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Spirit, Open My Heart

Author: Ruth C. Duck Meter: Irregular Appears in 3 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: God, replace my stony heart

Meter: Irregular Appears in 15 hymnals Tune Person: Alfred V. Fedak Hymnal Title: Glory to God Tune Sources: Irish melody Tune Key: F Major Used With Text: Spirit, Open My Heart

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Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Spirit, Open My Heart

Author: Ruth Duck Hymnal: Glory to God #692 (2013) Meter: Irregular Hymnal Title: Glory to God First Line: God, replace my stony heart Topics: Community in Christ; Compassion; Dedication and Stewardship; Discipleship; Welcome Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:4-6 Languages: English Tune Title: WILD MOUNTAIN THYME

Spirit, Open My Heart

Author: Ruth Duck Hymnal: More Voices #79 (2007) Meter: 7.8.6.8 with refrain Hymnal Title: More Voices First Line: God, replace my stony heart Topics: Confession, Lament, and Healing; Discernment; Grace; Holy Spirit Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:5 Languages: English Tune Title: WILD MOUNTAIN THYME

Spirit, Open My Heart

Author: Ruth Duck Hymnal: Voices Together #636 (2020) Hymnal Title: Voices Together First Line: God, replace my stony heart Topics: Compassion; Confession of Sin; Love for God; Love for Others; Repentance Scripture: Jeremiah 31:31-34 Tune Title: WILD MOUNTAIN THYME

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Ruth C. Duck

b. 1947 Person Name: Ruth Duck Hymnal Title: Glory to God Author of "Spirit, Open My Heart" in Glory to God

Alfred V. Fedak

b. 1953 Hymnal Title: Glory to God Arranger of "WILD MOUNTAIN THYME" in Glory to God Alfred Fedak (b. 1953), is a well-known organist, composer, and Minister of Music at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Capitol Hill in Albany, New York. He graduated from Hope College in 1975 with degrees in organ performance and music history. He obtained a Master’s degree in organ performance from Montclair State University, and has also studied at Westminster Choir College, Eastman School of Music, the Institute for European Studies in Vienna, and at the first Cambridge Choral Studies Seminar at Clare College, Cambridge. As a composer, he has over 200 choral and organ works in print, and has three published anthologies of his work (Selah Publishing). In 1995, he was named a Visiting Fellow in Church Music at Episcopal Seminary of the Soutwest in Austin, Texas. He is also a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists, and was awarded the AGO’s prestigious S. Lewis Elmer Award. Fedak is a Life Member of the Hymn Society, and writes for The American Organist, The Hymn, Reformed Worship, and Music and Worship. He was a member of the Presbyterian Committee on Congregational Song that prepared Glory to God, the 2013 hymnal of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Laura de Jong