Composer: Mary Bittner
Mary Bittner was a native of Pennsylvania and received a B.S. in music education from Penn State University. She taught piano, organ, clarinet, and school music, and also served as music director and/or organist in Baptist, United Methodist, and Presbyterian churches and a U.S. Air Force Base Protestant chapel. In 1991 she became organist at Knox Presbyterian Church in Naperville, IL. She was an active member of the Naperville chapter of the Illinois State Music Teachers Association, and honored as Member of the year in 1998. She also participated in recitals and activities of the Fox Valley chapter of the American Guild of Organists. She began writing hymns in 1990 while enrolled in a church music degree program at Garrett-Evangelical T…
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As We Wait for Love's ArrivalAs we wait for love's arrival
in our winter's dark and gloom,
in our hearts so cold and lonely,
can we now prepare a room
that will hold the child who's coming
and surround him with such care
that our God allows a Savior's dwelling there?
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