Please give today to support Hymnary.org during one of only two fund drives we run each year. Each month, Hymnary serves more than 1 million users from around the globe, thanks to the generous support of people like you, and we are so grateful.

Tax-deductible donations can be made securely online using this link.

Alternatively, you may write a check to CCEL and mail it to:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 3201 Burton SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Search Results

Tune Identifier:"^glendon_bell$"

Planning worship? Check out our sister site, ZeteoSearch.org, for 20+ additional resources related to your search.

Tunes

tune icon
Tune authorities
FlexScoreAudio

GLENDON

Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John L. Bell, b. 1949 Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 32176 56122 321 Used With Text: Sing to God, with Joy and Gladness

Texts

text icon
Text authorities
FlexScore

Sing to God, with joy and gladness

Author: John L. Bell, 1949- Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: God unites his scattered people Used With Tune: GLENDON

Instances

instance icon
Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals
Audio

Psalm 147: Sing to God, with Joy

Author: John Bell Hymnal: Sing! A New Creation #29 (2002) Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain First Line: God unites his scattered people Refrain First Line: Sing to God, with joy and gladness Topics: Praise and Adoration Scripture: Psalm 147 Languages: English Tune Title: GLENDON

Sing to God, with joy and gladness

Author: John L. Bell, 1949- Hymnal: Together in Song #92 (1999) Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain First Line: God unites his scattered people Languages: English Tune Title: GLENDON
Audio

Sing to God, with Joy and Gladness

Author: John L. Bell, b. 1949 Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #147C (2012) Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain First Line: God unites his scattered people Topics: Alleluias; Biblical Names and Places Israel; Biblical Names and Places Jacob; Biblical Names and Places Jerusalem; Biblical Names and Places Zion; Broken-hearted; Church Year Christmas; Earth; Elements of Worship Gathering; Elements of Worship Praise and Adoration; God Trust in; God as Spirit; God as Creator; God's Sovereignty; God's Sustaining Power; God's Wisdom; God's Word; God's Deeds; God's Faithfulness; God's Greatness; God's Knowing; God's law; God's Love; God's Majesty; God's People (flock, sheep); God's Providence; God's Strength; God's Way; Grâce; Guilt; Healing; Hope; Hymns of Praise; Jesus Christ Healer; Jesus Christ Mind of; Joy; Life Stages Generations; Love; Occasional Services Dedication / Consecration / Anniversary; Occasional Services Healing Service; Occasional Services Thanksgving Day / Harvest Festival; Pain; Peace; People of God / Church Family of God; People of God / Church Serving; Rejoicing; Remnant of Isarel; Shame; Sorrow; The Creation; Unity and Fellowship; Witness; Worship; Year A, B, C, Christmas, 2nd Sunday; Year B, Ordinary Time after Epiphany, 5th Sunday Scripture: Psalm 147 Tune Title: GLENDON

People

person icon
Authors, composers, editors, etc.

John L. Bell

b. 1949 Composer of "GLENDON (Bell)" 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. Emily Brink
It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue helps keep us running. Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or getting Hymnary Pro to eliminate ads entirely and help support Hymnary.org.