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Joëlle Gouel

Person Name: Joëlle Gouël Scripture: Romans 15:19 Translator (French) of "Loving Spirit" in Agape

Communauté de Taizé

Person Name: Taize Community (France) Scripture: Romans 15:4-13 Paraphraser of "Confitemini Domino" in Common Praise (1998)

1923 - 2007 Person Name: William Watkins Reid, b. 1923 Scripture: Romans 15:1-6 Author of "Help us, O Lord, to learn" in Singing the Faith William W. Reid, Jr. (1923-2007), after graduating from Oberlin College and Seminary and Yale Divinity School served for more than fifty years as pastor in the Wyoming Conference in rural and inner-city Methodist churches. He served on the Executive Committee of The Hymn Society of America. He was involved in social issues, serving as a councilman and county commissioner. His hymns are widely published in hymnals of many denominations. Mary Louise VanDyke =============================== William W. Reid, Jr. is pastor of the Methodist Church Circuit at Carverton, Pennsylvania. He previously served in a similar capacity at Camptown in the same State. He is a graduate of the Yale Divinity School and Oberlin College. He served during World War II in the Medical Corps and was held prisoner by the Germans for eight months. He is the author of several hymns including those in "Fourteen New Rural Hymns" and "Twelve New World Order Hymns" published by the Hymn Society. ----Fifteen New Christian Education Hymns, 1959. Used by permission. ================================ William Watkins Reid, Jr., is currently pastor of Central United Methodist Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Wyoming Annual Conference and has been active on its Social Concerns, Town and Country, and Evangelism boards, and on the Pennsylvania Council of Churches. ----Twelve New Lord’s Day Hymns, 1968. Used by permission. ================================ [Reid] is an executive committee member of the Hymn Society of America, and is the author of a number of hymns that have been published in hymnals in the United States, Canada, England, and in South Africa. As a council man he is concern with the ecology of Wyoming Valley (Penn. and N.Y.) and with the rebuilding of Wilkes-Barre after the disastrous flood of 1972. --16 New Hymns on the Stewardship of the Environment [Ecology] , 1973. Used by permission.

David N. Johnson

1922 - 1987 Person Name: David N. Johnson, 1922-1987 Scripture: Romans 15:13 Harmonizer of "PROSPECT" in Hymns for a Pilgrim People David Johnson (b. San Antonio, TX, 1922; d. Phoenix, AZ, 1987), former music department chairman at St. Olaf College, composed EARTH AND ALL STARS and published it in his Twelve Folksongs and Spirituals (1968). Johnson studied at Trinity, University, San Antonio, Texas, and received his master's and doctoral degrees in music from Syracuse University, New York. In addition to St. Olaf, he taught at Syracuse University; Alfred University, Alfred, New York; and Arizona State University. Johnson was organist at Syracuse University and organist and choir director at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Phoenix. His publications include Instruction Book for Beginning Organists and Organ Teacher's Guide; his compositions number over three hundred and include hymn tunes, varied harmonizations, and hymn preludes. Bert Polman

Derek Williams

b. 1945 Person Name: Derek Williams (born 1945) Scripture: Romans 15:7 Composer of "SAN ROCCO" in Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.)

Leonard Blake

1907 - 1989 Person Name: Leonard Blake, 1907-89 Scripture: Romans 15:4-7 Composer of "WINCHCOMBE" in Together in Song

David Mansell

Person Name: David Mansell, b. 1936 Scripture: Romans 15:19 Author of "Jesus is Lord! Creation's voice proclaims it" in Common Praise

Anne Quigley

Person Name: Anne Quigley, b. 1956 Scripture: Romans 15:12 Author of "There Is a Longing" in Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.) Anne Quigley is a respected composer and liturgist whose music has been featured in the Decani Choral Music Series in England. She manages to balance her work in music composition and liturgy with her work as a full-time homemaker. Anne is a member of the St. Thomas More Group of composers. http://www.ocp.org/artists

Frank W. Roman

Scripture: Romans 15:13 Translator (stanza 2, Spanish) of "Song of Hope (Canto de Esperanza)" in Songs for Life

Marty Haugen

b. 1950 Person Name: Marty Haugen, b. 1950 Scripture: Romans 15:4-13 Author of "Holy Child Within the Manger (Carol at the Manger)" in With One Voice Marty Haugen (b. 1950), is a prolific liturgical composer with many songs included in hymnals across the liturgical spectrum of North American hymnals and beyond, with many songs translated into different languages. He was raised in the American Lutheran Church, received a BA in psychology from Luther College, yet found his first position as a church musician in a Roman Catholic parish at a time when the Roman Catholic Church was undergoing profound liturgical and musical changes after Vatican II. Finding a vocation in that parish to provide accessible songs for worship, he continued to compose and to study, receiving an MA in pastoral studies at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul Minnesota. A number of liturgical settings were prepared for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and more than 400 of his compositions are available from several publishers, especially GIA Publications, who also produced some 30 recordings of his songs. He is composer-in-residence at Mayflower Community Congregational Church in Minneapolis and continues to compose and travel to speak and teach at worship events around the world. Emily Brink