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God of Grace and God of Laughter

Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr. Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 3 hymnals

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HOLY MANNA

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 237 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William Moore Tune Sources: Columbian Harmony, 1825 Tune Key: G Major or modal Incipit: 55611 22132 11656 Used With Text: God of Grace and God of Laughter

NEW PROVIDENCE

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: K. Lee Scott Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 11534 32156 71665 Used With Text: God of Grace and God of Laughter

SOUTH BRANCH

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Alfred Fedak Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 55431 43217 51233 Used With Text: God of grace and God of laughter

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God of Grace and God of Laughter

Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr., 1944- Hymnal: Community of Christ Sings #100 (2013) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Lyrics: 1 God of grace and God of laughter, singing worlds from naught to be– sun and stars and all thereafter joined in cosmic harmony: give us song of joy and wonder, music making hearts rejoice; let our praises swell like thunder, echoing our Maker's voice. 2 When our lives are torn by sadness, heal our wounds with tuneful balm; when all seems discordant madness, help us find a measured calm. Steady us with music's anchor when the storms of life increase: in the midst of hurt and rancor, make us instruments of peace. 3 Turn our sighing into singing, music born of hope restored; set our souls and voices ringing, tune our hearts in true accord: till we form a mighty chorus joining angel choirs above, with all those who went before us, in eternal hymns of love. Topics: Brokenness; Comfort; Eternal Life; God's Image; God's Presence; Grâce; Healing; Heritage; Hope; Joy; Marriage; Music; Peace; Praise; Rejoicing; Unity; Wonder Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:57-58 Languages: English Tune Title: HOLY MANNA

God of Grace and God of Laughter

Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr., b. 1944 Hymnal: Rejoice in God #3 (2000) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Praise & Worship Tune Title: NEW PROVIDENCE

God of grace and God of laughter

Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr. Hymnal: Hymns of Truth & Light #32 (1998) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Praise to God Languages: English Tune Title: SOUTH BRANCH

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Carl P. Daw Jr.

b. 1944 Person Name: Carl P. Daw, Jr., 1944- Author of "God of Grace and God of Laughter" in Community of Christ Sings 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

William Moore

1790 - 1850 Composer of "HOLY MANNA" in Community of Christ Sings William B Moore USA 1790-1850. He was born, possibly in TN. He was a composer, having contributed tunes to” Wyeth’s Repository” (1810) and known for his tunebook “Columbian Harmony” (1825) in TN. He also composed and arranged several tunes in William Walker’s “Southern Harmony” (1835). John Perry

Alfred V. Fedak

b. 1953 Person Name: Alfred Fedak Composer (adapt.) of "SOUTH BRANCH" in Hymns of Truth & Light 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
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