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George Douglas Repp

Person Name: G. D. R. Scripture: Luke 2:7 Composer (melody) of "[Jesus, our brother, strong and good]" in Worship in Song

F. L. Wiseman

1858 - 1944 Person Name: F. L. Wiseman, 1858-1944 Scripture: Luke 2:11 Composer of "WONDERFUL LOVE" in Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New

Noel Rawsthorne

b. 1929 Scripture: Luke 2:7 Arranger of "LONDONDERRY AIR" in Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New

b. 1942 Scripture: Luke 2:11 Author of "There's Something About that Name" in Hymns of Faith 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 Gaither, who was teaching English at the time. She married Gaither in 1962, and they began writing songs recreationally. By the end of the 1960s, Gloria, Bill, and his brother Danny Gaither were touring steadily, as the Bill Gaither Trio. After touring with the Bill Gaither Trio, Gaither drew her focus to the Gaither Homecoming series. She has been an active presence in every video production. Gaither is currently the scriptwriter and narrator for the Homecoming series. In 1991, she attended Ball State University and received a Master of Arts in Literature. She taught as an adjunct professor at Anderson University for periods in the late 80s and late 90s. In 1996, she spearheaded the creation of Gaither Family Reources in Alexandria, Indiana, and currently serves as co-owner and managing director. In 2002, Gaither launched Homecoming:

Bill Gaither

b. 1936 Person Name: William J. Gaither Scripture: Luke 2:11 Author of "There's Something About that Name" in Hymns of Faith

M. l'abbé (Simon-Joseph) Pellegrin

1663 - 1745 Person Name: Simon-Joseph Pellegrin (1663-1745) Scripture: Luke 2:1-20 Author of "O Come, Divine Messiah" in Common Praise (1998) Pellegrin, M. l'abbé (Simon-Joseph). (1663-1745). A French abbé and well-known librettist. His collections of French carols were published in 1708 and 1711. --J. Vincent Higginson, DNAH Archives

Sister Mary of St. Philip

1825 - 1904 Scripture: Luke 2:1-20 Translator of "O Come, Divine Messiah" in Common Praise (1998)

Marlys Swinger

Scripture: Luke 2:14 Composer of "[Gloria in excelsis Deo!]" in Songs of Light Marlys Swinger is a published author and an editor of children's books. Some of the published credits of Marlys Swinger include Sing Through the Seasons: 73 Songs for Children, Sing Through the Day: Eighty Songs for Children - with CD, Sing Through the Day. --http://www.jacketflap.com

Louis Bourgeois

1510 - 1561 Person Name: Louis Bourgeois, c. 1510-1561 Scripture: Luke 2:6-7 Composer of "MON DIEU, PRÉTE-MOI L'OREILLE" in Common Praise Louis Bourgeois (b. Paris, France, c. 1510; d. Paris, 1561). In both his early and later years Bourgeois wrote French songs to entertain the rich, but in the history of church music he is known especially for his contribution to the Genevan Psalter. Apparently moving to Geneva in 1541, the same year John Calvin returned to Geneva from Strasbourg, Bourgeois served as cantor and master of the choristers at both St. Pierre and St. Gervais, which is to say he was music director there under the pastoral leadership of Calvin. Bourgeois used the choristers to teach the new psalm tunes to the congregation. The extent of Bourgeois's involvement in the Genevan Psalter is a matter of scholarly debate. Calvin had published several partial psalters, including one in Strasbourg in 1539 and another in Geneva in 1542, with melodies by unknown composers. In 1551 another French psalter appeared in Geneva, Eighty-three Psalms of David, with texts by Marot and de Beze, and with most of the melodies by Bourgeois, who supplied thirty four original tunes and thirty-six revisions of older tunes. This edition was republished repeatedly, and later Bourgeois's tunes were incorporated into the complete Genevan Psalter (1562). However, his revision of some older tunes was not uniformly appreciated by those who were familiar with the original versions; he was actually imprisoned overnight for some of his musical arrangements but freed after Calvin's intervention. In addition to his contribution to the 1551 Psalter, Bourgeois produced a four-part harmonization of fifty psalms, published in Lyons (1547, enlarged 1554), and wrote a textbook on singing and sight-reading, La Droit Chemin de Musique (1550). He left Geneva in 1552 and lived in Lyons and Paris for the remainder of his life. Bert Polman