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Howard Helvey

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:10-11 Composer of "TINSLEY" in New Hymns of Hope Lives in Cincinnati, Ohio

1685 - 1759 Person Name: George Frideric Handel, 1685-1759 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Composer of "HALIFAX" in Common Praise (1998) George Frideric Handel (b. Halle, Germany, 1685; d. London, England, 1759) became a musician and composer despite objections from his father, who wanted him to become a lawyer. Handel studied music with Zachau, organist at the Halle Cathedral, and became an accomplished violinist and keyboard performer. He traveled and studied in Italy for some time and then settled permanently in England in 1713. Although he wrote a large number of instrumental works, he is known mainly for his Italian operas, oratorios (including Messiah, 1741), various anthems for church and royal festivities, and organ concertos, which he interpolated into his oratorio performances. He composed only three hymn tunes, one of which (GOPSAL) still appears in some modern hymnals. A number of hymnal editors, including Lowell Mason, took themes from some of Handel's oratorios and turned them into hymn tunes; ANTIOCH is one example, long associated with “Joy to the World.” Bert Polman

Thomas Butts

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Adapter of "HALIFAX" in Common Praise (1998)

William Henry Monk

1823 - 1889 Person Name: William Henry Monk, 1823-1889 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:21 Arranger of "ALL SAINTS" in Singing the Faith William H. Monk (b. Brompton, London, England, 1823; d. London, 1889) is best known for his music editing of Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861, 1868; 1875, and 1889 editions). He also adapted music from plainsong and added accompaniments for Introits for Use Throughout the Year, a book issued with that famous hymnal. Beginning in his teenage years, Monk held a number of musical positions. He became choirmaster at King's College in London in 1847 and was organist and choirmaster at St. Matthias, Stoke Newington, from 1852 to 1889, where he was influenced by the Oxford Movement. At St. Matthias, Monk also began daily choral services with the choir leading the congregation in music chosen according to the church year, including psalms chanted to plainsong. He composed over fifty hymn tunes and edited The Scottish Hymnal (1872 edition) and Wordsworth's Hymns for the Holy Year (1862) as well as the periodical Parish Choir (1840-1851). Bert Polman

Ron Klusmeier

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:8 Composer of "FREED" in More Voices

Glenda Coleman

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:11-15 Arranger of "JESUS IS THE ROCK" in Together in Song

Christopher Tambling

1964 - 2015 Person Name: Christopher Tambling, b. 1964 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:6 Composer of "[We can plough and dig the land]" in Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New

Gladys Platt

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:5-15 Arranger of "LOS TALENTOS" in Celebremos Su Gloria

H. L. Gilmour

1836 - 1920 Scripture: 1 Corinthians 3:14 Composer of "[A solemn time is coming by and by]" in Triumphant Praises Henry Lake Gilmour United Kingdom 1836-1920. Born at Londonderry, Ireland, he emigrated to America as a teenager, thinking he wanted to learn navigation. When he reached the U.S., he arrived in Philadelphia and decided to seek his fortune in America. He started working as a painter, then served in the American Civil War, where he was captured and spent several months in Libby Prison, Richmond, VA. He married Letitia Pauline Howard in 1858. After the war he trained as a dentist and did that for many years. In 1869 he moved to Wenonah, NJ, and helped found the Methodist church there in 1885. He served as Sunday school superintendent and, for four decades, directed the choir at the Pittman Grove Camp Meeting, also working as song leader at camp meetings in Mountain Lake Park, MD, and Ridgeview Park, PA. He was an editor, author, and composer. He edited and/or published 25 gospel song books, along with John Sweney, J Lincoln Hall, John J Hood, Howard Entwistle, Joshua Gill, E L Hyde, Milton S Rees and William J Kirkpatrick. He died in Delair, NJ, after a buggy accident. John Perry