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Erik Routley

1917 - 1982 Scripture: Luke 11:9-10 Composer of "PRAYER CANTICLE" in The United Methodist Hymnal

Mark Barnard

b. 1959 Person Name: Mark Barnard, b. 1959 Scripture: Luke 11:13 Author of "Ask, Seek, and Knock" in Sing! A New Creation

Maria Millward

Scripture: Luke 11:2-4 Author of "Loving God, in heaven above" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.)

1840 - 1901 Scripture: Luke 11:1 Author of "Lord, Teach us How to Pray" in Sacred Songs No. 1 [Also published under the pseudonym El Nathan.] =============== Whittle, D. W.. Six of his hymns (Nos. 295, 308,363, 385, 386, 417) are given in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, under the signature of "El Nathan." --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

Communauté de Taizé

Person Name: Taizé Community Scripture: Luke 11:9-13 Author of "Veni Creator" in Together in Song

Carlton R. Young

b. 1926 Person Name: Carlton R. Young, 1926- Scripture: Luke 11:2 Composer of "NEW WORLD CAROL" in Worship and Rejoice

Damien Halloran

Scripture: Luke 11:2-4 Composer of "[Loving God in heaven above]" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.)

Nicholay Rimsky-Korsakov

1844 - 1908 Person Name: Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) Scripture: Luke 11:2-4 D'après of "[Notre Père qui es aux cieux]" in Les Chants du Pèlerin

George C. Stebbins

1846 - 1945 Person Name: Geo. C. Stebbins Scripture: Luke 11:1 Composer of "[Lord, teach us how to pray]" in Sacred Songs No. 1 Stebbins studied music in Buffalo and Rochester, New York, then became a singing teacher. Around 1869, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to join the Lyon and Healy Music Company. He also became the music director at the First Baptist Church in Chicago. It was in Chicago that he met the leaders in the Gospel music field, such as George Root, Philip Bliss, & Ira Sankey. At age 28, Stebbins moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he became music director at the Claredon Street Baptist Church; the pastor there was Adoniram Gordon. Two years later, Stebbins became music director at Tremont Temple in Boston. Shortly thereafter, he became involved in evangelism campaigns with Moody and others. Around 1900, Stebbins spent a year as an evangelist in India, Egypt, Italy, Palestine, France and England. (www.hymntime.com/tch)

Winfred Douglas

1867 - 1944 Person Name: C. Winfred Douglas, 1867-1944 Scripture: Luke 11:1-4 Harmonizer of "MORNING SONG" in Singing the New Testament Charles Winfred Douglas (b. Oswego, NY, 1867; d. Santa Rosa, CA, 1944), an influential leader in Episcopalian liturgical and musical life. Educated at Syracuse University and St. Andrews Divinity School, Syracuse, New York, he moved to Colorado for his health. There he studied at St. Matthew's Hall, Denver, and founded the Mission of the Transfiguration in Evergreen (1897). Ordained a priest in the Episcopal Church in 1899, he also studied in France, Germany and England, where he spent time with the Benedictines of Solesmes on the Island of Wight from 1903 to 1906. For much of his life, Douglas served as director of music at the Community of St. Mary in Peekskill, New York, and had associations with cathedrals in Denver, Colorado, and Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He promoted chanting and plainsong in the Episcopal Church through workshops and publications such as The American Psalter (1929), the Plainsong Psalter (1932), and the Monastic Diurnal (1932). His writings include program notes for the Denver Symphony Orchestra, various hymn preludes; organ, as well as the book, Church Music in History and Practice (1937). He was editor of both the Hymnal 1916 and its significant successor, Hymnal 1940, of the Episcopal Church. Douglas's other achievements include a thorough knowledge of the life and culture of Hopi and Navajo natives, among whom he lived for a number of years. Bert Polman