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She Comes Sailing on the Wind

Author: Gordon Light Meter: Irregular with refrain Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Silent waters rocking on the morning of our birth

Meter: Irregular Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Gordon Light; Andrew Donaldson Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 54335 51345 51656 Used With Text: She Comes Sailing on the Wind (She Flies On)

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She Comes Sailing on the Wind (She Flies On)

Author: Gordon Light Hymnal: Voices United #380 (1996) Meter: Irregular First Line: Silent waters rocking on the morning of our birth Refrain First Line: She comes sailing on the wind Topics: Holy Spirit Praise and Invocation; Biblical Characters Mary, Mother of Jesus; Birth; Choruses and Refrains; Holy Spirit; Laughter; Water; Advent 3 Year A; Pentecost Year A; Proper 28 Year A; Advent 3 Year B; Pentecost Year B; Lent 1 Year C; Pentecost Year C; Proper 9 Year C; Proper 26 Year C; Ash Wednesday Year ABC Languages: English Tune Title: SHE FLIES ON

She comes sailing on the wind

Author: Gordon Light, 1944- Hymnal: The Book of Praise #403 (1997) Meter: Irregular First Line: Silent waters rocking on the morning of our birth Topics: Creation; Desert / Wilderness; Dove; God the Holy Spirit; Laughter / Mirth; Light; Vision / Dream Scripture: Genesis 1:2 Languages: English Tune Title: SHE FLIES ON

She Comes Sailing on the Wind

Author: Gordon Light Hymnal: Sing the Faith #2122 (2003) Meter: Irregular with refrain First Line: Silent waters rocking on the morning of our birth Languages: English Tune Title: SHE FLIES ON

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Andrew Donaldson

b. 1951 Person Name: Andrew Donaldson, 1951- Arranger of "She Comes Sailing on the Wind" in Common Praise (1998) Andrew Donaldson, a composer and church musician, grew up in northern Ontario, Canada. He attended Glendon College, York University in Toronto, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1974. He went on to study classical guitar performance at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, receiving its ARCT (Associate of Royal Conservatory Teachers) degree in 1979. Since then he has worked as a composer and performer in many contexts, in both French and English. Andrew co-edited the Book of Praise (1997), Presbyterian Church in Canada, with Donald Anderson. Their company, Binary Editions, continues to administer copyright for the PCC. In 2007 he was made a Doctor of Divinity, honoris causa, by Knox College of the University of Toronto, for his body of work in congregational song in the Presbyterian Church in Canada. In 2011 Andrew and his wife, Wendy, moved to Geneva, Switzerland where Andrew works as a worship consultant to the World Council of Churches. --Submitted by Andrew and Wendy Donaldson, 13 August 2013

Gordon Light

Author of "She Comes Sailing on the Wind" in Sing the Faith Gordon Light was born in Alberta, but as an Air Force brat, lived in many places growing up. He attended Carleton University in Ottawa (B.A.) and Trinity College in Toronto (S.T.B). Ordained deacon and priest in 1969, he served in parishes in Cariboo, Edmonton and Rupert’s Land dioceses. Following a time as Dean of Cariboo in Kamloops, he moved to Toronto in 1992 to serve as Principal Secretary to the Primate. Returning west in 2001, he was Administrative Assistant to the Metropolitan of BC and Yukon, and then consecrated bishop for the Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior (formerly Cariboo). After retiring at the end of 2008, Gordon was appointed chaplain to Church House staff until (2010). Among other hobbies, a longtime passion has been song-writing. He is married to Barbara Liotscos, also an Anglican priest. Both retired first to Meaford, Ontario, and now live again in Kamloops, BC. They serve as honourary assistants in St. Paul’s, Cathedral, but have also been engaged in interim ministry in other parishes. They have taken some time to travel, enjoy connecting with children and grandchildren, and have recently added their young Bernedoodle, Keady, to their household. Gordon Light