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Dan Damon

b. 1955 Person Name: Daniel Charles Damon Author of "Blessed Is the One" in Scripture Song Database Daniel Charles Damon (b. 1955) is an internationally published writer of hymn texts and tunes and is Associate Editor of Hymnody for Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, Illinois. Damon is also a jazz pianist and has played in many hotels and clubs in the San Francisco Bay area. He holds degrees from Greenville College, Greenville, Illinois (BME, 1977) and Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California (MDiv, 1987). He is an ordained Elder in the United Methodist Church in the San Francisco Bay area and a life member of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Several single-author collections of Damon's hymns have been published: Faith Will Sing (Carol Stream, 1993), The Sound of Welcome (Carol Stream, 1998), To the Thirsty World (Nashville, 2002), Fields of Mercy (Carol Stream, 2007), and Garden of Joy (Carol Stream, 2011). He collaborated with text writer Gracia Grindal in A Treasury of Faith: Lectionary Hymns Series A (Colfax. 2012). Damon's hymns have been included in several major hymnals and supplements. He has also written hymn translations from Vietnamese, Portuguese, and Shona languages, and, with Patrick Matsikenyiri, edited Njalo, A Collection of 16 Hymns in the African Tradition (Nashville, 1996). He has released three recordings of hymns, carols, and traditional songs, and a solo piano recording of jazz standards (available at www.damonstuneshop.com). Damon has presented his work at national conferences of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada and the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts. He is a contributor to the Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. In 2016, Damon was made a Fellow of the hymn Society, the highest honor The Hymn Society can confer. Dan Damon

Michel Guimont

b. 1950 Author (refrain) of "I Turn to You, O LORD" in Christian Worship

Thomas M. Westrup

1837 - 1909 Author of "Blessed is the One Who Follows" Thomas Martin Westrup moved with his family from London to Mexico when he was fifteen years old. He translated hundreds of hymns and, along with his son, Enrique, published a three-volume hymnal Incienso Christiano. Dianne Shapiro from Celebremos su Gloria (Colombia/Illinois: Libros Alianza/Celebration), 1992

William Mathias

1934 - 1992 Composer of "[Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord]" in The United Methodist Hymnal

Thomas Pavlechko

b. 1962 Adapter of "[Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven]" in Christian Worship PAVLECHKO, THOMAS (b. 1962) is the Cantor and Composer-in-Residence at St. Martin’s Lutheran Church in Austin, Texas. Named the Emerging Hymn Tune Composer by HSUSC in 2002, his sacred music compositions, hymn tunes, choral, orchestral and concert band works are widely performed. He is the co-editor of the principal worship planning reference books of the Episcopal Church U.S.A, ,cite>Liturgical Music for the Revised Common Lectionary. His collection of over 600 Psalm settings, St. Martin’s Psalter, is published in two editions with Augsburg Fortress Publishers and St. James Music Press. Pavlechko is a graduate of the Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University and the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, both in his native Ohio. He has pursued postgraduate study in symphonic orchestration at the University of Texas. Thomas Pavlechko (from In Melody and Song, Darcey Press, 2014

Benjamín Alicea-Lugo

b. 1952 Translator of "Blessed is the One Who Follows" Benjamí Alicea-Lugo is a Church Historian (Ph.D/Union/NY/'88) and an Ordained Bishop of la Iglesia de Dios/Church of God (Cleveland, TN).

Patsy Hilton Kline

Author of "Psalm 1: Planted By the Waters" in Renew! Songs and Hymns for Blended Worship

Carl Maults-By

Person Name: Carl MaultsBy Composer of "[Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven]" in One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism

Laurel Chamberland

1957 - 2024 Author of "Blessed is the one who walks with God, and not with sinners" in Psalm Hymns (Vol. 1 Psalms 1-50) Obituary Pawtucket – Laurel B. Chamberland, 66, passed away on Friday, February 9, 2024. Born in Lynnfield, MA, she was the daughter of the late Warren J. and Shirley L. (Testa) Chamberland. Laurel graduated from Westminster Choir College, New Jersey, where she studied sacred music and earned a bachelor's degree. She was a professional opera singer, an accomplished pianist and was a songwriter of original hymns. Laurel recently worked as an advisor for the Leon Mathieu Senior Center in Pawtucket. She is survived by her son, Dylan Plant of Woodbridge, VA; a brother, Warren M. Chamberland of Westford, MA and a cousin, Michael Brady. Services will be private. Visitation and floral tributes are respectfully omitted. Funeral arrangements are entrusted with WILLIAM W. TRIPP Funeral Home, Pawtucket. —trippfuneralhome.com/obituary/laurel-chamberland