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And may the promise of Advent be yours this day and always.

Child of Blessing, Child of Promise

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Author: Ronald S. Cole-Turner

The Rev. Dr. Ronald Cole-Turner is the H. Parker Sharp Professor of Theology and Ethics, a position relating theology and ethics to developments in science and technology. He is an ordained minister of the United Church of Christ, a founding member of the International Society for Science and Religion (currently serving as vice president), and has served on the advisory board of the John Templeton Foundation and the Metanexus Institute. Cole-Turner is the author of Transhumanism and Transcendence: Christian Hope in an Age of Technological Advancement, The New Genesis: Theology and the Genetic Revolution, the co-author (with Brent Waters) of Pastoral Genetics: Theology and Care at the Beginning of Life, the editor of Human Cloning: Religious… Go to person page >

Tune

STUTTGART

STUTTGART was included in Psalmodia Sacra (1715), one of the most significant hymnals of the early sixteenth century [sic: eighteenth century]. Christian F. Witt (b. Altenburg, Germany, e. 1660; d. Altenburg, 1716) was an editor and compiler of that collection; about 100 (of the 774) tunes in that c…

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KINGDOM (Copes)

KINGDOM features a gentle melodic contour and subtle changes in rhythmic structure (that soften the trochaic meter of the text. Sing this tune in harmony and in two long lines. This communion hymn can be framed by the equally meditative "Alleluia" (see 640). Good singers may improvise additional par…

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SHIPSTON


Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 20 of 20)

Alleluia Aotearoa #11

Ancient and Modern #329

Break Forth in Joyous Song #15

Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #633

Text InfoAudio

Glory to God #486

Hymnal #620

Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #633

Audio

Lift Up Your Hearts #804

Sing a New Creation #23

The Book of Praise #521

The Covenant Hymnal #542

The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #371

The New Century Hymnal #325

The Presbyterian Hymnal #498

Audio

The United Methodist Hymnal #611

The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement #324

Voices Together #508

Voices United #444

Worship and Rejoice #677

찬송과 예배 = Chansong gwa yebae = Come, Let Us Worship #232

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