's purposeMarnie Barrell (b. 1952) (Author)English3
Hail Mary, full of grace! All generations blessMarnie Barrell (Author)English1
Here I stand among God's peopleMarnie Barrell (Author)1
In trust we come to make our prayerMarnie Barrell (Author)1
Lover of creation, at the world's foundationMarnie Barrell (Author)English1
O living Word, in yourself all worlds containingMarnie Barrell (Author)1
Sing of the saints, who were loved and made beautifulMarnie Barrell (Author)English1
This is our faith: that as we once were bornMarnie Barrell (Author)1
We do not hope to ease our mindsMarnie Barrell (b. 1952) (Author)English6
We thank you for the gift of lifeMarnie Barrell (Author)English1
We thank you, God, for this beginningMarnie Barrell (Author)1

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