When You Woke That Thrusday Morning

When You woke that Thursday morning

Author: Jaroslav J. Vajda
Tune: JOYOUS LIGHT
ONE LICENSE: 12802
Published in 3 hymnals

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Author: Jaroslav J. Vajda

Jaroslav J. Vajda (b. Lorain, Ohio, 1919; d. 2008) Born of Czechoslovakian parents, Vajda was educated at Concordia College in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Concordia Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. Ordained as a Lutheran pastor in 1944, he served congregations in Pennsylvania and Indiana until 1963. He was editor of the periodicals The Lutheran Beacon (1959-1963) and This Day (1963-1971) and book editor and developer for Concordia Publishing House in St. Louis from 1971 until his retirement in 1986. Working mainly with hymn texts, Vajda served on several Lutheran commissions of worship. A writer of original poetry since his teens, he was the author of They Followed the King (1965) and Follow the King (1977). His translations from S… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: When You woke that Thursday morning
Title: When You Woke That Thrusday Morning
Author: Jaroslav J. Vajda
Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
Language: English
Copyright: © 1991 Concordia Publishing House

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Christian Worship (2008) #717

Christian Worship #416

Lutheran Service Book #445

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