Display Title: Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ First Line: Let us talents and tongues employ Tune Title: LINSTEAD Author: Fred Kaan, 1929-2009 Meter: LM with refrain Scripture: Matthew 14:15-21; Matthew 26:26-28; Mark 6:34-44; Mark 14:22-24; Luke 9:12-17; Luke 22:17-20; John 6:5-13; John 15:5; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 Date: 2012 Subject: Body and Blood of Christ | ; Eucharist | Sacraments; Children's Hymns | ; Communion | ; Discipleship | ; Guidance | ; Joy | ; Love for Others | ; Witness |
Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #758
Fred Kaan Hymn writer. His hymns include both original work and translations. He sought to address issues of peace and justice. He was born in Haarlem in the Netherlands in July 1929. He was baptised in St Bavo Cathedral but his family did not attend church regularly. He lived through the Nazi occupation, saw three of his grandparents die of starvation, and witnessed his parents deep involvement in the resistance movement. They took in a number of refugees. He became a pacifist and began attending church in his teens.
Having become interested in British Congregationalism (later to become the United Reformed Church) through a friendship, he was attended Western College in Bristol. He was ordained in 1955 at the Windsor Road Congregation… Go to person page >
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