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Frank Leroy Cross

1904 - 2004 Person Name: F. Cross Topics: The Holy Scriptures Author of "Go forth, strong word of God" in Churches of Christ Hymn Book Cross, Frank LeRoy. (Oklahoma, 1904- ). Evangelical United Brethren. Graduated from United Theological Seminary, Dayton. Pastor in Oklahoma, editor of Lorenz Publishing Co., Dayton. Winner of the Hymn Society of America contest for hymns based on the Bible, with "Go forth, strong word of God," issued at the time of the introduction of the Revised Standard Version. Has written other hymns for various denominations. --Ellen Jane Lorenz, DNAH Archives ========================= Frank Cross is a member of the faculty of Bonebrake Theological Seminary, an institution of the Evangelical United Brethren Church. He is a graduate of Oklahoma City University and had theological training at Bonebrake Seminary. He was the pastor of the First United Brethren Church in Oklahoma City from 1934 to 1946. He has written a number of hymns for the services of his own congregation, and some of these have been used elsewhere. This Bible hymn is the first to be published. --Ten New Hymns on the Bible, 1952. Used by permission.

Linnea Good

Topics: Gathering; Guidance; Holy Spirit; Praying; Praying Short Prayer Responses; Scripture Proclamation; Silence Author of "Listen in the Silence" in Voices Together

Pedro Flores

Topics: Holy Scriptures Composer of "SALMO 119" in El Himnario

Lenita Tiong

Topics: Holy Scripture Transliterator (Khmer) of "Au preah vo bey (Our Father, who is in heaven)" in Global Praise 3

Evan A. Fry

1902 - 1959 Person Name: Evan A. Fry, 1902-1959 Topics: Book of Mormon; Doctrine and Covenants; Gathering; God the Eternal; God's Love; Growth; Holy Spirit; Hope; Light; Nations; Revelation; Scriptures; Truth Author of "God Has Spoken Through the Ages" in Hymns of the Saints

Joan A. Fyock

Person Name: Joan Fyock Norris Topics: Church; Conversion and New Life; Holy Spirit; Holy Spirit gifts of; Pentecost; Scripture Proclamation; Word of God Harmonizer of "BEACH SPRING" in Voices Together

John Thornburg

b. 1954 Topics: God Mystery and Holiness of; God Presence of; Scripture Proclamation Author of "Because the Words We Wait to Hear" in Voices Together

Alan Price

b. 1948 Person Name: Captain Alan Price Topics: The Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit in the Church - Illumination of God's Word; Scripture Author of "Is it spooky, is it weird" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) Alan John Price

Seth Curtis Beach

1837 - 1932 Person Name: Seth Curtis Beach, 1837-1932 Topics: God the Creator; God the Sustainer; Health and Healing; Holy Spirit; Incarnation; Intellect and Intelligence; Mystery; Praise; Revelation; Scriptures; Worship Author of "Mysterious Presence, Source of All" in Hymns of the Saints Seth Curtis Beach was born on August 8, 1837 in western New York State. He was a Unitarian minister, author, poet and hymnist. The family lived in a log cabin they had built on a fifty acre farm near the village of Marion, New York. His mother and older sister tutored him until he was eight. In 1858 he enrolled at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, but transferred to Union College in Schenectady, New York and gradated from there with an A.B. degree in 1863. As a Unitarian, Beach enrolled at Harvard Divinity School to prepare for the ministry. After college he preached as a supply minister for a number of churches eventually settling at All Souls Unitarian Church in Augusta, Maine in 1867. He also served as minister at First Church in Dedham and later in Bangor. He published several books of sermons, served as secretary of the national Unitarian Ministerial Union, and was appointed Superintendent for Missionary Work in Northern New England for the American Unitarian Association (AUA). He visited struggling parishes in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont helping them to solve congregational problems. Seth Curtis Beach died in 1932. The Unitarian Year Book called him “the dean of our Unitarian ministers.” NN, Hymnary editor. Source: Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography, www25.uua.org/uuhs/

Robert A. Hobby

b. 1962 Person Name: Robert A. Hobby, 1962- Topics: Christian unity; Commission; Communion; Freedom; Gathering; Grâce; Heritage; Holy Spirit; Invocation; Jesus Christ's Love; Light; Mission; Scripture; Sin; Suffering; Trinity Composer of "ST. PAUL" in Community of Christ Sings Robert A. Hobby currently serves as Director of Music for Trinity English Lutheran Church, Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his responsibilities include playing for many of the worship services, overseeing the graded choral program, and managing the concerts the church offers. Numerous activities during his tenure include Trinity Church establishing a choral series with seventeen composers commissioned thus far, hosting a regional convention of the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians, producing four recordings, and expanding the opportunities for music ministry. Mr. Hobby received his Bachelor's Degree in Church Music from Wittenberg University in 1985 and a Master's Degree in Organ Performance from the University of Notre Dame in 1987. His organ teachers have included Darwin Leitz, Kirby and Kristi Koriath, Donald Busarow, and Craig Cramer. His private study in composition has been under Donald Busarow and Richard Hillert. He has had private coaching in improvisation with Paul Manz and compositional coaching from English composer, Andrew Carter. To date, most of his composition time has been spent writing commissions for churches and organizations throughout the country. Over 150 of Mr. Hobby?s compositions are in print with Augsburg Fortress Publishing House, Choristers Guild, Concordia Publishing House, G.I.A. Publishers, MorningStar Music Publishers, Northwestern Publishers, Pavane Publishing Co., and Warner Brothers Publishers. His music has been heard on nationally syndicated radio programs such as The Lutheran Hour, Pipe Dreams, and Sing for Joy. A representation of his writing for organ, choral, and instrumental forces can be found on Thine Is the Glory, a recording produced by MorningStar Publishers. In 2006, Mr. Hobby premiered a major work of his entitled "The Good Shepherd" which is scored for tenor solo, adult and children's choirs, and orchestra; it is published with MorningStar Music Publishers. His compositions are present in two hymnals: Evangelical Lutheran Worship and Lutheran Service Book. As a performer and clinician, Mr. Hobby keeps an active schedule throughout the United States. He has played for the national conventions of the Hymn Society of the United States and Canada, Organ Historical Society, and National Pastoral Musicians, and he has played for both national and regional conventions of the Association of the Lutheran Church Musicians and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He has been a featured artist with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, performing Poulenc's Organ Concerto and Haydn's Organ Concerto #2 in C. In 2005, he conducted the premiere performance of Andrew Carter's Concerto in C for organ and orchestra with David Higgs at the organ. In addition, his workshops for both regional conventions and individual chapter meetings of the American Guild of Organists and other similar organizations have gathered wide acclaim. Mr. Hobby is a member of a number of professional music organizations and has held a variety of leadership positions. For several years he chaired Young Lutherans Sing, a national summer choral program for children, sponsored by the Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. In 1996, he designed and coordinated a hymn festival that was performed simultaneously at 100 sites around the United States and Canada to commemorate the 10th anniversary of ALCM. He has also served as Dean of the Fort Wayne American Guild of Organists and as a member of the Program Committee for the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. Mr. Hobby and his wife, Jennifer, are the proud parents of three daughters: Hannah, Lydia, and Elizabeth. --www.morningstarmusic.com/