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NEW DISCIPLES (Fedak)

Meter: 5.5.5.5 D with refrain Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Alfred V. Fedak Tune Key: A Major Incipit: 34565 34176 67125 Used With Text: Woman in the Night

Author: Brian Wren, 1936- Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: Woman in the night, spent from giving birth Refrain First Line: Come and join the song, women, children, men Lyrics: 1 Woman in the night, spent from giving birth, guard our precious light; peace is on the earth! Woman in the crowd, creeping up behind, touching is allowed; seek and you will find! Refrain: Come and join the song, women, children, men; Jesus makes us free to live again! 2 Woman at the well, question the Messiah; find your friends and tell; drink your heart's desire! Woman at the feast, let the righteous stare, come and go in peace; love him with your hair! [Refrain] 3 Woman in the house, nurtured to be meek, leave your second place; listen, think and speak! Women on the road, from your sickness freed, witness and provide; joining word and deed. [Refrain] 4 Women on the hill, stand when men have fled; Christ needs loving still, though your hope is dead. Women in the dawn, care and spices bring; earliest to mourn; earliest to sing! [Refrain] Topics: Freedom / Liberation; Invitation; Music / Singing / Song; One Life in Christ Discipleship Scripture: Matthew 9:20-22 Used With Tune: NEW DISCIPLES

Instances

Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Woman in the Night

Author: Brian Wren Hymnal: Glory to God #161 (2013) Meter: 5.5.5.5 D with refrain Refrain First Line: Come and join the song Lyrics: 1 Woman in the night, spent from giving birth, guard our precious light; peace is on the earth. Woman in the crowd, creeping up behind, touching is allowed: seek and you will find! Refrain: Come and join the song, women, children, men. Jesus makes us free to live again! 2 Woman at the well, question the Messiah; find your friends and tell: drink your heart's desire! Woman at the feast, let the righteous stare; come and go in peace; love him with your hair! [Refrain] 3 Woman in the house, nurtured to be meek, leave your second place, listen, think, and speak! Women on the road, from your sickness freed, witness and provide, joining word and deed: [Refrain] 4 Women on the hill, stand when men have fled; Christ needs loving still, though your hope is dead. Women in the dawn, care and spices bring, earliest to mourn, earliest to sing! [Refrain] Topics: Christian Year Baptism of Jesus; Christian Year Transfiguration; Jesus Christ Life; Women Scripture: Matthew 9:20-22 Languages: English Tune Title: NEW DISCIPLES (Fedak)

Woman in the Night

Author: Brian Wren, 1936- Hymnal: Worship and Rejoice #364 (2003) Meter: 5.5.5.5 D Lyrics: 1 Woman in the night, spent from giving birth, guard our precious light; peace is on the earth. Woman in the crowd, creeping up behind, touching is allowed: seek and you will find! Refrain: Come and join the song, women, children, men. Jesus makes us free to live again! 2 Woman at the well, question the Messiah; find your friends and tell: drink your heart's desire! Woman at the feast, let the righteous stare; come and go in peace; love him with your hair! [Refrain] 3 Woman in the house, nurtured to be meek, leave your second place, listen, think and speak! Women on the road, from your sickness freed, witness and provide, joining word and deed: [Refrain] 4 Women on the hill, stand when men have fled; Christ needs loving still, though your hope is dead. Women in the dawn, care and spices bring, earliest to mourn, earliest to sing! [Refrain] Scripture: Matthew 28:1 Languages: English Tune Title: NEW DISCIPLES

Woman in the night

Author: Brian Wren, 1936- Hymnal: The Book of Praise #657 (1997) First Line: Woman in the night, spent from giving birth Refrain First Line: Come and join the song, women, children, men Lyrics: 1 Woman in the night, spent from giving birth, guard our precious light; peace is on the earth! Woman in the crowd, creeping up behind, touching is allowed; seek and you will find! Refrain: Come and join the song, women, children, men; Jesus makes us free to live again! 2 Woman at the well, question the Messiah; find your friends and tell; drink your heart's desire! Woman at the feast, let the righteous stare, come and go in peace; love him with your hair! [Refrain] 3 Woman in the house, nurtured to be meek, leave your second place; listen, think and speak! Women on the road, from your sickness freed, witness and provide; joining word and deed. [Refrain] 4 Women on the hill, stand when men have fled; Christ needs loving still, though your hope is dead. Women in the dawn, care and spices bring; earliest to mourn; earliest to sing! [Refrain] Topics: Freedom / Liberation; Invitation; Music / Singing / Song; One Life in Christ Discipleship Scripture: Matthew 9:20-22 Languages: English Tune Title: NEW DISCIPLES

People

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Brian A. Wren

b. 1936 Person Name: Brian Wren Author of "Woman in the Night" in Glory to God Brian Wren (b. Romford, Essex, England, 1936) is a major British figure in the revival of contemporary hymn writing. He studied French literature at New College and theology at Mansfield College in Oxford, England. Ordained in 1965, he was pastor of the Congregational Church (now United Reformed) in Hockley and Hawkwell, Essex, from 1965 to 1970. He worked for the British Council of Churches and several other organizations involved in fighting poverty and promoting peace and justice. This work resulted in his writing of Education for Justice (1977) and Patriotism and Peace (1983). With a ministry throughout the English-speaking world, Wren now resides in the United States where he is active as a freelance lecturer, preacher, and full-time hymn writer. His hymn texts are published in Faith Looking Forward (1983), Praising a Mystery (1986), Bring Many Names (1989), New Beginnings (1993), and Faith Renewed: 33 Hymns Reissued and Revised (1995), as well as in many modern hymnals. He has also produced What Language Shall I Borrow? (1989), a discussion guide to inclusive language in Christian worship. Bert Polman

Alfred V. Fedak

b. 1953 Composer of "NEW DISCIPLES (Fedak)" in Glory to God Alfred Fedak (b. 1953), is a well-known organist, composer, and Minister of Music at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Capitol Hill in Albany, New York. He graduated from Hope College in 1975 with degrees in organ performance and music history. He obtained a Master’s degree in organ performance from Montclair State University, and has also studied at Westminster Choir College, Eastman School of Music, the Institute for European Studies in Vienna, and at the first Cambridge Choral Studies Seminar at Clare College, Cambridge. As a composer, he has over 200 choral and organ works in print, and has three published anthologies of his work (Selah Publishing). In 1995, he was named a Visiting Fellow in Church Music at Episcopal Seminary of the Soutwest in Austin, Texas. He is also a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists, and was awarded the AGO’s prestigious S. Lewis Elmer Award. Fedak is a Life Member of the Hymn Society, and writes for The American Organist, The Hymn, Reformed Worship, and Music and Worship. He was a member of the Presbyterian Committee on Congregational Song that prepared Glory to God, the 2013 hymnal of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Laura de Jong