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M. D. Ridge

1938 - 2017 Person Name: M. D. Ridge Scripture: John 2:1-11 Author of "God, Who Created Hearts to Love" in Lift Up Your Hearts

Scripture: John 2:1-11 Author of "To such is bless'd, their marriage-day" in Church Hymn Book; consisting of hymns and psalms, original and selected. adapted to public worship and many other occasions. 2nd ed.

Henry Purcell

1659 - 1695 Person Name: Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Scripture: John 2:1-11 Composer of "WESTMINSTER ABBEY" in Common Praise (1998) Henry Purcell (b. Westminster, London, England, 1659; d. Westminster, 1695), was perhaps the greatest English composer who ever lived, though he only lived to the age of thirty-six. Purcell's first piece was published at age eight when he was also a chorister in the Chapel Royal. When his voice changed in 1673, he was appointed assistant to John Hingston, who built chamber organs and maintained the king's instruments. In 1674 Purcell began tuning the Westminster Abbey organ and was paid to copy organ music. Given the position of composer for the violins in 1677, he also became organist at Westminster Abbey in 1679 (at age twenty) and succeeded Hingston as maintainer of the king's instruments (1683). Purcell composed music for the theater (Dido and Aeneas, c. 1689) and for keyboards, provided music for royal coronations and other ceremonies, and wrote a substantial body of church music, including eighteen full anthems and fifty-six verse anthems. Bert Polman

Peter Moger

b. 1964 Person Name: Peter Moger (b. 1964) Scripture: John 2:1-11 Composer of "GODMANCHESTER" in Ancient and Modern

John Bacchus Dykes

1823 - 1876 Person Name: John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876) Scripture: John 2:1-11 Composer of "STRENGTH AND STAY" in Ancient and Modern As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern. Bert Polman

Stephen P. Starke

b. 1955 Person Name: Stephen P. Starke, b. 1955 Scripture: John 2:1-11 Author of "Gracious Savior, Grant Your Blessing" in Lutheran Service Book Rev. Stephen P. Starke has always had a heart for hymns. At a young age, Starke played hymns out of The Lutheran Hymnal and read through the hymnal to pass the time before Sunday services. Pastor Starke graduated from Concordia University Chicago with a BA. While completing his MDiv from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, he attempted his first hymn text and was encouraged to write more. Since that time, he has written more than 175 hymns inspired by music and the Scriptures. He has been commissioned to write hymns for special occasions, including the 125th anniversary of Concordia University Wisconsin, as well as his daughter’s wedding. Because of his extensive work as a hymnwriter, Pastor Starke received an honorary doctor of letters degree from Concordia University, Irvine, California, and an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Concordia University Wisconsin in Mequon. It is through the medium of hymns that Pastor Starke desires to preserve and pass on the truths of the Gospel for generations to come.

Michael Forster

b. 1946 Person Name: Michael Forster, b. 1946 Scripture: John 2:1-11 Author of "Life for the poor was hard and tough (Jesus turned the water into wine)" in Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New

Johann Balthasar König

1691 - 1758 Person Name: Johann Balthasar König, 1691-1758 Scripture: John 2:1-11 Composer of "FRANCONIA" in Lutheran Service Book Johann Balthasar König; b. 1691, Waltershausen, near Gotha; d. 1758, Frankfort Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908

Rowland Hugh Prichard

1811 - 1887 Person Name: Rowland H. Prichard, 1811-87 Scripture: John 2:1-11 Composer of "HYFRYDOL" in Lutheran Service Book Rowland H. Prichard (sometimes spelled Pritchard) (b. Graienyn, near Bala, Merionetshire, Wales, 1811; d. Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, 1887) was a textile worker and an amateur musician. He had a good singing voice and was appointed precentor in Graienyn. Many of his tunes were published in Welsh periodicals. In 1880 Prichard became a loom tender's assistant at the Welsh Flannel Manufacturing Company in Holywell. Bert Polman