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Mary S. Edgar

1889 - 1973 Scripture: Philippians 4:8 Author of "God Who Touches Earth with Beauty" in Hymns for the Living Church

Peter Cutts

1937 - 2024 Person Name: Peter Warwick Cutts, b. 1937 Scripture: Philippians 4:7 Composer of "BRIDEGROOM" in Singing the Faith

1931 - 2012 Scripture: Philippians 4:4 Arranger of "REJOICE" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) Dale Grotenhuis (b. Cedar Grove, WI, 1931; d. Jenison, Mi, August 17, 2012) was a member of the 1987 Psalter Hymnal 1987 Revision Committee, and was professor of music and director of choral music at Dordt College, Sioux Center, Iowa, from 1960 until he retired in 1994 to concentrate on composition. Educated at Calvin College; Michigan State University, Lansing; and Ohio State University, Columbus; he combined teaching with composition throughout his career and was a widely published composer of choral music. He also directed the Dordt choir in a large number of recordings, including many psalm arrangements found in the 1959 edition of the Psalter Hymnal. Before coming to Dordt, Grotenhuis taught music at Christian high schools in Washington and Michigan. Under his direction, the Dordt College concert choir participated in annual tours that took members throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. He loved the church and the music of the church. His favorite song was "All Glory Be to God on High". Bert Polman (last two sentences from Joy Grotenhuis, daughter-in-law)

Noel Tredinnick

b. 1949 Person Name: Noël Tredinnick (born 1949) Scripture: Philippians 4:7 Composer of "OLD YEAVERING" in Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) Composer

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Scripture: Philippians 4:11 Composer of "[I am happy, O so happy]" in Burning Bush Songs No. 1 William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman

Michael Baughen

b. 1930 Scripture: Philippians 4:7 Author of "Because He Died and Is Risen" in The Worshiping Church

Twinkie Clark-Terrell

Person Name: Elbernita “Twinkie” Clark Scripture: Philippians 4:13 Author of "I Can Do All Things through Christ" in African American Heritage Hymnal

George P. Simmonds

1890 - 1991 Person Name: G. Paúl S. Scripture: Philippians 4:4 Translator of "¡Dad Gracias y Hoy Cantad!" in Himnario Bautista Used pseudonyms G Paul S., J. Paul Simon, and J. Pablo Símon

Mrs. C. H. Morris

1862 - 1929 Person Name: Mrs. C. H. M. Scripture: Philippians 4:19 Author of ""My God Shall Supply Your Need"" in The Old Story in Song Lelia (Mrs. C.H.) Morris (1862-1929) was born in Pennsville, Morgan County, Ohio. When her family moved to Malta on the Muskingum River she and her sister and mother had a millinery shop in McConnelsville. She and her husband Charles H. Morris were active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and at the camp meetings in Sebring and Mt. Vernon. She wrote hymns as she did her housework. Although she became blind at age 52 she continued to write hymns on a 28-foot long blackboard that her family had built for her. She is said to have written 1000 texts and many tunes including "Sweeter as the years go by." Mary Louise VanDyke

John L. Bell

b. 1949 Person Name: John L. Bell, b. 1949 Scripture: Philippians 4:7 Author of "God to enfold you" in Singing the Faith John Bell (b. 1949) was born in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, intending to be a music teacher when he felt the call to the ministry. But in frustration with his classes, he did volunteer work in a deprived neighborhood in London for a time and also served for two years as an associate pastor at the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam. After graduating he worked for five years as a youth pastor for the Church of Scotland, serving a large region that included about 500 churches. He then took a similar position with the Iona Community, and with his colleague Graham Maule, began to broaden the youth ministry to focus on renewal of the church’s worship. His approach soon turned to composing songs within the identifiable traditions of hymnody that began to address concerns missing from the current Scottish hymnal: "I discovered that seldom did our hymns represent the plight of poor people to God. There was nothing that dealt with unemployment, nothing that dealt with living in a multicultural society and feeling disenfranchised. There was nothing about child abuse…,that reflected concern for the developing world, nothing that helped see ourselves as brothers and sisters to those who are suffering from poverty or persecution." [from an interview in Reformed Worship (March 1993)] That concern not only led to writing many songs, but increasingly to introducing them internationally in many conferences, while also gathering songs from around the world. He was convener for the fourth edition of the Church of Scotland’s Church Hymnary (2005), a very different collection from the previous 1973 edition. His books, The Singing Thing and The Singing Thing Too, as well as the many collections of songs and worship resources produced by John Bell—some together with other members of the Iona Community’s “Wild Goose Resource Group,” —are available in North America from GIA Publications. Emily Brink