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Author: The Iona Community Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 5 hymnals Matching Instances: 5 Topics: God As Redeemer; Grateful Living; Waiting; Elements of Worship Forgiviness and Grace Scripture: Psalm 40 Used With Tune: NEW BRITAIN

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AMAZING GRACE (NEW BRITAIN)

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 496 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Composer and/or Arranger: Iona Community Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 51313 21655 13132 Used With Text: I Waited Patiently for God

I WAITED PATIENTLY FOR GOD

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 2 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Composer and/or Arranger: Alex Muir (b. 1940); John L. Bell (b. 1949) Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 13256 32153 25655 Used With Text: I waited patiently for God

LEWIS-TOWN

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 7 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Composer and/or Arranger: William Billings; Donald Busarow Tune Key: g minor Incipit: 51321 53223 12512 Used With Text: I Waited Patiently for God (Psalm 40)

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I Waited Patiently for God

Author: The Iona Community Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #670 (2013) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: God As Redeemer; Grateful Living; Waiting; Elements of Worship Forgiviness and Grace Scripture: Psalm 40 Languages: English Tune Title: NEW BRITAIN

I Waited Patiently for God (Psalm 40)

Author: The Iona Community Hymnal: Glory to God #651 (2013) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: I waited patiently for God Topics: Mercy; Praise; Prayer; Sovereignty of God; Thanksgiving Scripture: Psalm 40 Languages: English Tune Title: LEWIS-TOWN

I Waited Patiently for God

Author: Iona Community Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #40B (2012) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Assurance; Church Year Advent; Church Year Lent; Commitment; Elements of Worship Lord's Supper; Elements of Worship Offering; Faith; God Daily Experience of; God Obedience to; God Trust in; God as Refuge; God's Will; God's Word; God's Faithfulness; God's Goodness; God's Love; God's Strength; Gratitude; Idols and Idolatry; Jesus Christ Teacher; Mercy; New Creation; Occasional Services Dedication to Discipleship; Occasional Services Ordination and/or Installation; Offering of Sacrifice; Patience; People of God / Church Serving; Prayer; Remnant of Isarel; Seeking God; Suffering; Temptation And Trial; Ten Commandments 2nd Commandment (do not make graven emages); Ten Commandments 4th Commandment (remember the Sabbath); The Annunciation; The Fall; The Needy; Trust; Witness; Worship; Year A, B, C, Annunciation of the Lord, March 25; Year A, Ordinary Time after Epiphany, 2nd Sunday Scripture: Psalm 40 Tune Title: AMAZING GRACE (NEW BRITAIN)

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John L. Bell

b. 1949 Person Name: John L. Bell (b. 1949) Author of "I waited patiently for God" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) John Bell (b. 1949) was born in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, intending to be a music teacher when he felt the call to the ministry. But in frustration with his classes, he did volunteer work in a deprived neighborhood in London for a time and also served for two years as an associate pastor at the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam. After graduating he worked for five years as a youth pastor for the Church of Scotland, serving a large region that included about 500 churches. He then took a similar position with the Iona Community, and with his colleague Graham Maule, began to broaden the youth ministry to focus on renewal of the church’s worship. His approach soon turned to composing songs within the identifiable traditions of hymnody that began to address concerns missing from the current Scottish hymnal: "I discovered that seldom did our hymns represent the plight of poor people to God. There was nothing that dealt with unemployment, nothing that dealt with living in a multicultural society and feeling disenfranchised. There was nothing about child abuse…,that reflected concern for the developing world, nothing that helped see ourselves as brothers and sisters to those who are suffering from poverty or persecution." [from an interview in Reformed Worship (March 1993)] That concern not only led to writing many songs, but increasingly to introducing them internationally in many conferences, while also gathering songs from around the world. He was convener for the fourth edition of the Church of Scotland’s Church Hymnary (2005), a very different collection from the previous 1973 edition. His books, The Singing Thing and The Singing Thing Too, as well as the many collections of songs and worship resources produced by John Bell—some together with other members of the Iona Community’s “Wild Goose Resource Group,” —are available in North America from GIA Publications. Emily Brink

Iona Community

Author of "I Waited Patiently for God" in Psalms for All Seasons Iona Community, an ecumenical Christian group of men and women based on the small island of Iona off the coast of Scotland. The community began in 1938 when the Rev. George MacLeod of the Church of Scotland began a ministry among the unemployed poor who had been neglected by the church. He took a handful of men to the island to rebuild the ruins of a thousand-year-old abbey church. That rebuilding became a metaphor for the rebuilding of the common life, a return to the belief that daily activity is the stuff of godly service – work, and worship. The Community has since grown to include a group of members, associates, and friends all over the United Kingdom and many other countries. In addition to many conferences that attract people to Iona from around the world, the Community is known for its publishing of new songs and prayers for worship, both developed in community and gathered from around the world. For more information on the Iona Community, check their website: www.iona.org.uk. John Bell is probably the community’s most well-known member, having composed and arranged much of the community’s music. Sing! A New Creation