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Emily R. Brink

b. 1940 Topics: Church Year Trinity Sunday; Communion of the Saints; Doxologies; God's Holiness; God's Mystery; God's Name; God's Reign; Music and Singing; Praise of God; Trinity; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration Composer (descant) of "GROSSER GOTT" in Lift Up Your Hearts Emily R. Brink is a Senior Research Fellow of the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and Adjunct Professor of Church Music and Worship at Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her main areas of responsibility are conference planning and global resources. She is program manager of the annual Calvin Symposium on Worship, which draws more than 70 presenters and 1600 participants from around the world. She also travels widely to lecture and to learn about worship in different parts of the world, especially in Asia, where she has lectured in Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, and Taiwan. Her areas of interest include congregational song from all times and places; psalmody; hymnal editing. She was editor of four hymnals and consults with a wide range of churches on worship renewal issues. Dr. Brink is active in the American Guild of Organists, serving in both local and national offices, as well as in the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada (president from 1990 1992) and named a Fellow of the Hymn Society in 2004 in recognition of distinguished services to hymnody and hymnology. --internal.calvinseminary.edu/

Winfred Douglas

1867 - 1944 Person Name: C. Winfred Douglas Topics: Biblical Names; Eternal Life; God Love of; Jesus Christ Savior; Year A Lent 2; Year A Holy Cross; Year B Lent 4; Year B Trinity Sunday; Year B Holy Cross; Year C Holy Cross Harmonizer of "MORNING SONG" in The New Century Hymnal Charles Winfred Douglas (b. Oswego, NY, 1867; d. Santa Rosa, CA, 1944), an influential leader in Episcopalian liturgical and musical life. Educated at Syracuse University and St. Andrews Divinity School, Syracuse, New York, he moved to Colorado for his health. There he studied at St. Matthew's Hall, Denver, and founded the Mission of the Transfiguration in Evergreen (1897). Ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church in 1899, he also studied in France, Germany and England, where he spent time with the Benedictines of Solesmes on the Island of Wight from 1903 to 1906. For much of his life, Douglas served as director of music at the Community of St. Mary in Peekskill, New York, and had associations with cathedrals in Denver, Colorado, and Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He promoted chanting and plainsong in the Episcopal Church through workshops and publications such as The American Psalter (1929), the Plainsong Psalter (1932), and the Monastic Diurnal (1932). His writings include program notes for the Denver Symphony Orchestra, various hymn preludes; organ, as well as the book, Church Music in History and Practice (1937). He was editor of both the Hymnal 1916 and its significant successor, Hymnal 1940, of the Episcopal Church. Douglas's other achievements include a thorough knowledge of the life and culture of Hopi and Navajo natives, among whom he lived for a number of years. Bert Polman

George Whitefield

1714 - 1770 Topics: Adoration; Christ Birth of Alterer of "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing"

Alfred V. Fedak

b. 1953 Topics: Advent; Encouragement; Grace; Holy Name; Jesus Christ; Journey; Love of God for Us; New Creation; New Year; Penance; Praise; Renewal; Seasons; Stewardship; Thanksgiving Composer of "SIXTH NIGHT" in RitualSong Alfred Fedak (b. 1953), is a well-known organist, composer, and Minister of Music at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Capitol Hill in Albany, New York. He graduated from Hope College in 1975 with degrees in organ performance and music history. He obtained a Master’s degree in organ performance from Montclair State University, and has also studied at Westminster Choir College, Eastman School of Music, the Institute for European Studies in Vienna, and at the first Cambridge Choral Studies Seminar at Clare College, Cambridge. As a composer, he has over 200 choral and organ works in print, and has three published anthologies of his work (Selah Publishing). In 1995, he was named a Visiting Fellow in Church Music at Episcopal Seminary of the Soutwest in Austin, Texas. He is also a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists, and was awarded the AGO’s prestigious S. Lewis Elmer Award. Fedak is a Life Member of the Hymn Society, and writes for The American Organist, The Hymn, Reformed Worship, and Music and Worship. He was a member of the Presbyterian Committee on Congregational Song that prepared Glory to God, the 2013 hymnal of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Laura de Jong

Katie Graber

Topics: Confessing Faith; Creation God as Creator; Darkness and Light; God Feminine Language and Images for; God Images and Names of; God Mystery and Holiness of; God Power of; God Works of; Seasons; Sunday / Sabbath; Time Composer of "LEAVENING" in Voices Together

Chris Tomlin

b. 1972 Topics: Adoration; Darkness and Light; God Images and Names of; God Mystery and Holiness of; God Power of; Reign of Christ; Reign of God Author of "How Great Is Our God (Cuán grande es Dios)" in Voices Together

Sarah Kathleen Johnson

Topics: Darkness and Light; God Images and Names of; God Mystery and Holiness of; God Presence of; Silence; Worship Author of "Darkness Is Not Dark to You, God" in Voices Together

Isao Koizumi

1907 - 1992 Person Name: Isao Koizumi, 1907-1992 Topics: Biblical Names and Places Israel; Church Year Lent; Cruelty; Elements of Worship Baptism; Faith; God Daily Experience of; God Trust in; God as Rock; God's Love; God's Presence; God's Strength; Hope; Jesus Christ Mind of; Jesus Christ Teacher; Lament General; Life Stages Birth; Life Stages Old Age; Life Stages Youth; Loneliness; Mercy; Musical Instruments; Occasional Services Funerals; Occasional Services New Year; Remembering; Remnant of Isarel; Trust; Witness; Year A, B, C, Holy Week, Tuesday of Holy Week; Year C, Ordinary Time after Epiphany, 4th Sunday; Year C, Ordinary Time after Pentecost, August 21-27 Composer of "TOKYO" in Psalms for All Seasons Isao Koizumi (b. 1907; d. 1992) graduated from the Osaka University of Commerce in 1932. For the next ten years he taught at that school, was an organist in Tokyo, and then went on to work in the import-export business. He has served as the conductor of the Tokyo Choral Society and edited various hymnals, including　The Hymnal　1954 for the United Church of Christ in Japan,　The Sunday School Hymnal　(1954), and Hymns of Praise　(1967 edition). A writer and translator of books and articles on church music, Koizumi has also composed and arranged hymn tunes. He is considered a leading figure in modern Japanese hymnody. Bert Polman

Maitre Pierre

Topics: King, God As; Reverence; Glory And Majesty Of God; Holiness Of God; Justice, God'S; Name Of God; Omnipotence, God'S; Grace Of God, Of Christ Composer of "DOMINUS SANCTUS" in Psalter Hymnal (Blue)

Martin Smith

b. 1970 Topics: Church Community in Christ; Dawn; Faith; Fire and Flame; Grace; Healing; Heaven; Holy Baptism; Jesus Christ Lordship; Jesus Christ Praise of; Kingdom of God; Love (Human); Men and Women; Music and Singing; Name of Jesus Christ; Power and Might; Praise and Thanksgiving; Rise Up; Truth; Water; Women and Men; Church Community in Christ; Dawn; Faith; Fire and Flame; Grace; Healing; Heaven; Holy Baptism; Jesus Christ Lordship; Jesus Christ Praise of; Kingdom of God; Love (Human); Men and Women; Music and Singing; Name of Jesus Christ; Power and Might; Praise and Thanksgiving; Rise Up; Truth; Water; Women and Men Author of "Shout to the North" in Worship and Song