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STEEPLE BELLS

Meter: 9.8.9.8 Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Norman Warren Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 17654 34556 54321 Used With Text: Ring from Your Steeple

Author: Michael Saward Meter: 9.8.9.8 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Ring from your steeple, bells of gladness! Lyrics: 1 Ring from your steeple, bells of gladness! This is the day the world was born; God's voice rang out across the darkness, light filled the sky that primal morn. 2 Ring from your steeple, bells of victory! This is the day death's sting was drawn; God's voice rang out, the tomb was empty, hope sprang alive that Easter morn. 3 Ring from your steeple, bells of power! This is the day when, at the dawn, God's voice rang out through wind and fire, fresh came the Spirit on thst morn. 4 Ring from your steeple, bells of heaven! This is the day when none shall mourn; God's voice rings out this one-in-seven, joy fills the church this Sunday morn. Topics: The Church at Worship Opening and Morning Hymns; liturgical Opening Hymns; Opening Hymns; Service Music Gathering, Call to Worship, Greeting Used With Tune: STEEPLE BELLS

Is This a Day of New Beginnings

Author: Brian Wren, b. 1936 Meter: 9.8.9.8 Appears in 23 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Is this a day of new beginnings, Time to remember and move on, Time to believe what love is bringing, Laying to rest the pain that's gone? 2 How can the seasons of a planet Mindlessly spinning 'round its sun With just a human name and number Say that some new thing has begun? 3 Yet thro' the life and death of Jesus Love's mighty Spirit, now as then, Can make for us a world of diff'rence, As faith and hope are born again. 4 Then let us, with the Spirit's daring, Step from the past and leave behind Its disappointment, guilt, and grieving, Seeking new paths, and sure to find. 5 So let us gather 'round the table To taste and share what love can do. This is the day of new beginnings-- Our God is making all things new. Topics: Easter Season; Commissioning; Courage; Gathering; Going Forth; Jesus Christ; Joy; New Year; Paschal Mystery; Renewal Used With Tune: STEEPLE BELLS

Instances

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Ring from your steeple, bells of gladness!

Author: Michael Saward (born 1932) Hymnal: Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #378 (1987) Meter: 9.8.9.8 Topics: God's Church The Lord's Day; Easter The Resurrection of Christ; Easter 1 The Upper Room; Pentecost The Holy Spirit; Trinity Sunday The Trinity Scripture: Genesis 1:3 Languages: English Tune Title: STEEPLE BELLS

Ring from Your Steeple

Author: Michael Saward Hymnal: Voices United #403 (1996) Meter: 9.8.9.8 First Line: Ring from your steeple, bells of gladness! Lyrics: 1 Ring from your steeple, bells of gladness! This is the day the world was born; God's voice rang out across the darkness, light filled the sky that primal morn. 2 Ring from your steeple, bells of victory! This is the day death's sting was drawn; God's voice rang out, the tomb was empty, hope sprang alive that Easter morn. 3 Ring from your steeple, bells of power! This is the day when, at the dawn, God's voice rang out through wind and fire, fresh came the Spirit on thst morn. 4 Ring from your steeple, bells of heaven! This is the day when none shall mourn; God's voice rings out this one-in-seven, joy fills the church this Sunday morn. Topics: The Church at Worship Opening and Morning Hymns; liturgical Opening Hymns; Opening Hymns; Service Music Gathering, Call to Worship, Greeting Tune Title: STEEPLE BELLS

Is This a Day of New Beginnings

Author: Brian Wren, b. 1936 Hymnal: Worship (3rd ed.) #661 (1986) Meter: 9.8.9.8 Lyrics: 1 Is this a day of new beginnings, Time to remember and move on, Time to believe what love is bringing, Laying to rest the pain that's gone? 2 How can the seasons of a planet Mindlessly spinning 'round its sun With just a human name and number Say that some new thing has begun? 3 Yet thro' the life and death of Jesus Love's mighty Spirit, now as then, Can make for us a world of diff'rence, As faith and hope are born again. 4 Then let us, with the Spirit's daring, Step from the past and leave behind Its disappointment, guilt, and grieving, Seeking new paths, and sure to find. 5 So let us gather 'round the table To taste and share what love can do. This is the day of new beginnings-- Our God is making all things new. Topics: Easter Season; Commissioning; Courage; Gathering; Going Forth; Jesus Christ; Joy; New Year; Paschal Mystery; Renewal Languages: English Tune Title: STEEPLE BELLS

People

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Brian A. Wren

b. 1936 Person Name: Brian Wren, b. 1936 Author of "Is This a Day of New Beginnings" in Worship (3rd ed.) Brian Wren (b. Romford, Essex, England, 1936) is a major British figure in the revival of contemporary hymn writing. He studied French literature at New College and theology at Mansfield College in Oxford, England. Ordained in 1965, he was pastor of the Congregational Church (now United Reformed) in Hockley and Hawkwell, Essex, from 1965 to 1970. He worked for the British Council of Churches and several other organizations involved in fighting poverty and promoting peace and justice. This work resulted in his writing of Education for Justice (1977) and Patriotism and Peace (1983). With a ministry throughout the English-speaking world, Wren now resides in the United States where he is active as a freelance lecturer, preacher, and full-time hymn writer. His hymn texts are published in Faith Looking Forward (1983), Praising a Mystery (1986), Bring Many Names (1989), New Beginnings (1993), and Faith Renewed: 33 Hymns Reissued and Revised (1995), as well as in many modern hymnals. He has also produced What Language Shall I Borrow? (1989), a discussion guide to inclusive language in Christian worship. Bert Polman

Michael Saward

1932 - 2015 Person Name: Michael Saward (born 1932) Author of "Ring from your steeple, bells of gladness!" in Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) Michael John Saward (b. Blackheath, Kent, England, 1932) was residentiary Canon of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, and a church commissioner and member of the general synod of the Church of England. Educated at Eltham College, Bristol University, and Tyndale Hall, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1956. Saward served in several congregations and was radio and television officer for the Church Information Office (1967-1972). His publications include Leisure (1963), Couldn’t Care Less (1966), Don't Miss the Party (1974), and All Change (1983). Associated with the Jubilate Group for a number of years, he has written some sixty hymns and served as text editor for Hymns for Today's Church (1982). Bert Polman