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Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John D. Horman Hymnal Title: Time Now to Gather Tune Sources: Time Now to Gather Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 33217 71167 12533 Used With Text: A Mother Lined a Basket

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A Mother Lined a Basket

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn, 1934- Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 4 hymnals Hymnal Title: Community of Christ Sings First Line: A mother lined a basket Topics: Children; Commitment; Courage; Feminine Images; Future; Hope; Human Love; Parenting; Promise; Renewal Scripture: Exodus 2:1-10 Used With Tune: WEST MAIN

Down Galilee’s Slow Roadways

Author: Sylvia G. Dunstan Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals Hymnal Title: Glory to God First Line: Down Galilee's slow roadways Topics: Christian Year Baptism of Jesus; Christian Year Transfiguration; Jesus Christ Life Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17 Used With Tune: WEST MAIN

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A Mother Lined a Basket

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn, 1934- Hymnal: Community of Christ Sings #239 (2013) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Hymnal Title: Community of Christ Sings First Line: A mother lined a basket Topics: Children; Commitment; Courage; Feminine Images; Future; Hope; Human Love; Parenting; Promise; Renewal Scripture: Exodus 2:1-10 Languages: English Tune Title: WEST MAIN

Down Galilee’s Slow Roadways

Author: Sylvia G. Dunstan Hymnal: Glory to God #164 (2013) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Hymnal Title: Glory to God First Line: Down Galilee's slow roadways Topics: Christian Year Baptism of Jesus; Christian Year Transfiguration; Jesus Christ Life Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17 Languages: English Tune Title: WEST MAIN

A Mother Lined A Basket

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: Sing the Faith #2189 (2003) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Hymnal Title: Sing the Faith Languages: English Tune Title: WEST MAIN

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Sylvia G. Dunstan

1955 - 1993 Hymnal Title: Glory to God Author of "Down Galilee’s Slow Roadways" in Glory to God After a brief, arduous battle with liver cancer, Canadian Sylvia Dunstan died in 1993 at the age of 38. For thirteen years, Dunstan had served the United Church of Canada as a parish minister and prison chaplain. She is remembered by those who knew her for her passion for those in need, her gift of writing, and her love of liturgy. Sing! A New Creation

Mary Nelson Keithahn

b. 1934 Hymnal Title: Time Now to Gather Author of "A Mother Lined a Basket" in Time Now to Gather Mary Nelson Keithahn, a retired United Church of Christ ordained pastor and church educator, has been a curriculum writer-editor, journalist, and lyricist for musical dramas and anthems. She still works out of her home in Rapid City, South Dakota, as a free-lance writer. In 2016 she published Elfie: Adventures on the Midwest Frontier, a chapter book for children, and Embracing the Light: Reflectioins on God’s Holy Word, a collection of meditations for individual or small group use. Augsburg Fortress also published Sing the Stories of God’s NEW People, the third in a trilogy of Bible story-based collections of songs for young children, written with her longtime colleague, John D. Horman. The two have written over a hundred hymns together, some of which are included in these hymnals and supplements: Community of Christ Sings, God’s Mission, God’s Song, Hymns of Heritage and Hope, Lift Up Your Hearts, Sing Justice! Do Justice, Sing the Faith, Singing Our Savior’s Story, Singing the New Testament, The Faith We Sing, Upper Room Worshipbook, Voices Found, Voices United, and Worship and Song. They have also published four collections of their hymns: Come Away with Me and Time Now to Gather (Abingdon, 1998), The Song Lingers On (Zimbel, 2003), and Faith That Lets Us Sing (Wayne Leupold Editions, 2017). Mary is a Life Member and former board member of Choristers Guild and a Life Member of the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. She is also a member of ASCAP. In 2006 she received a Distinguished Achievement Award from her alma mater, Carleton College in Northfield, MN, in recognition of her work in composing text for religious music. Mary was married to the Rev. Richard K. Keithahn, a U.C.C. pastor, and widowed in 1986. She has three children, eight grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. --mnk