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Eric H. Thiman

1900 - 1975 Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Composer of "BINNEY'S" in The Worshiping Church b. 9-12-1900, Ashford, Kent, d. 2-13-75, London; music educator, organist, and composer

Pamela J. Pettitt

b. 1954 Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Author of "I Have a Dream" in Worship and Song

Caryl Micklem

1925 - 2003 Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Author of "Give to Me, Lord, a Thankful Heart" in The Presbyterian Hymnal

1884 - 1966 Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Author of "Dear Father, whom we cannot see" in The Mennonite Hymnal Born: 1884, Ealing, West London, England. Died: May 1966. Roderick’s father was hymnist William Dunkerley. His works include: The Great Awakening, 1915 The Arm of God,1916 Postman’s Knock, 1918 The Proclamation, 1920 The Unwritten Gospel, 1925 First Prayers, 1929 The Pageant of the King’s Children, with his father, 1930 Treasure Trove, 1948 The Secret Moment, 1949 The Hope of Jesus, 1953 At the House of the Interpreter, 1956 Beyond the Gospels, 1957 Prayer Time in the Junior School, with his son, Gregor Hamilton Dunkerley, 1958 --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Myles Birket Foster

1851 - 1922 Person Name: Myles B. Foster Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Composer of "ETERNAL LIGHT (Foster)" Born: November 29, 1851, London, England. Died: December 18, 1922, London, England. Son of an artist, Foster attended Brighton and Guildford Grammar School and entered the stock exchange. He subsequently enrolled at the Royal Academy of Music and played the organ at St. James Church, Marylebone, and St. George’s, Campden Hill. From 1880-92 he was organist at the Foundling Hospital and at Her Majesty’s Theatre, and was choirmaster of St. James, Holborn. He composed children’s cantatas and much church music. His works include: Methodist Free Church Hymns, 1889 (co-editor) Anthems and Anthem Composers (London: Novello and Company, 1901) History of the Philharmonic Society (London: 1913) --www.hymntime.com/tch/

Barbara Woollett

b. 1937 Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Author of "How Long, O Lord" in Sing the Faith Barbara Woollett-- Born on 30 January 1937 in Southampton, where she has lived ever since. Educated at Sholing Secondary School for Girls; married David Woollett, an engineer; they have three children and six grandchildren. She has been a full-time housewife and mother, a volunteer ward assistant in a large city hospital, and a mature student for a GCSE in Drama, as well as being active in a local amateur dramatic group. She is a member of the Jubilate Group. She has written several hymn texts, Psalm versions and other verses. Publications featuring her work include Church Family Worship (1988); Come, Rejoice (1989); Songs from the Psalms (1990); Psalms for Today (1990) which has four of her paraphrases; "Let's Praise" 2 (1994); "Sing Glory" (1999); and "Praise!" (2000). Appearing in several books are her versions of Psalm 13, "How long, O Lord, will your forget an answer to my prayer"; and Psalm 84, "How lovely is your dwelling-place, O Lord most high". Among North American hymnals, The Worshiping Church (1990) has three of her texts and Worship and Rejoice (2001) has two, all of these from the Psalms. --www.jubilate.co.uk/about

Jerry Evenrud

b. 1929 Person Name: Jerry Evenrud, b. 1929 Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Harmonizer of "PEACE OF GOD" in One and All Rejoice

Mark J. Monk

b. 1858 Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Composer of "CAMPFIELDS"

Suzanne Lennon

Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Harmonizer of "AFFIRMATION (Wallace)"

Fred Pratt Green

1903 - 2000 Person Name: Fred Pratt Green, 1903-2000 Meter: 8.6.8.8.6 Author of "What Adam's disobedience cost" in Praise! psalms hymns and songs for Christian worship The name of the Rev. F. Pratt Green is one of the best-known of the contemporary school of hymnwriters in the British Isles. His name and writings appear in practically every new hymnal and "hymn supplement" wherever English is spoken and sung. And now they are appearing in American hymnals, poetry magazines, and anthologies. Mr. Green was born in Liverpool, England, in 1903. Ordained in the British Methodist ministry, he has been pastor and district superintendent in Brighton and York, and now served in Norwich. There he continued to write new hymns "that fill the gap between the hymns of the first part of this century and the 'far-out' compositions that have crowded into some churches in the last decade or more." --Seven New Hymns of Hope , 1971. Used by permission.

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