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Ruth C. Duck

b. 1947 Person Name: Ruth Duck, 1947- Scripture: Jeremiah 33:7-14 Paraphraser of "When God Restored Our Common Life" in Common Praise (1998)

Charles Steggall

1826 - 1905 Person Name: Charles Steggall (1826-1905) Scripture: Jeremiah 33:14-16 Composer of "CHRISTCHURCH" in Common Praise (1998)

1931 - 2012 Person Name: Dale Grotenhuis, 1931- Scripture: Jeremiah 33:7-14 Harmonizer of "RESIGNATION" in Common Praise (1998) 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)

Stephen P. Starke

b. 1955 Person Name: Stephen P. Starke, b. 1955 Scripture: Jeremiah 33:15-16 Author of "Sing Praise to the God of Israel" 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.

C. E. F. Weyse

1774 - 1842 Person Name: Christoph E. F. Weyse, 1774-1842 Scripture: Jeremiah 33:15-16 Composer of "DEN SIGNEDE DAG" in Lutheran Service Book Weyse, Christoph Ernst Friedrich; b. Mar. 5, 1774, Altona (now in W. Germany), d. Oct. 8, 1842, Copenhagen; Danish composer of German extraction

Michael Morgan

b. 1948 Scripture: Jeremiah 1-52 Author of "Song of the Prophets" in Lift Up Your Hearts Michael Morgan (b. 1948) is a church musician, Psalm scholar, and collector of English Bibles and Psalters from Atlanta, Georgia. After almost 40 years, he now serves as Organist Emeritus for Atlanta’s historic Central Presbyterian Church, and as Seminary Musician at Columbia Theological Seminary. He holds degrees from Florida State University and Atlanta University, and did post-graduate study with composer Richard Purvis in San Francisco. He has played recitals, worship services, and master classes across the U. S., and in England, France, Spain, Switzerland, and Germany. He is author of the Psalter for Christian Worship (1999; rev. 2010), and a regular contributor in the field of psalmody (most recently to the Reformed collections Psalms for All Seasons and Lift Up Your Hearts, and the new Presbyterian hymnal, Glory to God). Michael Morgan

David Gambrell

Scripture: Jeremiah 33:13-16 Author of "The Days Are Surely Coming" in Glory to God Rev. David Gambrell is associate for worship in the PC(USA) Office of Theology and Worship and editor of Call to Worship, and an ex officio advisor to the hymnal committee. Education: Ph.D., liturgical studies Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary --www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries

F. Richard Garland

Scripture: Jeremiah 33:14-16 Author of "The Promise of the Lord" in Discipleship Ministries Collection The Reverend F. Richard Garland is a retired United Methodist pastor. He and his wife, Catherine Sprigg, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, live in North Kingstown, RI. Dick was born and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and is a lifelong Methodist. A graduate of Garrett Theological Seminary, he interned in Chicago and then served churches in Indiana, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. He continues to preach on occasion, provide coverage in emergency pastoral situations, and write a monthly essay, "From Where I Sit" for the newsletter of the North Kingstown UMC. He has been a contributor to The Upper Room. Dick is a lifelong hiker who still climbs in the mountains of New Hampshire. At home, he spends a great deal of time in his flower gardens. He has sung with the Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra and is a member of the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts. Dick wrote his first hymn, a children's song, in a seminary music class with Austin C. Lovelace, and he has written poetry for many years. He began writing hymns for use in his churches about twenty years ago, but did not submit them for publication until 2006, after being encouraged to do so by a classmate and friend. Many of his texts are inspired by the seasons of the church year, particularly Christmas and Easter, and by Scriptures from the Lectionary. In April of 2007, an appeal from a clergy colleague for a memorial hymn in response to the shootings at Virginia Tech University resulted in the creation of his hymn, In Grief and Aching Sorrow, set to the tune, Passion Chorale by J.S. Bach. Once, his pastor, frustrated in trying to find enough hymns to go with the Good Samaritan story in Luke 10:25-37, asked him to write a new hymn for a service. The result was his hymn, "When We Would Neighbor Be." On a dare from a colleague, he revealed a whimsical side by writing a hymn for Groundhog Day, "Praise the Lord for Woodland Creatures." His hymn, "I Have a Dream," was written to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the address by The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He has written a series of texts based on the selections from the Letters to the Ephesians and to the Philippians found in the New Revised Common Lectionary. F. Richard Garland

Rory Cooney

b. 1952 Person Name: Rory Cooney, b. 1952 Scripture: Jeremiah 1-52 Arranger of "STAR OF COUNTY DOWN" in Lift Up Your Hearts

Daniel Moe

1926 - 2012 Person Name: Daniel Moe, b. 1926 Scripture: Jeremiah 33 Composer of "[I will sing the story of your love, O Lord]" in Lutheran Book of Worship Moe, Daniel was born in Fargo, North Dakota in 1926. He was the son of a Lutheran minister. He served with the Naval Air Corps Band during WWII from 1944-1946. He received an A.B. from Concordia, his M. A. from Washington, and his Ph.D. form Iowa in 1961). He taught at the University of Denver, 1953-1959, and later served as choral conductor at Oberlin College for 20 years, from 1972-1992. He retired and moved to Sarasota, FL where he directed the Key Chorale until 2006. He died May 25, 2012 at the age of 85. --The Observer, 12 December 1991, p.3; Oberlin Alumni Magazine September/October 1972, and Mary Louise VanDyke DNAH Archives