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Theodore P. Ferris

1908 - 1972 Topics: Advent; Pre-Lenten Season Sexagesima; Christ Life and Ministry; Holy Scripture, the Church's gift; Holy Scriptures; Sexagesima The Holy Communion Sequence; Trinity XXIV Morning Prayer General Composer of "WEYMOUTH" in The Hymnal of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America 1940 The Rev. Dr. Theodore Parker Ferris, the son of Walter Andrew and Eva (Parker) Ferris, was born in Port Chester, New York, on December 23, 1908. He received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1929 and B.D. from General Theological Seminary, NY, in 1933. Ordained deacon on June 11, 1933, he was ordained a priest on May 27, 1934. From 1933 until 1937 Ferris was assistant to the rector of Grace Church, New York, and at the same time served as fellow and tutor at General Seminary. From 1937 until 1942, he was rector of Emmanuel Church, Baltimore, and from 1942 until his death, he was the fourteenth rector of Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts. Many of his publications were books of sermons. He published a book on preaching Go Tell the People (1951) in which he stated that "A sermon is by nature a disclosure, an unveiling, a revelation . . . to preach is to draw the curtain aside from the figure of Christ and to lose oneself in the folds of it." He was also author of This Created World, 1944; This is the Day, 1951; The Story of Jesus, 1953; "Exposition of the Acts of the Apostles" in The Interpreter’s Bible, 1954; When I Became a Man, 1957; The New Life, 1961; Book of Prayer for Everyman, 1962; What Jesus Did, 1963; and The Image of God, 1965. From 1943 until 1964 Dr. Ferris was an adjunct instructor in homiletics at the Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was active in the ecumenical movement and an alternate delegate to the first assembly of the World Council of Churches at Amsterdam in 1948. As well, he was Delegate to the Episcopal Church's triennial General Convention in 1946, 1949, 1952, 1955, 1961, and 1967. Furthermore, he as a trustee of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. His honorary degrees included S.T.D. from General Seminary, 1961; D.D., Rollins College, 1944, Middlebury College., 1955, Boston University, 1958, Harvard College, 1969; and Mus.D., Westminster Choir Coll., Princeton, N.J., 1967. A bachelor, Dr. Ferris died in Boston on Nov. 26, 1972. --www.philosophy-religion.org/diaconate/

Timothy R. Smith

b. 1960 Person Name: Timothy R. Smith, b. 1960 Topics: Lent 5 Year A; Lenten Season Common Psalm; Longing for God; Mercy; Night Prayer Night Psalms; Rites of the Church Penance (Reconciliation); Rites of the Church Penance (Reconciliation); Rites of the Church Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Penitential Rite (Scrutiny – 2nd Sunday in Lent); Rites of the Church Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Scrutinies (General); Rites of the Church Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Third Scrutiny (5th Sunday of Lent); Salvation; Service Music for Mass Responsorial Psalm; Sin; Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest Responsorial Psalm; Tenth Ordinary; The Liturgical Year Lent (Sundays and Weekdays) Author (verses) of "Psalm 130: With the Lord There Is Mercy" in Journeysongs (3rd ed.)

Bobby Fisher

b. 1952 Person Name: Bobby Fisher, b. 1952 Topics: Joy; Power of God; Resurrection; Salvation; Sunday, the Lord's Day; The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night Reading 8 (Epistle); Easter Season Common Psalm; Easter Sunday; Easter 4 Year B; Easter 7 Year B; Service Music for Mass Entrance Song (Gathering of Processional); Service Music for Mass Responsorial Psalm; Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest Responsorial Psalm; Morning Prayer Morning Psalms, Canticles; Rites of the Church Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: General Use; The Liturgical Year Easter Sunday; The Liturgical Year Easter (Sundays and Weekdays) Author (verses) of "This Is the Day" in Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.)

W. Thomas Jones

b. 1956 Person Name: W. Thomas Jones (1956-) Topics: Communion of Saints; Easter (season); Jesus' Life and Ministry; Baptism (general) Adapter of "MEADVILLE" in Common Praise (1998)

Alban Henry

Topics: Seasonal and General Harvest Author of "Bring Them In" in Sing a New Song St. Vincent, Anglican, Teacher Sing a New Song No. 3 by Patrick Prescod (Bridgetown, Barbados: Cedar Press, 1981)

Jillian Williams

b. 1969 Topics: Seasonal and General For the Young Author of "Jesus, Our Perfect Teacher" in Sing a New Song St. Vincent, Student Sing a New Song No. 3 by Patrick Prescod (Bridgetown, Barbados: Cedar Press, 1981)

Carolyn Providence

b. 1970 Topics: Seasonal and General For the Young Author of "Evening" in Sing a New Song St. Vincent, student Sing a New Song No. 3 by Patrick Prescod (Bridgetown, Barbados: Cedar Press, 1981)

J. Emmette Weir

Topics: Seasonal and General Weddings Author of "Father, Now with Joy We Gather" in Sing a New Song

Judith Duncan

Topics: Seasonal and General Weddings Author of "Today Is the Day That You Marry" in Sing a New Song St. Vincent, Methodist, Teacher Sing a New Song No. 3 by Patrick Prescod (Bridgetown, Barbados: Cedar Press, 1981)

Barry Chevannes

1940 - 2010 Topics: Seasonal and General The Holy Spirit Author of "Blak Up" in Sing a New Song Jamaica, Roman Catholic, Research Fellow, University of the West Indies Sing a New Song No. 3 by Patrick Prescod (Bridgetown, Barbados: Cedar Press, 1981)