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Sizohamba Naye (We will walk with God)

Author: John L. Bell, 1949- Meter: 9.6.9.6.6.6.6.6 Appears in 11 hymnals First Line: Sizohamba naye, wo wo wo Topics: Zion—Reign of God; Commitment; Fellowship; God's Presence; Peace on Earth; Proclamation; Rejoicing; Sending Forth; Zion-Reign of God Scripture: Isaiah 2:2-4 Used With Tune: [Sizohamba naye, wo, wo, wo] Text Sources: Swaziland folk hymn; transcribed The Swedish Exchange Project, Meeting Swaziland

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SIZOHAMBA NAYE

Meter: Irregular Appears in 20 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John L. Bell Tune Sources: Swaziland melody Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 31216 71317 77121 Used With Text: We Will Walk with God (Sizohamba naye)

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Sizohamba Naye (We will walk with God)

Author: John L. Bell, 1949- Hymnal: Community of Christ Sings #377 (2013) Meter: 9.6.9.6.6.6.6.6 First Line: Sizohamba naye, wo wo wo Topics: Zion—Reign of God; Commitment; Fellowship; God's Presence; Peace on Earth; Proclamation; Rejoicing; Sending Forth; Zion-Reign of God Scripture: Isaiah 2:2-4 Languages: English; French; Spanish; Xhosa Tune Title: [Sizohamba naye, wo, wo, wo]

We Will Walk with God (Sizohamba naye)

Author: John L. Bell Hymnal: Glory to God #742 (2013) Meter: Irregular First Line: We will walk with God, my brothers (Sizohamba naye, wo wo wo,) Topics: Christian Life; Discipleship and Mission; Sending Scripture: Deuteronomy 5:33 Languages: English; siSwati Tune Title: SIZOHAMBA NAYE

Sizohamba naye (We Will Walk with God) (Caminemos con Dios)

Author: John L. Bell, b. 1949; Ronald F. Krisman, b. 1946 Hymnal: Santo, Santo, Santo #719 (2019) Meter: Irregular First Line: Sizohamba naye, wo wo wo (We will walk with God, my brothers) Topics: Año Cristiano Semana Santa; Christian Year Easter; Communion of the Saints; Comunión de los Santos; Envio; Sending Forth; Kingdom of God; Reino de Dios Scripture: Genesis 5:21-24 Languages: English; Spanish; Swati Tune Title: SIZOHAMBA

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John L. Bell

b. 1949 Person Name: John L. Bell, 1949- Translator of "Sizohamba Naye (We will walk with God)" in Community of Christ Sings John Bell (b. 1949) was born in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, intending to be a music teacher when he felt the call to the ministry. But in frustration with his classes, he did volunteer work in a deprived neighborhood in London for a time and also served for two years as an associate pastor at the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam. After graduating he worked for five years as a youth pastor for the Church of Scotland, serving a large region that included about 500 churches. He then took a similar position with the Iona Community, and with his colleague Graham Maule, began to broaden the youth ministry to focus on renewal of the church’s worship. His approach soon turned to composing songs within the identifiable traditions of hymnody that began to address concerns missing from the current Scottish hymnal: "I discovered that seldom did our hymns represent the plight of poor people to God. There was nothing that dealt with unemployment, nothing that dealt with living in a multicultural society and feeling disenfranchised. There was nothing about child abuse…,that reflected concern for the developing world, nothing that helped see ourselves as brothers and sisters to those who are suffering from poverty or persecution." [from an interview in Reformed Worship (March 1993)] That concern not only led to writing many songs, but increasingly to introducing them internationally in many conferences, while also gathering songs from around the world. He was convener for the fourth edition of the Church of Scotland’s Church Hymnary (2005), a very different collection from the previous 1973 edition. His books, The Singing Thing and The Singing Thing Too, as well as the many collections of songs and worship resources produced by John Bell—some together with other members of the Iona Community’s “Wild Goose Resource Group,” —are available in North America from GIA Publications. Emily Brink

Ronald F. Krisman

Person Name: Ronald F. Krisman, b. 1946 Translator (Spanish) of "Sizohamba naye (We Will Walk with God) (Caminemos con Dios)" in Santo, Santo, Santo