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Richard Leach

b. 1953 Person Name: Richard D. Leach Scripture: 1 Peter 2:5 Author of "The clay-stained hands of love" in The Book of Praise

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:10 Translator of "Pueblo de Dios (People of God)" in Celebremos II Delbert Asay (20th c.), served the United Methodist Church for many years as a music missionary in Uruguay and Mexico. Asay's songs and arrangements have appeared in several Hispanic songbooks, including Nuevas Canciones Cristianas, published in Uruguay (1975). Bert Polman

Phillip W. Sanders

b. 1959 Scripture: 1 Peter 2:24 Author of "Praise and Adore Him" in Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition)

Hughes M. Huffman

b. 1942 Scripture: 1 Peter 2:6-9 Composer of "OAKBROOK" in Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) Born: 1942, Morgan, North Carolina. Huffman was educated at Wheaton College, Illinois; Northern Baptist Seminary, Oak Brook, Illinois; and Northern Illinois University, DeKalb. He served as minister of music at Christ Church, Oak Brook, Illinois (1965-77), and at the First Presbyterian Church of Covina, California (1988). He composed over 20 hymn tunes and arrangements. His works include: The InterVarsity Hymns II, 1976 (co-editor) Carols, 1978 © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)

Howard Helvey

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:4-6 Composer of "TINSLEY" in New Hymns of Hope Lives in Cincinnati, Ohio

John Karl Hirten

b. 1956 Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9 Composer of "ALEXANDRA" in Wonder, Love, and Praise A published composer of a wide range of liturgical, sacred and secular works, John Karl Hirten’s music has been featured on Minnesota Public Radio’s Pipedreams program, at conventions of the American Guild of Organists and the Association of Anglican Musicians. His hymn tunes have won awards and his choral music is also regularly performed in churches and concert venues around the world. Recent commissions include Inscriptions, a piece for orchestra and chorus, A complete Evening Service (using the Anglican Prayer Book), and a setting of the chorale "Ein feste Burg" in minimalist style. John Karl Hirten has a Master of Music degree in Organ Performance from the Manhattan School of Music in New York City, where he studied with Paul-Martin Maki and Frederick Swann. Before that, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Classical Languages from Fordham University. He has performed organ recitals in venues throughout the country and in Europe. In 2006, he was a finalist in the American Guild of Organists National Competition in Organ Improvisation. A resident of the San Francisco Bay Area since 1988, he has performed at virtually all the major venues in the Bay Area. From 1989 until 2016, he played monthly recitals at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor on the historic E. M. Skinner organ there (well over 300 recitals). He has performed regularly at such series as Noontime Concerts, Music at St. Mary’s Cathedral, Grace Cathedral, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Berkeley, and elsewhere. In connection with the San Francisco Opera’s 2002 production of Messiaen’s Saint Françoise d’Assise, he performed a recital of the composer’s music at the National Shrine of St. Francis in San Francisco. He has also appeared as organist with the San Francisco Symphony, the Oakland Ballet, the Berkeley Symphony, American Bach Soloists, and others. He was previously Director of Parish Music at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Belvedere, and is currently Director of Music at St. John's Episcopal Church in Ross, California. John Karl Hirten

J. T. Morrow

Person Name: J. T. Morrow Scripture: 1 Peter 2:4-9 Composer of "NEW REFORMATION" in The New Century Hymnal

Albert E. Brumley

1905 - 1977 Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9 Composer of "I'LL FLY AWAY" in Glory to God Born: October 29, 1905, near Spiro, Oklahoma. Died: November 15, 1977, Springfield, Missouri. Buried: Fox Cemetery, Powell, Missouri. Brumley attended the Hartford Musical Institute in Hartford, Arkansas, and sang with the Hartford Quartet. He went on to teach at singing schools in the Ozarks, and lived most of his life in Powell, Missouri. He worked for 34 years a staff writer for the Hartford and Stamps/Baxter publishing companies, then founded the Albert E. Brumley & Sons Music Company and Country Gentlemen Music, and bought the Hartford Music Company. He wrote over 800 Gospel and other songs during his life; the Country Song Writers Hall of Fame inducted him in 1970. © The Cyber Hymnal™. Used by permission. (www.hymntime.com)

Evelyn Simpson-Curenton

b. 1953 Person Name: Evelyn Simpson-Currenton Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9 Arranger of "I'LL FLY AWAY" in Glory to God Evelyn Simpson Curenton (born 1953) is a leading African-American composer, pianist, organist, and vocalist. Simpson Curenton began piano lessons at age 5, began to perform with the Singing Simpsons of Philadelphia, a family group, and earned a B.M., Music Education and Voice from Temple University. She has been commissioned to write works for the American Guild of Organists, George Shirley, the late Duke Ellington, and her sister, the late Joy Simpson, arranged music for Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman, and the Porgy and Bess Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera, and has performed with musical organizations such as Philadelphia's National Opera Ebony (later renamed Opera North). Based in the Washington, D.C., area, Curenton is Music Director of the Washington Performing Arts Society's Men and Women of the Gospel and an associate of the Smithsonian Institution. She has given lectures and participated in workshops on early 18th-century black religious music and the music of African-Americans during the Civil Rights era. --en.wikipedia.org

Gregory J. Polan

b. 1950 Person Name: Gregory J. Polan, OSB Scripture: 1 Peter 2:21-24 Composer (Conception Abbey Ton of "[God did not spare his own Son]" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song