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Alan Dale

? - 1979 Scripture: Luke 20:21 Author of "God's spirit is in my heart (Go, tell everyone)" in Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New Alan Dale was ordained into the Methodist Ministry in Great Britain in 1928 and spent six years in China before returning to serve in Britain. He died in 1979. Dianne Shapiro (from email sent by Alan Kerr)

Hubert J. Richards

1921 - 2010 Scripture: Luke 20:21 Author of "God's spirit is in my heart (Go, tell everyone)" in Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New

Keith Stent

Scripture: Luke 20:21 Arranger of "[God's Spirit is in my heart]" in Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New

Gilmer Torres

Scripture: Luke 20:20-23 Author of "Que Se Alegren los Pobres (May the Poor People of the Earth)" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song

Bret Hesla

b. 1957 Person Name: Bret Hesla, n. 1957 Scripture: Luke 20:20-23 Translator of "Que Se Alegren los Pobres (May the Poor People of the Earth)" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song

Carl P. Daw Jr.

b. 1944 Person Name: Carl P. Daw, Jr. Scripture: Luke 20:20-26 Author of "Baited, the Question Rose" in Singing the New Testament Carl P. Daw, Jr. (b. Louisville, KY, 1944) is the son of a Baptist minister. He holds a PhD degree in English (University of Virginia) and taught English from 1970-1979 at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. As an Episcopal priest (MDiv, 1981, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennesee) he served several congregations in Virginia, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. From 1996-2009 he served as the Executive Director of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Carl Daw began to write hymns as a consultant member of the Text committee for The Hymnal 1982, and his many texts often appeared first in several small collections, including A Year of Grace: Hymns for the Church Year (1990); To Sing God’s Praise (1992), New Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1996), Gathered for Worship (2006). Other publications include A Hymntune Psalter (2 volumes, 1988-1989) and Breaking the Word: Essays on the Liturgical Dimensions of Preaching (1994, for which he served as editor and contributed two essays. In 2002 a collection of 25 of his hymns in Japanese was published by the United Church of Christ in Japan. He wrote Glory to God: A Companion (2016) for the 2013 hymnal of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Emily Brink

Sylvia G. Dunstan

1955 - 1993 Scripture: Luke 20:17-18 Author of "Christ Is King! Let Earthly Powers" in Voices Together After a brief, arduous battle with liver cancer, Canadian Sylvia Dunstan died in 1993 at the age of 38. For thirteen years, Dunstan had served the United Church of Canada as a parish minister and prison chaplain. She is remembered by those who knew her for her passion for those in need, her gift of writing, and her love of liturgy. Sing! A New Creation

Ronald F. Krisman

Person Name: Ronald F. Krisman, n. 1946 Scripture: Luke 20:20-23 Arranger of "[Que se alegren los pobres de la tierra]" in Oramos Cantando = We Pray In Song

George J. Elvey

1816 - 1893 Scripture: Luke 20:20-26 Composer of "DIADEMATA" in Singing the New Testament George Job Elvey (b. Canterbury, England, 1816; d. Windlesham, Surrey, England, 1893) As a young boy, Elvey was a chorister in Canterbury Cathedral. Living and studying with his brother Stephen, he was educated at Oxford and at the Royal Academy of Music. At age nineteen Elvey became organist and master of the boys' choir at St. George Chapel, Windsor, where he remained until his retirement in 1882. He was frequently called upon to provide music for royal ceremonies such as Princess Louise's wedding in 1871 (after which he was knighted). Elvey also composed hymn tunes, anthems, oratorios, and service music. Bert Polman

Hal H. Hopson

b. 1933 Person Name: Hall H. Hopson Scripture: Luke 20:20-26 Composer (descant) of "DIADEMATA" in Singing the New Testament Hal H. Hopson (b. Texas, 1933) is a prolific composer, arranger, clinician, teacher and promoter of congregational song, with more than 1300 published works, especially of hymn and psalm arrangements, choir anthems, and creative ideas for choral and organ music in worship. Born in Texas, with degrees from Baylor University (BA, 1954), and Southern Baptist Seminary (MSM, 1956), he served churches in Nashville, TN, and most recently at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church in Dallas, Texas. He has served on national boards of the Presbyterian Association of Musicians and the Choristers Guild, and taught numerous workshops at various national conferences. In 2009, a collection of sixty four of his hymn tunes were published in Hymns for Our Time: The Collected Tunes of Hal H. Hopson. Emily Brink