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Nathan Jonathan Overholt

b. 1966 Person Name: Nathan Jonathan Overholt (b. 1966) Scripture: Luke 14:13-14 Author of "Come and Dine, the Master Calleth" in The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4

Scripture: Luke 14:11-32 Author of "Welcome Home, Precious Child" in Discipleship Ministries Collection The Reverend F. Richard Garland is a retired United Methodist pastor. He and his wife, Catherine Sprigg, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, live in North Kingstown, RI. Dick was born and raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and is a lifelong Methodist. A graduate of Garrett Theological Seminary, he interned in Chicago and then served churches in Indiana, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. He continues to preach on occasion, provide coverage in emergency pastoral situations, and write a monthly essay, "From Where I Sit" for the newsletter of the North Kingstown UMC. He has been a contributor to The Upper Room. Dick is a lifelong hiker who still climbs in the mountains of New Hampshire. At home, he spends a great deal of time in his flower gardens. He has sung with the Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra and is a member of the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music and Worship Arts. Dick wrote his first hymn, a children's song, in a seminary music class with Austin C. Lovelace, and he has written poetry for many years. He began writing hymns for use in his churches about twenty years ago, but did not submit them for publication until 2006, after being encouraged to do so by a classmate and friend. Many of his texts are inspired by the seasons of the church year, particularly Christmas and Easter, and by Scriptures from the Lectionary. In April of 2007, an appeal from a clergy colleague for a memorial hymn in response to the shootings at Virginia Tech University resulted in the creation of his hymn, In Grief and Aching Sorrow, set to the tune, Passion Chorale by J.S. Bach. Once, his pastor, frustrated in trying to find enough hymns to go with the Good Samaritan story in Luke 10:25-37, asked him to write a new hymn for a service. The result was his hymn, "When We Would Neighbor Be." On a dare from a colleague, he revealed a whimsical side by writing a hymn for Groundhog Day, "Praise the Lord for Woodland Creatures." His hymn, "I Have a Dream," was written to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the address by The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He has written a series of texts based on the selections from the Letters to the Ephesians and to the Philippians found in the New Revised Common Lectionary. F. Richard Garland

Adam M. L. Tice

b. 1979 Scripture: Luke 14:7-24 Author of "We Dream of a Turning" in Voices Together

Kathryn Ann Hill

b. 1952 Scripture: Luke 14:11 Author of "Choice Places at the Table" in Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship Kathryn Ann Hill is a writer of Christian poetry. She was born on January 20, 1952, in Auburn, Alabama, to the Reverend and Mrs. Vernon (Georgia) Boriack. Kathryn was made a member of the Body of Christ through Holy Baptism on February 24, 1952, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Auburn, Alabama. She received instruction in the Holy Scriptures and the Small Catechism and was admitted to the Lord’s Supper on Palm Sunday, April 3, 1966, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Bloomington, Illinois. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and the Humanities from Valparaiso University. On August 25, 1974, Kathryn wed Michael James Hill at Valparaiso University’s Chapel of the Resurrection. They live in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and have two adult sons and three grandchildren. Since 2003, Kathryn has published over ninety poems in various periodicals, including The Cresset, Logia, and Lutheran Forum. She has written eight books of poetry. Her first book, a set of meditations in verse on the triptychs of Biblia pauperum, is entitled Rich in Grace: The Bible of the Poor for 21st-Century Christians. It was published by American Lutheran Publicity Bureau (www.alpb.org) in 2007. Most of her books are available in paperback or as Print Replica eBooks from Amazon.com. https://www.amazon.com/author/kathryn.ann.hill Facebook: #KeepAllHope —K.A.H.

John H. Giesler

Scripture: Luke 14:1-14 Composer of "LOVEFEAST" in Moravian Book of Worship

Christian Ignatius LaTrobe

1758 - 1836 Person Name: Christian Ignatius Latrobe Scripture: Luke 14:12-24 Composer of "JUDGMENT" in Moravian Book of Worship Born: February 12, 1758, Fulneck (near Leeds), Yorkshire, England. Died: May 6, 1836, Liverpool, England. La Trobe, Christian Ignatius, eldest son of Benjamin La Trobe, was born at the Moravian Settlement, Fulneck, Leeds, Yorkshire, Feb. 12, 1758, and educated in England and at the Brethren's College, Niesky, Silesia. Taking orders in the Moravian Church, he became in 1784 Secretary to their Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel, and in 1795 Secretary to the Unity of the Brethren in England. He died at Fairfield, near Liverpool, May 6, 1836. He is best known through his Selection of Sacred Music, in six volumes, which appeared in 1806-25. His hymnological contributions consist of a few translations from the German. [George Arthur Crawford, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

John J. Overholt

1918 - 2000 Scripture: Luke 14:13-14 Harmonizer of "COME AND DINE" in The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 John J. Overholt was born to an Amish family of limited means in the state of Ohio in 1918. As a child he was soon introduced to his father's personal collection of gospel songs and hymns, which was to have a marked influence on his later life. With his twin brother Joe, he early was exposed to the Amish-Mennonite tradition hymn-singing and praising worship. An early career in Christian service led to a two-year period of relief work in the country of Poland following World War II. During that interim he began to gather many European songs and hymns as a personal hobby, not realizing that these selections would become invaluable to The Christian Hymnary which was begun in 1960 and completed twelve years later in 1972, with a compilation of 1000 songs, hymns and chorales. (The largest Menn. hymnal). A second hymnal was begun simultaneously in the German language entitled Erweckungs Lieder Nr.1 which was brought to completion in 1986. This hymnal has a total of 200 selections with a small addendum of English hymns. Mr. Overholt married in 1965 to an accomplished soprano Vera Marie Sommers, who was not to be outdone by her husband's creativity and compiled a hymnal of 156 selections entitled Be Glad and Sing, directed to children and youth and first printed in 1986. During this later career of hymn publishing, Mr. Overholt also found time for Gospel team work throughout Europe. At this writing he is preparing for a 5th consecutive tour which he arranges and guides. The countries visited will be Belgium, Switzerland, France, Germany, Poland, USSR and Romania. Mr. Overholt was called to the Christian ministry in 1957 and resides at Sarasota, Florida where he is co-minister of a Beachy Amish-Mennonite Church. Five children were born to this family and all enjoy worship in song. --Letter from Hannah Joanna Overholt to Mary Louise VanDyke, 10 October 1990, DNAH Archives. Photo enclosed.