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Gracious Spirit
Author: Wilson Niwagila; Howard S. Olson Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 11 hymnals First Line: Gracious Spirit, heed our pleading Refrain First Line: Come, come, come/ Njoo, njoo, njoo Text Sources: Tanzania
Gracious Spirit
NJOO KWETU, ROHO MWEMA
Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 13 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Wilson Niwagila; Egil Hovland Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 12312 34233 32211 Used With Text: Gracious Spirit, Heed Our Pleading
NJOO KWETU, ROHO MWEMA
Gracious Spirit, Heed Our Pleading
Author: Wilson Niwagila; Howard S. Olson Hymnal: Glory to God #287 (2013) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Refrain First Line: Come, come, come, Holy Spirit, come (Njoo, njoo, njoo, Roho mwema) Topics: Assurance; Christian Life; Grace; Guidance; Renewal; Teaching/Education; Temptation; Gift of the Holy Spirit Scripture: Isaiah 6:1-8 Languages: English; Swahili Tune Title: NJOO KWETU, ROHO MWEMA
Gracious Spirit, Heed Our Pleading
Gracious Spirit, Heed Our Pleading
Author: Wilson Niwaglia ; Howard S. Olson, 1922-2010 Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #320 (2013) Refrain First Line: Come, come, come, Holy Spirit, come (Njoo, njoo, njoo, Roho mwema) Topics: The Cross; Cry to God; Holy Spirit; Hymns That Are Prayer; Walk with God Scripture: John 14:15-21 Languages: English; Swahili Tune Title: NJOO KWETU ROHO MWEMA
Gracious Spirit, Heed Our Pleading
Gracious Spirit, Heed Our Pleading
Author: Wilson Niwagila; Howard S. Olson, b. 1922 Hymnal: Evangelical Lutheran Worship #401 (2006) Meter: 8.6.8.6 with refrain First Line: Njoo kwetu, Roho mwema (Gracious Spirit, heed our pleading) Refrain First Line: Njoo, njoo, njoo, Roho mwema (Come, come, come, Holy Spirit, come Topics: Education; Pentecost, Holy Spirit; Commitment, Discipleship; Education; Gathering; Pentecost, Holy Spirit; Witness Languages: English Tune Title: NJOO KWETU, ROHO MWEMA
Gracious Spirit, Heed Our Pleading
Howard S. Olson
1922 - 2010 Person Name: Howard S. Olson, b. 1922 Translator of "Gracious Spirit, Heed Our Pleading" in Evangelical Lutheran Worship Howard Olson (b. 1922; d. 2010), longtime missionary/teacher in African, compiled a number of African songs in Set Free (Augsburg Fortress, 1993). Many were folk tunes to which Christian Swahili texts were later added. He wrote in the introduction: “In their original form these tunes wee sung with uninhibited improvisation. Consequently the form in which these songs appear in this book represents only one of several possibilities.”
Sing! A New Creation
Howard S. Olson
Wilson Niwagila
b. 1940 Author of "Gracious Spirit, Heed Our Pleading" in Evangelical Lutheran Worship Wilson Niwagila was born in Bukoba, Tanzania, and later studied theology in Tanzania, the United States, and Germany. He became a Lutheran parish pastor in several congregations in Tanzania and Germany. In Tanzania, he was the Lutheran secretary for Christian Education, the director of the Evangelical Academy, and provost of Makumira University College. He resided in Germany for a period as the Executive Secretary for Evangelism of the United Evangelical Mission for Germany, Asia, and Africa. Upon his return to Tanzania, he served as a member of the Task-Force for the establishment of the Bishop Josiah Kibira University College of the Tumaini University in the Kagera Region-Tanzania.
--Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania
Wilson Niwagila
C. Michael Hawn
b. 1948 Person Name: C. Michael Hawn, b. 1948 Arranger of "NJOO KWETU ROHO MWEMA " in Lift Up Your Hearts C. Michael Hawn
University Distinguished Professor of Church Music
Director, Master of Sacred Music Program
Education
D.M.A., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1975; M.C.M., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1972; B.M.E., Wheaton College, 1970
Teaching Specialties
Worship and music, worship and culture, Seminary Singers, hymnology
Research Interests
Global music and worship, cross-cultural worship, enlivening congregational song
Selected Publications
:: C. Michael Hawn, ed., New Songs of Celebration Render: Congregational Singing in the Twenty-First Century (Chicago: GIA Publications, Inc., 2013)
:: C. Michael Hawn, contributor, Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology (Norwich, UK: Canterbury Press, 2013), http://hymnology.imprezadev.co.uk/; 25 articles on global hymnody with a focus on sub-Saharan African hymns
:: Gather into One: Praying and Singing Globally (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2003).
:: One Bread, One Body: Exploring Cultural Diversity in Worship (Bethesda, MD: The Alban Institute, 2003).
:: C. Michael Hawn, author and compiler, Halle, Halle: We Sing the World Round (Garland, TX: Choristers Guild, 1999).
Professional Distinctions
Regional winner and national finalist, National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Awards contest, 1974; Citation for Excellence in Teaching, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1988; grant from Association of Theological Schools for sabbatical study in Nigeria and Kenya, 1989; Chair, Board of Directors, Children's Chorus of Greater Dallas, 1996-1998; Louisville Institute Sabbatical Research Grant, Lilly Foundation, 1998-1999; Worship Renewal Grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship, Grand Rapids, MI, with funds provided by Lilly Endowment, Inc., 2000; Choristers Guild, President of the Board of Directors, 1990-92, 2001-03; Elected Fellow of the Hymn Society (2008); ordained Baptist minister (1980)
--www.smu.edu/
C. Michael Hawn
