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Connie Johnson-Evers

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 13:11-14 Author of "More Than You Know" in Voices Together

Joanne Bender

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 13:11-14 Author of "God, Be With Us" in Voices Together

b. 1966 Scripture: 2 Corinthians 13:11-14 Author of "Go, My Friends, in Grace" in Voices Together David Wright is a poet and professor of English at Monmouth College (IL). In addition to his poetry collections--A Liturgy for Stones (Cascadia, 2003), The Small Books of Bach (Wipf & Stock, 2014) and Local Talent (Purple Flag, 2019)--he has collaborated with composer Jim Clemens on several dozen hymns and choral works. Before teaching at Monmouth, Wright taught at Richland Community College, Wheaton College, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He still considers First Mennonite Church of Urbana his home church. David Wright

James Nares

1715 - 1783 Person Name: James Nares, 1715-83 Scripture: 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 Composer of "WESTMINSTER NEW" in Together in Song Born: April 19, 1715, Stanwell, Middlesex, England. Died: February 10, 1783. Buried: St. Margaret’s, Westminster, England. After his family moved to Oxford, Nares became a chorister in the Chapel Royal. He later became deputy organist at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor; organist in York Cathedral (1734); and organist in the Royal Chapel and composer to the king (1756). He received a doctorate of music degree from Cambridge University in 1756. In 1770, the Catch Club awarded him a prize for his glee To All Lovers of Harmony. Sources: Frost, p. 683 Nutter, p. 462 http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/n/a/r/nares_j.htm ==================== http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Nares