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Listen, sisters! Listen, Brothers!
Author: Carolyn Winfrey Gillette Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals
Listen, sisters! Listen, Brothers!
Winning lost souls to Jesus
Author: Thomas J. Biggs Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Listen dear brother, listen dear sister Refrain First Line: Let's all join hands in this great work
Winning lost souls to Jesus
BEACH SPRING
Appears in 211 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Benjamin F. White Tune Sources: Sacred Harp, 1844 Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 11213 32161 16561 Used With Text: Listen, Sisters! Listen, Brothers!
BEACH SPRING
Listen, sisters! Listen, Brothers!
Author: Carolyn Winfrey Gillette Hymnal: Songs of Grace #30 (2009) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Lyrics: Listen, sisters! Listen, brothers!
To the news that we proclaim;
Spread the word and tell your neighbors:
We have life in Jesus’ name.
All because God loves us dearly,
Jesus died for all our sin.
On the third day, God showed clearly:
Love has conquered, death can’t win.
What could be our proclamation
If our Lord had not been raised,
For without his resurrection,
What could give hope to our days?
But in fact, our Christ is living—
First to live, of those who’ve died;
For as all are lost through Adam,
So in Christ, we’re made alive.
What is sown will surely perish;
What is raised will still endure.
What is sown is sown in weakness;
What is raised will die no more.
Flesh and blood cannot inherit
That great kingdom God will bring.
God will change us—never fear it!
Death, defeated, has no sting.
Topics: Funeral/Witness to the Resurrection; Life in Christ Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15 Languages: English Tune Title: BEACH SPRING
Listen, sisters! Listen, Brothers!
Listen, Sisters! Listen, Brothers!
Author: Carolyn W. Gillette Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #3789 First Line: Listen, sisters! Listen, brothers Languages: English Tune Title: BEACH SPRING
Listen, Sisters! Listen, Brothers!
Winning lost souls to Jesus
Author: Thomas J. Biggs Hymnal: Good News, Our New 1953 Convention Gospel Song Book #d65 (1953) First Line: Listen dear brother, listen dear sister Refrain First Line: Let's all join hands in this great work Languages: English
Winning lost souls to Jesus
Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
b. 1961 Author of "Listen, sisters! Listen, Brothers!" in Songs of Grace Carolyn Winfrey Gillette has been a pastor in rural, small town, suburban, and city churches; she has also served as a hospice chaplain, a hospital chaplain, and a school bus aide helping children with special needs. She and her husband Bruce are pastors of the First Presbyterian Union Church in Owego, NY.
Carolyn is a gifted hymn writer who has written over 400 hymns. These hymns have been sung by congregations throughout the United States and around the world — from the Washington National Cathedral to St. Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland to St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town, South Africa to small town churches and small household congregations; they have also been sung at national church and international ecumenical meetings.
She has written four books: "I Sing to My Savior: New Hymns from the Stories in Luke's Gospel", "God's World is Changing: New Hymns for Advent and Christmas", "Gifts of Love: New Hymns for Today's Worship" (Geneva Press) and "Songs of Grace: New Hymns for God and Neighbo"r (Upper Room Books). Her hymns have been published in over 20 books. Two of her hymns have been published by the Choristers Guild as anthems. Carolyn was commissioned to write the lead article for the special issue on "Singing Our Lives" for Baylor University's "Christian Reflectio"n journal. Her hymns have also been in "Call to Worship" journal, "The Chorister" (cover story), "Reformed Worship," "The Presbyterian Outlook" and posted on thousands of web sites. All of her hymns can be found on her website with indices to scriptural references, topics, tunes, and the three-year cycle of the Revised Common Lectionary: http://www.carolynshymns.com
The World Council of Churches, National Council of Churches, Church World Service and Churches Uniting in Christ have asked her to write hymns. Habitat for Humanity International used a hymn by Carolyn for their 30th anniversary celebration. Family Promise (Interfaith Hospitality Network) did a music video of her hymn for their ministry with homeless families. The Humane Society of the United States did a music video contest of her hymn for their Blessing of the Animals service. The Presbyterian Church (USA) 216th General Assembly presented her with the "Ecumenical and Interreligious Service Recognition." Sojourners did a short video about her hymn writing. A Canadian scholar wrote her biography for the "Cambridge Dictionary for Hymnology."
Feature stories about Carolyn's hymns addressing concerns facing the Church, nation and world, were done by The New Yorker, The Christian Century, America, National Public Radio, national PBS-TV, and newspapers (Philadelphia Inquirer, Washington Post, New Jersey Courier Post, Delaware News Journal, and others).
Carolyn is a graduate of Lebanon Valley College and Princeton Theological Seminary. She finds joy in parish ministry, hymn writing, and most of all in her family as a wife, mother (and foster mother), grandmother, sister, and human parent to a rescue dog, "Annie."
Carolyn sees her hymn writing as a partnership and is very grateful for prayers for her hymn writing, suggestions for hymns, gifts for hymn use and commissions, and invitations to speak at conferences, workshops, and church gatherings (in person and online). She hopes her hymns nurture people in their discipleship and support churches in their worship and service in the world. Sing to the Lord a new song!
Copied from "About the Author" in "I Sing to My Savior: New Hymns from the Stories in Luke's Gospel."
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Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
B. F. White
1800 - 1879 Person Name: Benjamin F. White Composer of "BEACH SPRING" in The Cyber Hymnal Benjamin F. White (b. Spartanburg, SC, 1800; d. Atlanta, GA, 1879), was coeditor of The Sacred Harp (1844). He came from a family of fourteen children and was largely self-taught. Eventually White became a popular singing-school teacher and editor of the weekly Harris County newspaper.
Bert Polman
B. F. White
James Wood
1921 - 2003 Person Name: James H. Wood Harmonizer of "BEACH SPRING" in Songs of Grace James Wood was born April 14, 1921, in Rochester, Minn. He was a teacher of music and a concert singer, a choral conductor and composer In later life, he published a book of poems titled, "Songs Without Melodies."
Dianne Shapiro
James Wood
