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Getting Used to the Family of God

Climbing the mountains

Author: William J. Gaither; Author: Gloria Gaither
Tune: TOGETHER
CCLI Number: 17580
Published in 3 hymnals

Author: William J. Gaither

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Author: Gloria Gaither

Gloria Gaither (born March 4, 1942) is a Christian songwriter, author, speaker, editor, and academic. She is the wife of Bill Gaither and also sang in the Bill Gaither Trio, one of the most influential groups in recent Christian music. She was born Gloria Lee Sickal in 1942 in Michigan, a daughter of pastor Lee Sickal and Dorothy Sickal. She spent most of her childhood and high school career in the Battle Creek area of Michigan, working a brief time for the Kellogg Company. When Sickal graduated from high school, she attended Anderson University in Anderson, Indiana. There, she triple majored in English, French, and Sociology. Upon her graduation, she took a job at Alexandria Monroe High School as a French teacher. There, she met Bill Ga… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Climbing the mountains
Title: Getting Used to the Family of God
Author: William J. Gaither
Author: Gloria Gaither
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Going together, enjoying the trip
Copyright: © 1974 by William J. Gaither.

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Instances

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Songs of Faith and Praise #737

Worship His Majesty #345

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