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Come to a wedding
Author: Shirley Murray Hymnal: Alleluia Aotearoa #25 (1999) Topics: Marriage Languages: English Tune Title: BUNESSAN
Come to a wedding
Come to a Wedding, Come to a Blessing
Author: Shirley Erena Murray (1931-) Hymnal: Common Praise (1998) #287 (1998) Meter: 5.5.5.4 D First Line: Come to a wedding Lyrics: 1 Come to a wedding,
come to a blessing,
come on a day when
happiness sings!
Come rain or sun,
come winter or summer,
celebrate love and
all that it brings.
2 Thanks for the love
that holds us together --
parent and child, and
lover and friend:
thanks to the God whose
love is our center,
source of compassion,
knowing no end.
3 Love is the gift,
and love is the giver,
love is the gold that
makes the day shine,
love forgets self to
care for the other,
love changes life from
water to wine.
4 Come to this wedding,
asking a blessing
for all the years that
living will prove:
health of the body,
health of the spirit --
* (name) and (name), we
offer our love.
* or "now to you both" Topics: Marriage; Marriage Scripture: Tobit 8:5-8 Languages: English Tune Title: BUNESSAN
Come to a Wedding, Come to a Blessing
Come to a Wedding
Author: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Hymnal: Worship and Rejoice #609 (2003) Meter: 5.5.5.4 D Lyrics: 1 Come to a wedding,
come to a blessing,
come on a day when
happiness sings!
come rain or sun,
come winter or summer,
celebrate love and
all that it brings.
2 Thanks for the love
that holds us together --
parent and child, and
lover and friend:
thanks to the God whose
love is our center,
source of compassion,
knowing no end.
3 Love is the gift,
and love is the giver,
love is the gold that
makes the day shine,
love forgets self to
care for the other,
love changes life from
water to wine.
4 Come to this wedding,
asking a blessing
for all the years that
living will prove:
health of the body,
health of the spirit --
now to you both we
offer our love.
Topics: Anniversaries; Family & Relationships; Marriage Scripture: John 2:9 Languages: English Tune Title: BUNESSAN
Come to a Wedding
Shirley Erena Murray
1931 - 2020 Person Name: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Author of "Come to a Wedding" in Worship and Rejoice Shirley Erena Murray (b. Invercargill, New Zealand, 1931) studied music as an undergraduate but received a master’s degree (with honors) in classics and French from Otago University. Her upbringing was Methodist, but she became a Presbyterian when she married the Reverend John Stewart Murray, who was a moderator of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Shirley began her career as a teacher of languages, but she became more active in Amnesty International, and for eight years she served the Labor Party Research Unit of Parliament. Her involvement in these organizations has enriched her writing of hymns, which address human rights, women’s concerns, justice, peace, the integrity of creation, and the unity of the church. Many of her hymns have been performed in CCA and WCC assemblies. In recognition for her service as a writer of hymns, the New Zealand government honored her as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit on the Queen’s birthday on 3 June 2001. Through Hope Publishing House, Murray has published three collections of her hymns: In Every Corner Sing (eighty-four hymns, 1992), Everyday in Your Spirit (forty-one hymns, 1996), and Faith Makes the Song (fifty hymns, 2002). The New Zealand Hymnbook Trust, for which she worked for a long time, has also published many of her texts (cf. back cover, Faith Makes the Song). In 2009, Otaga University conferred on her an honorary doctorate in literature for her contribution to the art of hymn writing.
I-to Loh, Hymnal Companion to “Sound the Bamboo”: Asian Hymns in Their Cultural and Liturgical Context, p. 468, ©2011 GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago
Shirley Erena Murray
Jack Schrader
b. 1942 Person Name: Jack Schrader, 1942- Arranger of "BUNESSAN" in Worship and Rejoice JACK SCHRADER (b. 1942), arranger, composer, conductor, vocalist, and organist/pianist, is past editor with Hope Publishing Company, retiring in January of 2009. His association with Hope began in 1978. A 1964 graduate of Moody Bible Institute of Chicago, where he majored in Voice and Organ, he also received the Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Nebraska (1966). Further studies in theology culminated in Jack's ordination by the Evangelical Free Church of America (1975). Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he now resides in Wheaton, Illinois, with his wife, Karen. They have three children, Beth, Jonathan and Joel, and currently three grandchildren.
Jack is the best selling choral composer in the Hope catalog. In addition to choral music Jack has published collections for keyboardists, instrumentalists and vocal soloists. He was a member of the editorial committee for Hope's most recent hymnal, WORSHIP & REJOICE (2001), in which he has 24 hymn credits. His music is heard in hundreds of churches across the country each Sunday, and he can be seen throughout the year as a guest clinician at choral reading sessions and workshops.
--www.hopepublishing.com
Jack Schrader
John Wilson
1905 - 1992 Person Name: John W. Wilson (1905-1992) Arranger and Composer (descant) of "BUNESSAN" in Common Praise (1998) Biographical article in the journal of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland: https://hymnsocietygbi.org.uk/1992/10/treasure-no-58-john-wilson-1905-92
John Wilson
