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John R. Van Maanen

Person Name: John R. Van Maanen, 1958- Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 Composer of "CHRISTUS PARADOX" in Common Praise (1998) John Van Maanen has been a member of Arcady since its founding and often sings as a baritone soloist in performances of Handel's Messiah. He sings in the choir of his home congregation and sometimes serves as a substitute organist in local churches. John’s first hymn tune, (Christus) Paradox (1984), is in three Canadian denominational hymnals: Voices United (1996), The Book of Praise (1997) and Common Praise (1998). Common Praise (1998) also has his tune, Phos Hilaron, written in 1990. John’s arrangement of the hymn Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence was published by Oxford University Press in 2007. He continues to enjoy composing: most of his works are for choir with organ accompaniment. John Van Maanen

Randall J. Harris

b. 1958 Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:10 Author (stanza 3) of "You Are My All in All (All In All)" in Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition)

John P. Wiegand

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:10 Arranger of "[You are my strength when I am weak]" in Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition)

Cecil Spring-Rice

1859 - 1918 Person Name: Cecil Spring-Rice, 1859-1919 Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 Author of "I vow to thee, my country, all earthly things above" in Common Praise

Gustav Holst

1874 - 1934 Person Name: Gustave Holst, 1874-1934 Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 Composer of "THAXTED" in Common Praise Gustav Holst (b. Chelteham, Gloucestershire, England, September 21, 1874, d. London, England, May 25, 1934) was a renowned British composer and musician. Having studied at Cheltenham Grammar School, he soon obtained a professional position as an organist, and later as choirmaster. In 1892, Holst composed a two-act operetta, which so impressed his father that he borrowed the money to send Holst to the Royal College of Music. Severe neuritis in his right hand later caused him to give up the keyboard, and Holst turned to the trombone and composing. In 1895 Holst met Ralph Vaughan Williams, and the two became lifelong friends. Vaughan Williams helped Holst land his first job as a singing teacher. Holst became very interested in Indian and Hindu culture, and composed a number of operas translated from Sanksrit myths. These were not received well in England, however. Holst is best known for his composition, The Planets, as well as

Tom Fettke

b. 1941 Person Name: Thomas E. Fettke Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 Arranger of "[You are my hiding place]" in Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) Thomas E. Fettke (b. Bronx, New York City, 1941) Educated at Oakland City College and California State University, in Hayward, CA, Fettke has taught in several public and Christian high schools and served as minister of music in various churches, all in California. He has published over eight hundred compositions and arrangements (some under the pseudonyms Robert F. Douglas and David J. Allen) and produced a number of recordings. Fettke was the senior editor of The Hymnal for Worship and Celebration (1986). Bert Polman

Gerardo C. C. Oberman

b. 1965 Person Name: Gerardo Oberman, b. 1965 Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:9 Translator of "My Soul Cries Out with a Joyful Shout (Con gozo hoy clamo con fervor)" in Santo, Santo, Santo

J. W. Ferrill

1879 - 1975 Person Name: James W. Ferrill Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:9 Author of "Wonderful City of God" in Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition)

Timothy Dudley-Smith

1926 - 2024 Person Name: Timothy Dudley-Smith, 1926- Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:9 Author of "As water to the thirsty" in The Book of Praise Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Educated at Pembroke College and Ridley Hall, Cambridge, Dudley-Smith has served the Church of England since his ordination in 1950. He has occupied a number of church positions, including parish priest in the diocese of Southwark (1953-1962), archdeacon of Norwich (1973-1981), and bishop of Thetford, Norfolk, from 1981 until his retirement in 1992. He also edited a Christian magazine, Crusade, which was founded after Billy Graham's 1955 London crusade. Dudley-Smith began writing comic verse while a student at Cambridge; he did not begin to write hymns until the 1960s. Many of his several hundred hymn texts have been collected in Lift Every Heart: Collected Hymns 1961-1983 (1984), Songs of Deliverance: Thirty-six New Hymns (1988), and A Voice of Singing (1993). The writer of Christian Literature and the Church (1963), Someone Who Beckons (1978), and Praying with the English Hymn Writers (1989), Dudley-Smith has also served on various editorial committees, including the committee that published Psalm Praise (1973). Bert Polman