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Author: Brian Wren, b. 1936 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 32 hymnals First Line: When love is found and hope comes home Lyrics: 1 When love is found, and hope comes home, sing and be glad that two are one. When love explodes and fills the sky, praise God, and share our Maker's joy. 2 When love has flow'red in trust and care, build both each day, that love may dare to reach beyond home's warmth and light, to serve and strive for truth and right. 3 When love is tried as loved ones change, hold still to hope, though all seems strange, till ease returns and love grows wise through list'ning ears and opened eyes. 4 When love is torn and trust betrayed, pray strength to love till torments fade, till lovers keep no score of wrong, but hear through pain love's Easter song. 5 Praise God for love, praise God for life, in age or youth, in husband, wife. Lift up your hearts, Let love be fed through death and life in broken bread. Topics: Marriage; Community in Christ Scripture: Genesis 2:18-24 Used With Tune: O WALY WALY

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GIFT OF LOVE

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 213 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Hal Hopson Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 51232 16551 71234 Used With Text: When Love Is Found

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When Love Is Found

Author: Brian Wren Hymnal: The Worshiping Church #392 (1990) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: When love is found and hope comes home Lyrics: 1 When love is found and hope comes home, sing and be glad that two are one. When love explodes and fills the sky, praise God and share our Maker's joy. 2 When love has flowered in trust and care, build both each day, that love may dare to reach beyond home's warmth and light, to serve and strive for truth and right. 3 When love is tried as loved ones change, hold still to hope though all seems strange, till ease returns and love grows wise through listening ears and opened eyes. 4 When love is torn and trust betrayed, pray strength to love till torments fade, till lovers keep no score of wrong but hear through pain love's Easter song. 5 Praise God for love, praise God for life, in age or youth, in husband, wife. Lift up your hearts: let love be fed through death and life in broken bread. Topics: Home and Family; Love Our Love of Others; Weddings Scripture: Ephesians 5:31-33 Languages: English Tune Title: O WALY WALY

When love is found and hope comes home

Author: Brian Arthur Wren, 1936- Hymnal: Together in Song #654 (1999) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 When love is found and hope comes home, sing and be glad that two are one. When love explodes and fills the sky, praise God and share our Maker's joy. 2 When God has flowered in trust and care, build both each day, that love may dare to reach beyond home's warmth and light, to serve and strive for truth and right. 3 When love is tried as loved-ones change, hold still to hope, though all seems strange, till ease returns, and love grows wise through listening ears and opened eyes. 4 When love is torn, and trust betrayed, pray strength to love till torments fade, till lovers keep no score of wrong, but hear through pain love's Easter song. 5 Praise God for love, praise God for life, in age or youth, in calm or strife. Lift up your hearts! Let love be fed through death and life in broken bread. Topics: Friendship; Intimate Love; Marriage; Reconciliation Languages: English Tune Title: O WALY, WALY (2)

When Love Is Found (Hallar amor – Qué bendición)

Author: Brian Wren, b. 1936; Georgina Pando-Connolly, b. 1946 Hymnal: Santo, Santo, Santo #279 (2019) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: When love is found and hope comes home (Hallar amor – ¡Qué bendición) Lyrics: 1 When love is found and hope comes home, Sing and be glad that two are one. When love explodes and fills the sky, Praise God, and share our Maker's joy. 2 When love has flow'red in trust and care, Build both each day, that love may dare To reach beyond home's warmth and light, To serve and strive for truth and right. 3 When love is tried as loved ones change, Hold still to hope, though all seems strange, Till ease returns and love grows wise Through list'ning ears and opened eyes. 4 When love is torn, and trust betrayed, Pray strength to love till torments fade, Till lovers keep no score of wrong But hear through pain love's Easter song. 5 Praise God for love, praise God for life, In age or youth, in calm or strife. Lift up your hearts! Let love be fed Through death and life in broken bread. --- 1 Hallar amor – ¡Qué bendición hacer de dos un corazón donde el amor, como explosión, alaba a Dios con gran pasión! 2 Cuando el amore, al florecer en paz y en fe, logra crecer, a los demás hagan llegar la luz y el brillo de su hogar. 3 Y si el amor se ha de probar, hay que aprender, hay que esperar. El agua vuelve asu nivel: escucha y ve, sé siempre fiel. 4 Y si el amor sufre traición, hay que confiar en el perdón: no llevar cuenta del error, resucitar tras el dolor. 5 Alaba a Dios en tempestad, en juventud, o ancianidad, por el amor, que va a nutrir, y por el pan, que has de partir. Topics: Amor; Love; Familia; Family; Marriage; Matrimonio Scripture: Genesis 24:47-51 Languages: English; Spanish Tune Title: O WALY WALY

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Brian A. Wren

b. 1936 Person Name: Brian Wren, b. 1936 Author of "When Love Is Found" in With One Voice Brian Wren (b. Romford, Essex, England, 1936) is a major British figure in the revival of contemporary hymn writing. He studied French literature at New College and theology at Mansfield College in Oxford, England. Ordained in 1965, he was pastor of the Congregational Church (now United Reformed) in Hockley and Hawkwell, Essex, from 1965 to 1970. He worked for the British Council of Churches and several other organizations involved in fighting poverty and promoting peace and justice. This work resulted in his writing of Education for Justice (1977) and Patriotism and Peace (1983). With a ministry throughout the English-speaking world, Wren now resides in the United States where he is active as a freelance lecturer, preacher, and full-time hymn writer. His hymn texts are published in Faith Looking Forward (1983), Praising a Mystery (1986), Bring Many Names (1989), New Beginnings (1993), and Faith Renewed: 33 Hymns Reissued and Revised (1995), as well as in many modern hymnals. He has also produced What Language Shall I Borrow? (1989), a discussion guide to inclusive language in Christian worship. Bert Polman

Hal H. Hopson

b. 1933 Person Name: Hal Hopson Adapter of "GIFT OF LOVE" in The United Methodist Hymnal Hal H. Hopson (b. Texas, 1933) is a prolific composer, arranger, clinician, teacher and promoter of congregational song, with more than 1300 published works, especially of hymn and psalm arrangements, choir anthems, and creative ideas for choral and organ music in worship. Born in Texas, with degrees from Baylor University (BA, 1954), and Southern Baptist Seminary (MSM, 1956), he served churches in Nashville, TN, and most recently at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church in Dallas, Texas. He has served on national boards of the Presbyterian Association of Musicians and the Choristers Guild, and taught numerous workshops at various national conferences. In 2009, a collection of sixty four of his hymn tunes were published in Hymns for Our Time: The Collected Tunes of Hal H. Hopson. Emily Brink