Search Results

Tune Identifier:"^church_united_fedak$"

Planning worship? Check out our sister site, ZeteoSearch.org, for 20+ additional resources related to your search.

Tunes

tune icon
Tune authorities
Audio

CHURCH UNITED

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 5 hymnals Matching Instances: 5 Composer and/or Arranger: Alfred V. Fedak Tune Key: f minor Used With Text: In an Age of Twisted Values

Texts

text icon
Text authorities
Audio

In An Age of Twisted Values

Author: Martin E. Leckebusch, b. 1962 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 6 hymnals Matching Instances: 2 Topics: Confession and Assurance Used With Tune: CHURCH UNITED
TextFlexScoreAudio

God the Spirit, Guide and Guardian

Author: Carl P. Daw Jr. Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 13 hymnals Matching Instances: 1 Lyrics: 1 God the Spirit, guide and guardian, wind-sped flame and hovering dove, breath of life and voice of prophets, sign of blessing, power of love: give to those who lead your people fresh anointing of your grace; send them forth as bold apostles to your church in every place. 2 Christ our Savior, sovereign, shepherd, Word made flesh, Love crucified, teacher, healer, suffering servant, friend of sinners, foe of pride: in your tending may all *pastors learn and live a shepherd's care; grant them courage and compassion shown through word and deed and prayer. 3 Great Creator, life-bestower, truth beyond all thought's recall, fount of wisdom, womb of mercy, giving and forgiving all: as you know our strength and weakness, so may those the church exalts oversee its life steadfastly, yet not overlook its faults. 4 Triune God, mysterious being, undivided and diverse, deeper than our minds can fathom, greater than our creeds rehearse: help us in our varied callings your full image to proclaim, that our ministries uniting may give glory to your name. * or "elders" or "deacons" Topics: The Church; Community in Christ; Gift of the Holy Spirit; Ministry; Ordination/Installation; The Triune God Scripture: Isaiah 61:1 Used With Tune: CHURCH UNITED

Who Will Speak a Word of Warning

Author: Richard Leach Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1 hymnal Matching Instances: 1 Topics: Government; Jesus Christ Teachings of; Justice Economic; Prophets; Stewardship; Wisdom Scripture: Isaiah 6:6-13 Used With Tune: CHURCH UNITED

Instances

instance icon
Published text-tune combinations (hymns) from specific hymnals

Who Will Speak a Word of Warning

Author: Richard Leach Hymnal: Voices Together #758 (2020) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Government; Jesus Christ Teachings of; Justice Economic; Prophets; Stewardship; Wisdom Scripture: Isaiah 6:6-13 Tune Title: CHURCH UNITED

In An Age of Twisted Values

Author: Martin E. Leckebusch, b. 1962 Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #662 (2013) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Nation; Hymns That Are Prayer; Elements of Worship Confession Scripture: Psalm 33:12-22 Languages: English Tune Title: CHURCH UNITED
Audio

In an Age of Twisted Values

Author: Martin E. Leckebusch Hymnal: Glory to God #345 (2013) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Family; Forgiveness; Lament; The Life of the Nations; Love for Others; Obedience; Renewal; Sin; Social Concerns; Truth Scripture: Luke 5:27-32 Languages: English Tune Title: CHURCH UNITED

People

person icon
Authors, composers, editors, etc.

Alfred V. Fedak

b. 1953 Composer of "CHURCH UNITED" 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

Martin E. Leckebusch

b. 1962 Person Name: Martin E. Leckebusch, b. 1962 Author of "In An Age of Twisted Values" in Sing! A New Creation

Carl P. Daw Jr.

b. 1944 Author of "God the Spirit, Guide and Guardian" in Glory to God Carl P. Daw, Jr. (b. Louisville, KY, 1944) is the son of a Baptist minister. He holds a PhD degree in English (University of Virginia) and taught English from 1970-1979 at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia. As an Episcopal priest (MDiv, 1981, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennesee) he served several congregations in Virginia, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. From 1996-2009 he served as the Executive Director of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Carl Daw began to write hymns as a consultant member of the Text committee for The Hymnal 1982, and his many texts often appeared first in several small collections, including A Year of Grace: Hymns for the Church Year (1990); To Sing God’s Praise (1992), New Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1996), Gathered for Worship (2006). Other publications include A Hymntune Psalter (2 volumes, 1988-1989) and Breaking the Word: Essays on the Liturgical Dimensions of Preaching (1994, for which he served as editor and contributed two essays. In 2002 a collection of 25 of his hymns in Japanese was published by the United Church of Christ in Japan. He wrote Glory to God: A Companion (2016) for the 2013 hymnal of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Emily Brink