SHEPHERDS TODAY

SHEPHERDS TODAY

Composer: John D. Horman (1992)
Published in 1 hymnal


Composer: John D. Horman

John retired from teaching after twenty-six years with the Montgomery County, Maryland Public School System. During his tenure with the school system, he taught general music for twenty-one years at the elementary level and five years at the secondary level, and worked extensively with choruses at both levels. He received the Broom Award for Excellence awarded by his home county for his work in composition for children. John has served Warner Memorial Presbyterian Church in Kensington, Maryland for thirty-nine years as Organist and Director of Music. He oversees three choral groups and two bell choirs. Over eighty members of the congregation participate in the music groups of the church. John's compositions are found in the catalogues… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Composer: John D. Horman (1992)
Meter: 10.10.10.10 with refrain
Key: C Major

Texts

There Is A Need for Shepherds

There is a need for shepherds in this place,
where pain and suffering wear a human face;
where hungry children stand outside the door,
and homeless families long for home once more.
Refrain:
There is a need for shepherds in this hour.
There is a need for Love to show its power!
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Instances

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Come Away with Me #3Text