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When Hands Reach Out
Author: Carolyn Winfrey Gillette Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: When hands reach out and fingers trace Topics: Disabilities Sunday; Grace of God; Holy Spirit; Life in Christ; Worship Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12 Used With Tune: O WALY WALY
When Hands Reach Out
O WALY WALY
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 213 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Weaver Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 51232 16551 71234 Used With Text: When Hands Reach Out and Fingers Trace
O WALY WALY
TALLIS' CANON
Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 510 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Thomas Tallis Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 11711 22343 14433 Used With Text: When Hands Reach Out
TALLIS' CANON
When Hands Reach Out and Fingers Trace
Author: Carolyn Winfrey Gillette Hymnal: More Voices #136 (2007) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Response; Diversity; Grâce; Health/Wellness; Inclusiveness; Learning; Love for Others; Service Music Response / Affirmation; Service Music Offering; Trinity Scripture: Proverbs 31:20 Languages: English Tune Title: SHILOH
When Hands Reach Out and Fingers Trace
When Hands Reach Out and Fingers Trace
Author: Carolyn Winfrey Gillette Hymnal: Glory to God #302 (2013) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Church; Community in Christ; Gift of the Holy Spirit; Healing; Unity Scripture: Psalm 139:1-6 Languages: English Tune Title: O WALY WALY
When Hands Reach Out and Fingers Trace
When Hands Reach Out
Author: Carolyn Winfrey Gillette Hymnal: Songs of Grace #61a (2009) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: When hands reach out and fingers trace Topics: Disabilities Sunday; Grace of God; Holy Spirit; Life in Christ; Worship Scripture: 1 Corinthians 12 Languages: English Tune Title: O WALY WALY
When Hands Reach Out
Ludwig van Beethoven
1770 - 1827 Composer of "ALSACE" in Voices Together A giant in the history of music, Ludwig van Beethoven (b. Bonn, Germany, 1770; d. Vienna, Austria, 1827) progressed from early musical promise to worldwide, lasting fame. By the age of fourteen he was an accomplished viola and organ player, but he became famous primarily because of his compositions, including nine symphonies, eleven overtures, thirty piano sonatas, sixteen string quartets, the Mass in C, and the Missa Solemnis. He wrote no music for congregational use, but various arrangers adapted some of his musical themes as hymn tunes; the most famous of these is ODE TO JOY from the Ninth Symphony. Although it would appear that the great calamity of Beethoven's life was his loss of hearing, which turned to total deafness during the last decade of his life, he composed his greatest works during this period.
Bert Polman
Ludwig van Beethoven
Thomas Tallis
1505 - 1585 Composer of "TALLIS' CANON " in Songs of Grace Thomas Tallis (b. Leicestershire [?], England, c. 1505; d. Greenwich, Kent, England 1585) was one of the few Tudor musicians who served during the reigns of Henry VIII: Edward VI, Mary, and Elizabeth I and managed to remain in the good favor of both Catholic and Protestant monarchs. He was court organist and composer from 1543 until his death, composing music for Roman Catholic masses and Anglican liturgies (depending on the monarch). With William Byrd, Tallis also enjoyed a long-term monopoly on music printing. Prior to his court connections Tallis had served at Waltham Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral. He composed mostly church music, including Latin motets, English anthems, settings of the liturgy, magnificats, and two sets of lamentations. His most extensive contrapuntal work was the choral composition, "Spem in alium," a work in forty parts for eight five-voice choirs. He also provided nine modal psalm tunes for Matthew Parker's Psalter (c. 1561).
Bert Polman
Thomas Tallis
Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
b. 1961 Author of "When Hands Reach Out" 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
