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[I am a person, God made me special]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Patricia Shelly Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 56465 35424 31564 Used With Text: God's Family

Author: Patricia Shelly Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: I am a person, God made me special Refrain First Line: All grown-ups, all children, all mothers, all fathers Topics: Children's Hymns; Church - Unity and Fellowship; Communion Service - Love Feast Used With Tune: [I am a person, God made me special]

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All Grownups, All Children

Author: Patricia Joyce Shelly, b. 1951 Hymnal: Singing Our Faith #147 (2001) First Line: I am a person, God made me special Topics: Creation Languages: English Tune Title: [I am a person, God made me special]

God's Family

Author: Patricia Shelly Hymnal: Sing and Rejoice! #31 (1979) First Line: I am a person, God made me special Refrain First Line: All grown-ups, all children, all mothers, all fathers Topics: Children's Hymns; Church - Unity and Fellowship; Communion Service - Love Feast Languages: English Tune Title: [I am a person, God made me special]

People

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Robert N. Roth

b. 1928 Arranger of "[I am a person, God made me special]" in Singing Our Faith Robert N. Roth was born on June 28, 1928 in Somerset, PA and was educated at Franklin and Marshall College (BA, Phi Beta Kappa), the University of Virginia (MA – Raven Society) and the School of Sacred Music of the Union Theological Seminary in New York City (MSM). He served churches in Charlottesville, VA and Mamaroneck, NY before accepting concurrent positions as organist and choirmaster at the Church of St. James the Less in Scarsdale, NY and the Free Synagogue of Westchester in Mount Vernon, NY. He has held memberships in the American Guild of Organists, the Association of Anglican Musicians, and the St. Wilfrid Club in New York City. He is represented in The Hymnal 1982 of the Episcopal Church by his tune WEST PARK, and in Chatter with the Angels by his tune ORR. With his wife Nancy he edited a children’s version of The Hymnal 1982 titled We Sing of God. He also compiled and edited Wond’rous Machine: a Literary Anthology Celebrating the Organ. He has published many articles on church music in various periodicals and numerous arrangements and original compositions for choral groups. He now lives in Oberlin, OH. Mary Louise VanDyke