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MEADWAY

Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ian Sharp Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 23423 54324 56176
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God! When human bonds are broken

Author: Frederik Herman Kaan, 1929- Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 10 hymnals Lyrics: 1 God! When human bonds are broken and we lack the love or skill to restore the hope of healing, give us grace and make us still. 2 Through that stillness, with your Spirit come into our world of stress, for the sake of Christ forgiving; all the failures we confess. 3 You in us are bruised and broken: hear us as we seek release from the pain of earlier living; set us free and grant us peace. 4 Send us, God of new beginnings, humbly hopeful into life. Use us as a means of blessing: make us stronger, give us faith. 5 Give us faith to be more faithful, give us hope to be more true, give us love to go on learning: God! Encourage and renew! Topics: Confession of Sin; Faith; Forgiveness; Healing; Hope; Intercession of the Church; Jesus Christ Priesthood and Intercession; Our Love to God; Reconciliation; Renewal Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:8-13 Used With Tune: MEADWAY
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Shaping Spirit, Move Among Us

Author: Elizabeth Cosnett Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 Shaping spirit, move among us, living leader, be our friend, source of our mysterious being, greet us at our journey's end. 2 Energy of new creation, work like yeast within the soul; human savior, heavenly artist, in your service make us whole. 3 Many are the ways you seek us, great the joy when each is found. once your gift of faith ignites it all the world is holy ground. Topics: God Present in the Holy Spirit Power and Work; Descants; New Creation; Holy Spirit Used With Tune: MEADWAY
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Shaping Spirit, Move Among Us

Author: Elizabeth Cosnett Hymnal: Chalice Hymnal #242 (1995) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Lyrics: 1 Shaping spirit, move among us, living leader, be our friend, source of our mysterious being, greet us at our journey's end. 2 Energy of new creation, work like yeast within the soul; human savior, heavenly artist, in your service make us whole. 3 Many are the ways you seek us, great the joy when each is found. once your gift of faith ignites it all the world is holy ground. Topics: God Present in the Holy Spirit Power and Work; Descants; New Creation; Holy Spirit Languages: English Tune Title: MEADWAY
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God! When human bonds are broken

Author: Frederik Herman Kaan, 1929- Hymnal: Together in Song #683 (1999) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Lyrics: 1 God! When human bonds are broken and we lack the love or skill to restore the hope of healing, give us grace and make us still. 2 Through that stillness, with your Spirit come into our world of stress, for the sake of Christ forgiving; all the failures we confess. 3 You in us are bruised and broken: hear us as we seek release from the pain of earlier living; set us free and grant us peace. 4 Send us, God of new beginnings, humbly hopeful into life. Use us as a means of blessing: make us stronger, give us faith. 5 Give us faith to be more faithful, give us hope to be more true, give us love to go on learning: God! Encourage and renew! Topics: Confession of Sin; Faith; Forgiveness; Healing; Hope; Intercession of the Church; Jesus Christ Priesthood and Intercession; Our Love to God; Reconciliation; Renewal Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:8-13 Languages: English Tune Title: MEADWAY
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Fred Kaan

1929 - 2009 Person Name: Frederik Herman Kaan, 1929- Author of "God! When human bonds are broken" in Together in Song 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)
Fred Kaan

Elizabeth Cosnett

1936 - 2024 Author of "Shaping Spirit, Move Among Us" in Chalice Hymnal
Elizabeth Cosnett

Ian Sharp

b. 1943 Person Name: Ian Sharp, 1943- Composer of "MEADWAY" in Together in Song
Ian Sharp
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