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Don't Be Afraid
Author: John L. Bell Appears in 5 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: Don't be afraid. My love is stronger
Don't Be Afraid
DON'T BE AFRAID
Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John L. Bell, b. 1949 Hymnal Title: Lift Up Your Hearts Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 32124 45434 44432 Used With Text: Don't Be Afraid
DON'T BE AFRAID
Don't Be Afraid
Author: John L. Bell, b. 1949 Hymnal: Gather (3rd ed.) #719 (2011) Hymnal Title: Gather (3rd ed.) Topics: Love of God for Us; Promise of God Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13 Languages: English Tune Title: [Don't be afraid]
Don't Be Afraid
Don't Be Afraid
Author: John L. Bell, b. 1949 Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #429 (2013) Hymnal Title: Lift Up Your Hearts First Line: Don't be afraid. My love is stronger Topics: Difficult Times; Fear Languages: English Tune Title: DON'T BE AFRAID
Don't Be Afraid
Don't Be Afraid (N'ayez pas peur)
Author: John L. Bell; Graham Maule; David Fines Hymnal: More Voices #90 (2007) Hymnal Title: More Voices Topics: Assurance; Christian Year Advent; Christian Year Easter; Contemplative Prayer; Love of God/Christ; Nurture; Service Music Assurance; Service Music Response / Affirmation; Service Music Sending Forth Languages: English; French Tune Title: [Don't be afraid]
Don't Be Afraid (N'ayez pas peur)
John L. Bell
b. 1949 Person Name: John L. Bell, b. 1949 Hymnal Title: Lift Up Your Hearts Author of "Don't Be Afraid" in Lift Up Your Hearts John Bell (b. 1949) was born in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, intending to be a music teacher when he felt the call to the ministry. But in frustration with his classes, he did volunteer work in a deprived neighborhood in London for a time and also served for two years as an associate pastor at the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam. After graduating he worked for five years as a youth pastor for the Church of Scotland, serving a large region that included about 500 churches. He then took a similar position with the Iona Community, and with his colleague Graham Maule, began to broaden the youth ministry to focus on renewal of the church’s worship. His approach soon turned to composing songs within the identifiable traditions of hymnody that began to address concerns missing from the current Scottish hymnal:
"I discovered that seldom did our hymns represent the plight of poor people to God. There was nothing that dealt with unemployment, nothing that dealt with living in a multicultural society and feeling disenfranchised. There was nothing about child abuse…,that reflected concern for the developing world, nothing that helped see ourselves as brothers and sisters to those who are suffering from poverty or persecution." [from an interview in Reformed Worship (March 1993)]
That concern not only led to writing many songs, but increasingly to introducing them internationally in many conferences, while also gathering songs from around the world. He was convener for the fourth edition of the Church of Scotland’s Church Hymnary (2005), a very different collection from the previous 1973 edition. His books, The Singing Thing and The Singing Thing Too, as well as the many collections of songs and worship resources produced by John Bell—some together with other members of the Iona Community’s “Wild Goose Resource Group,” —are available in North America from GIA Publications.
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John L. Bell
Graham Maule
1958 - 2019 Hymnal Title: More Voices Author of "Don't Be Afraid (N'ayez pas peur)" in More Voices
Graham Maule
David Fines
b. 1957 Hymnal Title: More Voices Translator (French) of "Don't Be Afraid (N'ayez pas peur)" in More Voices
David Fines
