Thanks for being a Hymnary.org user. You are one of more than 10 million people from 200-plus countries around the world who have benefitted from the Hymnary website in 2024! If you feel moved to support our work today with a gift of any amount and a word of encouragement, we would be grateful.

You can donate online at our secure giving site.

Or, if you'd like to make a gift by check, please make it out to CCEL and mail it to:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 3201 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
And may the promise of Advent be yours this day and always.

Fred Kaan

Fred Kaan
www.hymntime.com/tch
Short Name: Fred Kaan
Full Name: Kaan, Fred, 1929-2009
Birth Year: 1929
Death Year: 2009

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)

Featured Article:
My Hymn-Writing Journey by Fred Kaan (from "The Hymn")

Texts by Fred Kaan (107)AsAuthority Languagessort descendingInstances
Although our Lord has left usFred Kaan (Author)2
As you came to earth in JesusFred Kaan (Author)5
Break not the circle of enabling loveFred Kaan (Author)5
Each year we sing with bated Christmas voiceFrederik Herman Kaan (Author)2
For all who have enriched our livesFred Kaan (Author)2
For the crowd of thousandsFred Kaan (Adapter)3
God! As with silent hearts we bring to mindFred Kaan, b. 1929 (Author)6
God calls his people firm to standFred Kaan (Author)2
He's back in the land of the livingFrederik Herman Kaan (Author)4
How can creation's voice be stillFred Kaan, 1929 - (Translator)2
If you have ears, then listenFred Kaan (Author)2
Jesus, shepherd of our souls, Selfless in your carringFrederik Herman Kaan (Author)5
Life could be good and rich and wholeFred Kaan, b. 1929 (Author)2
Sing we of the modern cityFrederik Herman Kaan (Author)6
Son of the Father, Jesus, Lord and slaveFrederik Herman Kaan 1929- (Translator)4
Surrounded by a world of needFred Kaan (Author)3
Thank you, Lord, for the time that is nowFrederik Herman Kaan, 1929- (Author)3
The earth, the sky, the oceans and all that they containFrederik Herman Kaan,1929- (Author)3
They saw you as the local builder's sonFred Kaan (Translator)1
Today I live, but once shall come my deathFred Kaan (b. 1929) (Author)7
We praise your name, O God of all creationFred Kaan, b.1929 (Author)2
When in his own image God created manFred Kaan (Author)3
You called me, Father, by my nameFred Kaan (Author)3
Almond trees, renewed in bloomFred Kaan (Translator)English2
As the glory of creationFred Kaan (Author)English2
As we break the bread Fred Kaan (Author)English8
Bless and keep us, God, in your love unitedFred Kaan (Translator)English2
Down to earth, as a doveFred Kaan (Author)English10
Faith, while trees are still in blossomFred Kaan (Translator)English8
Father, help your peopleFred Kaan (Author)English3
Father, who in Jesus found usFred Kaan, b. 1929 (Author)English3
For ourselves no longer livingFred Kaan (Author)English2
For the healing of the nationsFred Kaan, 1929-2009 (Author)English54
God is unique and oneFrederik Herman Kaan (Author)English7
God of Eve and God of MaryFred Kaan (Author)English6
[God the narrator]Fred Kaan (Author)English2
God! When human bonds are brokenFrederik Herman Kaan, 1929- (Author)English11
God who spoke in the beginningFred H. Kaan (Author)English7
God, whose love in Jesus found usFred Kaan, b. 1929 (Author)English2
God whose love is all around usFred Kaan (Author)English2
God, you make us your companionsFred Kaan, b. 1929 (Author)English7
[God's Word throughout the Ages]Fred Kaan (Translator)English3
Guide me, O Thou great JehovahFred Kaan (Author (B))English1
Help us accept each otherFred Kaan, 1929- (Author)English25
Holy Spirit, come, confirm usFred Kaan (Translator (B))English1
[How wide is life for living]Fred Kaan (Author)English2
[I can on God implicitly rely]Fred Kaan (Author)English2
[In the beginning: God] (Kaan)Fred Kaan (Author)English2
Let us talents and tongues employFred Kaan, 1929-2009 (Author)English32
Lord, as we rise to leave the shell of worshipFred Kaan, 1929 - (Author)English9
[Lord, how majestic is your name]Fred Kaan (Author)English2
Lord of the living, in Your name assembledFrederik Herman Kaan (Author)English14
Lord, when I came into this lifeFred Kaan (Author)English7
May the God of hope go with us every dayFred Kaan (Author, v. 2)English1
Now in the name of him, who sentFred Kaan (Author)English6
Now join we to praise the creatorFred Kaan, b. 1929 (Author)English10
Now let us from this table riseFred Kaan, b.1929 (Author)English38
O God, from whom mankind derives its nameFred H. Kaan (1929-2009) (Author)English9
O God of the eternal nowFred Kaan (Author)English5
O God, You give humanity its nameFred Kaan (Author)English2
Out of deep, unordered waterFred Kaan (Author)English5
Out of our failure to createFred Kaan, b. 1929 (Author)English4
Praise the Lord with joyful cryFrederik Herman Kaan, 1929- (Author)English9
Put peace into each other's handsFred Kaan (1929-2009) (Author)English18
Sing we a song of high revoltFred Kaan, b. 1929 (Author)English4
The church is like a tableFred Kaan (Author)English2
The love of God is broad like beach and meadowFred Kaan (Author)English2
They set out on their homeward roadFred Kaan (Author)English4
This is the day when light was first createdFred Kaan, b. 1929 (Author)English7
To show by touch and word devotion to the earthFred Kaan (Author)English3
Tomorrow Christ is comingFred Kaan (Author)English8
Voice-over God, our Lover and CreatorFred Kaan (Author)English2
We have a king who rides a donkeyFred Kaan (Author)English5
We long to learn to praiseFred Kaan (Author)English4
We meet You, O Christ, in many a guiseFred Kaan (Author)English11
We turn to you, O God of every nationFred Kaan, b. 1929 (Author)English10
We utter our cry: that peace may prevailFred Kaan (Author)English6
We who bear the human name are like flowers of the fieldFred Kaan (Author)English3
When, O God, our faith is testedFred Kaan, 1929-2009 (Author)English2
Whom shall I send? our Maker criesFred Kaan (Author (C))English1
With grateful hearts our faith professingFred Kaan (Author)English4
Your love, O God, is broad like beach and meadowFred Kaan (Translator)English7
Come, O Holy Spirit, set the Church on fire (Saint-Esprit, viens, oh viens saisis ton Église)Fred Kaan (Author)English, French2
Raising our hands as a sign of rejoicing (Vers toi, ô Dieu, vois nos mains qui s'élèvent)Fred Kaan (Author)English, French5
Christ is risen, Christ is livingFred Kaan (Translator (from Spanish))English, Spanish5
Mi pela i bung (God of all the world)Fred Kaan (Translator)English, Tok Pisin3
Yarabba ssalamiFred Kaan (Translator (English))Arabic1
Du satte dig selv i de nederstes stedFred Kaan (Translator (English))Danish1
Wij geloven één voor éénFred Kaan (Translator (English))Dutch2
Le Seigneur fit pour moi des merveillesFred Kaan (Translator (English))French1
Nos fautes nous séparentFred Kaan (Translator (English))French1
Du bist unser allesFred Kaan (Translator (English))German1
Komm, Herr, segne unsFred Kaan (Translator (English))German2
Kommt mit Gaben und LobgesangFred Kaan (Author)German2
Utukufu kwa mungu juuFred Kaan (Translator (English))kiSwahili1
E toru nga meaFred Kaan (Translator (English))Maori1
asato maa sad gamayaFred Kaan (Translator (English))Marathi1
A Palavra do Senhor não lhe voltará vaziaFred Kaan (Translator (English))Portuguese1
Pela fraternidadeFred Kaan (Translator (English))Portuguese1
A ti, Señor, te pedimosFred Kaan (Translator (English))Spanish1
Bendice, Señor, nuestro panFred Kaan (Translator (English))Spanish2
Como la playa, como el pasto verdeFred Kaan (Translator (English))Spanish3
No rompas este círculo de amorFred Kaan (Author)Spanish2
Te ofrecemos nuestros donesFred Kaan (Translator (English))Spanish2
Tú eres amor, tú eres bondadFred Kaan (Translator (English))Spanish1
Vos sos el destazado en la cruzFred Kaan (Translator (English))Spanish1
Cristo vive, fuera el llantoFred Kaan, b. 1929 (Translator)Spanish, Spanish, English8
Suggestions or corrections? Contact us
It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue helps keep us running. Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or getting Hymnary Pro to eliminate ads entirely and help support Hymnary.org.