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Author: Fred Kaan
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 Congregation… Go to person page >
Display Title: O God, Who Gave Humanity Its NameFirst Line: O God, who gave humanity its nameTune Title: SURSUM CORDAAuthor: Fred KaanMeter: 10 10.10 10Date: 1995Subject: God's Church | Marriage and Family; Love: For Others | ; Marriage |
Display Title: O God, from Whom Mankind Derives Its NameFirst Line: O God, from whom mankind derives its nameTune Title: CARPENTERAuthor: Fred Kaan, 1929 -Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1-7Date: 1982Subject: Love | ; Marriage |
Display Title: O God, from Whom MankindFirst Line: O God, from whom mankind derives its nameTune Title: SLY PARKAuthor: Fred H. Kaan, 1929-2009Meter: 10 10 10 10Date: 2018Subject: Family (couples/marriage) | ; Liturgical Index | Marriage; The Gospel in the Christian Life | Marriage
Display Title: O God, From Whom MankindFirst Line: O God from whom mankind derives its nameTune Title: SLY PARKAuthor: Fred H. Kaan (1929-2009)Meter: 10.10.10.10.Date: 1985Subject: Christian Home | Marriage
Display Title: O God, from whom mankind derives its nameFirst Line: O God, from whom mankind derives its nameTune Title: CHILTON FOLIATAuthor: Frederik Herman Kaan 1929-Meter: 10 10.10 10Date: 1977
Display Title: O God, From Whom Mankind Derives Its NameFirst Line: O God, from whom mankind derives its nameTune Title: TEMISKAMINGAuthor: Frederik Herman Kaan, 1929-Meter: 10 10 10 10Date: 1971
Display Title: O God, Who Gave Humanity Its NameFirst Line: O God, who gave humanity its nameTune Title: SHANTY CREEKAuthor: Fred KaanMeter: 10 10 10 10Date: 1996Subject: Covenant | ; Holy thursday | Year ABC; Love for Others | ; The Church at Worship | Marriage
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