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Author: Fred Kaan (1929-) Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Father, help Your people in this world to build Lyrics: 1 Father, help Your people in this world to build Something of Your kingdom and to do Your will, Lead us to discover partnership in love; Bless our ways of sharing and our pride remove. 2 Lord of desk and altar, bind our lives in one, That in work and worship love may set the tone. Give us grace to listen, clarity of speech; Make us truly thankful for the gifts of each. 3 Holy is the setting of each room and yard, Lecture hall and kitchen, office, shop, and ward. Holy is the rhythm of our working hours; Hallow then our purpose, energy, and pow’rs. 4 Strengthen, Lord, for service hand and heart and brain; Help us good relations daily to maintain. Let the living presence of the servant Christ Heighten our devotion, make our life a feast. Topics: Christian Church Community in Christ Used With Tune: WHITWORTH

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WHITWORTH

Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Walter MacNutt (1910-1996) Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 12354 32123 56456 Used With Text: Father, Help Your People

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Father, Help Your People

Author: Fred Kaan (1929-) Hymnal: Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #353 (1985) Meter: 11.11.11.11 First Line: Father, help Your people in this world to build Lyrics: 1 Father, help Your people in this world to build Something of Your kingdom and to do Your will, Lead us to discover partnership in love; Bless our ways of sharing and our pride remove. 2 Lord of desk and altar, bind our lives in one, That in work and worship love may set the tone. Give us grace to listen, clarity of speech; Make us truly thankful for the gifts of each. 3 Holy is the setting of each room and yard, Lecture hall and kitchen, office, shop, and ward. Holy is the rhythm of our working hours; Hallow then our purpose, energy, and pow’rs. 4 Strengthen, Lord, for service hand and heart and brain; Help us good relations daily to maintain. Let the living presence of the servant Christ Heighten our devotion, make our life a feast. Topics: Christian Church Community in Christ Tune Title: WHITWORTH

Father, Help Your People

Author: Fred Kaan Hymnal: Psalter Hymnal (Gray) #607 (1987) Meter: 6.5.6.5 D Lyrics: 1 Father, help your people in this world to build something of your kingdom and to do your will. Lead us to discover partnership in love; bless our ways of sharing, and our pride remove. 2 Lord of desk and altar, bind our lives in one, that in work and worship love may set the tone. Give us grace to listen, clarity of speech; make us truly thankful for the gifts of each. 3 Holy is the setting of each room and yard, lecture hall and kitchen, office, shop, and ward. Holy is the rhythm of our working hours; hallow then our purpose, energy, and powers. 4 Strengthen, Lord, for service, hand and heart and brain; help us good relations daily to maintain. Let the living presence of the Servant-Christ heighten our devotion, make our lives a feast. Topics: Industry & Labor; Love Our Love for Others; Society/Social Concerns; Industry & Labor; Justice; Love Our Love for Others; Ministry & Service; Sanctification; Society/Social Concerns Languages: English Tune Title: WHITWORTH

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Fred Kaan

1929 - 2009 Author of "Father, Help Your People" in Psalter Hymnal (Gray) 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 Congregational Church in Barry, Glamorgan. In 1963 he was called to be minister of the Pilgrim Church in Plymouth. It was in this congregation that he began to write hymns. The first edition of Pilgrim Praise was published in 1968, going into second and third editions in 1972 and 1975. He continued writing many more hymns throughout his life. Dianne Shapiro, from obituary written by Keith Forecast in Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/fred-kaan-minister-and-celebrated-hymn-writer-1809481.html)