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Edward S. Ufford

1851 - 1929 Person Name: E. S. U. Scripture: Luke 15:2 Author of "There's Nothing Too Low for Jesus" in Lasting Hymns No. 2

b. 1933 Scripture: Luke 15 Author of "Nothing Is Lost on the Breath of God" in Voices Together Colin Gibson (b. 1933) was born in Dunedin, the south island of New Zealand. He has been writing hymn texts and hymn settings for over 20 years. His works have been published and performed in Africa, the United States, Asia and Australasia, Great Britain and Europe. He is organist and director of the Mornington Methodist Choir, Dunedin, New Zealand, a lay preacher, and retired in 1999 as Head of the Department and Donald Collie Professor of English at the University of Otago where he currently heads the Department of Theatre Studies and continues to lecture on English Literature as Emeritus Professor. He has conducted numerous hymn workshops in New Zealand, Australia and Great Britain, and has been co-editor of a number of hymn collections. His frequent collaboration with Shirley Erena Murray is represented in several Hope publications, and he has his own published collections of hymns: Singing Love (Collins) and more recently Reading the Signature (Hope, 1994 - Code #1753) and Songs for a Rainbow People (Hope, 1998 - Code #8005). Three of his hymns are included in the Hope hymnal Worship & Rejoice (2001). --www.hopepublishing.com

Gracia Grindal

b. 1943 Person Name: Gracia Grindal, 1943- Scripture: Luke 15:3-7 Author of "And Jesus said, our God is like a shepherd" in The Book of Praise Gracia Grindal (b. Powers Lake, ND, 1943). Grindal was educated at Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota; the University of Arkansas; and Luther-Northwestern Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, where she has served since 1984 as a professor of pastoral theology and communications. From 1968 to 1984 she was a professor of English and poet-in-residence at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. Included in her publications are Sketches Against the Dark (1981), Scandinavian Folksongs (1983), Lessons in Hymnwriting (1986, 1991), We Are One in Christ: Hymns, Paraphrases, and Translations (1996), Good News of Great Joy: Advent Devotions for the Home (1994 with Karen E. Hong), Lina Sandell, the Story of Her Hymns (2001 with John Jansen), and A Revelry of Harvest: New and Selected Poems (2002). She was instrumental in producing the Lutheran Book of Worship (1978) and The United Methodist Hymnal (1989). Bert Polman

Thelma Anne McLeod

b. 1928 Person Name: Thelma Anne McLeod, SSJD, 1928- Scripture: Luke 15 Composer of "KINGSWOOD NEW" in Common Praise (1998)

John Stainer

1840 - 1901 Person Name: John Stainer (1840-1901) Scripture: Luke 15 Composer of "CROSS OF JESUS" in Ancient and Modern

Ellaine Downie

b. 1952 Person Name: Ellaine Downie, 1952- Scripture: Luke 15:1-7 Adapter of "HELPING SONG" in Together in Song

Joy F. Patterson

b. 1931 Person Name: Joy F. Patterson, 1931- Scripture: Luke 15:3-7 Composer of "AND JESUS SAID" in The Book of Praise Joy F. Patterson (b. 1931), of Wassau, Wisconsin, is an elder in the Presbyterian Church who has written many texts and tunes; twenty-nine are collected in Come, You People of the Promise (Hope Publishing, Co., 1994); another collection, Teach Our Eyes New Ways of Seeing, was published in 2005 (Selah). Patterson has enjoyed a varied career as a French professor, homemaker, and claim representative for the Social Security Administration. Sing! A New Creation