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John L. Bell

b. 1949 Person Name: John L. Bell, 1949- Scripture: Psalm 31 Translator of "In you, O Lord, I found refuge" in Together in Song 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

Francesca Leftley

b. 1955 Scripture: Psalm 31:2-3 Author of "In you, my God" in Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New

George Ratcliffe Woodward

1848 - 1934 Person Name: George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1848-1934 Scripture: Psalm 31:1 Author of "Jesu, all holy" in Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New Educated at Caius College in Cambridge, England, George R. Woodward (b. Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, 1848; d. Highgate, London, England, 1934) was ordained in the Church of England in 1874. He served in six parishes in London, Norfolk, and Suffolk. He was a gifted linguist and translator of a large number of hymns from Greek, Latin, and German. But Woodward's theory of translation was a rigid one–he held that the translation ought to reproduce the meter and rhyme scheme of the original as well as its contents. This practice did not always produce singable hymns; his translations are therefore used more often today as valuable resources than as congregational hymns. With Charles Wood he published three series of The Cowley Carol Book (1901, 1902, 1919), two editions of Songs of Syon (1904, 1910), An Italian Carol Book (1920), and the Cambridge Carol Book

Graham Jeffery

Scripture: Psalm 31:3 Alterer of "You are beneath me" in Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New

Roy James Stewart

Scripture: Psalms 1-150 Author of "Psalm 32: I Turn to You, Lord" in RitualSong

T. J. Jenkins

Scripture: Psalm 31:3 Author of "Guide Me" in Lasting Hymns No. 2

Brenda Hostetler Meyer

Scripture: Psalm 31 Author of "O God, Our Refuge" in Voices Together

I-to Loh

b. 1936 Scripture: Psalms 1-150 Adapter of "O Give Thanks to the LORD (Yao gan-xie Shang-Zhu)" in Sound the Bamboo

C. Michael Hawn

b. 1948 Scripture: Psalms 1-150 Alterner (English) of "O Give Thanks to the LORD (Yao gan-xie Shang-Zhu)" in Sound the Bamboo C. Michael Hawn University Distinguished Professor of Church Music Director, Master of Sacred Music Program Education D.M.A., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1975; M.C.M., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1972; B.M.E., Wheaton College, 1970 Teaching Specialties Worship and music, worship and culture, Seminary Singers, hymnology Research Interests Global music and worship, cross-cultural worship, enlivening congregational song Selected Publications :: C. Michael Hawn, ed., New Songs of Celebration Render: Congregational Singing in the Twenty-First Century (Chicago: GIA Publications, Inc., 2013) :: C. Michael Hawn, contributor, Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology (Norwich, UK: Canterbury Press, 2013), http://hymnology.imprezadev.co.uk/; 25 articles on global hymnody with a focus on sub-Saharan African hymns :: Gather into One: Praying and Singing Globally (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2003). :: One Bread, One Body: Exploring Cultural Diversity in Worship (Bethesda, MD: The Alban Institute, 2003). :: C. Michael Hawn, author and compiler, Halle, Halle: We Sing the World Round (Garland, TX: Choristers Guild, 1999). Professional Distinctions Regional winner and national finalist, National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Awards contest, 1974; Citation for Excellence in Teaching, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1988; grant from Association of Theological Schools for sabbatical study in Nigeria and Kenya, 1989; Chair, Board of Directors, Children's Chorus of Greater Dallas, 1996-1998; Louisville Institute Sabbatical Research Grant, Lilly Foundation, 1998-1999; Worship Renewal Grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Grand Rapids, MI, with funds provided by Lilly Endowment, Inc., 2000; Choristers Guild, President of the Board of Directors, 1990-92, 2001-03; Elected Fellow of the Hymn Society (2008); ordained Baptist minister (1980) --www.smu.edu/

Georg Niege

1525 - 1589 Person Name: Georg Niege, 1525-1588 Scripture: Psalm 31:3 Author of "As Morning Dawns, Dear Savior" in Christian Worship Georg Niege (* 25. November 1525 in Allendorf; † 1589 in Herford) was a German mercenary and poet. See also in: Wikipedia