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BREATH OF HEAVEN
Appears in 6 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John L. Bell (b. 1949) Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 33422 31712 76716 Used With Text: Come, Holy Spirit, descend on us, descend on us
BREATH OF HEAVEN
Come, Holy Spirit
Author: John L. Bell (b. 1949) Meter: 5.4.4.8 Appears in 7 hymnals Topics: The Holy Spirit The Coming of the Spirit; Christian Year Pentecost; Gathering; Holy Spirit name and images for Scripture: Luke 11:13 Used With Tune: BREATH OF HEAVEN
Come, Holy Spirit
Come, Holy Spirit, descend on us, descend on us
Author: John L. Bell (b. 1949); Graham Maule (b. 1958) Hymnal: Ancient and Modern #240 (2013) First Line: Come, Holy Spirit Topics: Church Worship; Church Year Pentecost; Holy Spirit inspiration of; Holy Spirit Invocation of; Holy Spirit names and images for; Pentecost and the Work of the Holy Spirit; Unity; Gathering; Short Chants Scripture: Acts 2:1-4 Languages: English Tune Title: BREATH OF HEAVEN
Come, Holy Spirit, descend on us, descend on us
Come, Holy Spirit
Author: John L. Bell (b. 1949) Hymnal: Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #589 (2005) Meter: 5.4.4.8 Topics: The Holy Spirit The Coming of the Spirit; Christian Year Pentecost; Gathering; Holy Spirit name and images for Scripture: Luke 11:13 Languages: English Tune Title: BREATH OF HEAVEN
Come, Holy Spirit
Come, Holy Spirit
Author: John L. Bell (b. 1949) Hymnal: Hymns of Glory, Songs of Praise #589 (2008) Meter: 5.4.4.8 Topics: The Holy Spirit The Coming of the Spirit; Christian Year Pentecost; Gathering; Holy Spirit name and images for Scripture: Luke 11:13 Languages: English Tune Title: BREATH OF HEAVEN
Come, Holy Spirit
John L. Bell
b. 1949 Person Name: John L. Bell (b. 1949) Author of "Come, Holy Spirit" 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.
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John L. Bell
Graham Maule
1958 - 2019 Person Name: Graham Maule (b. 1958) Author of "Come, Holy Spirit, descend on us, descend on us" in Ancient and Modern
Graham Maule
