A new song written by Keri Wehlander (Editor of Creating Change, which will be released this fall under the CopperHouse imprint) and Bruce Harding (Managing Editor of More Voices) has just been chosen as the winner of a song search competition at the annual meeting of the Hymn Society.
Hi all
A new song written by Keri Wehlander (Editor of Creating Change, which will be released this fall under our CopperHouse imprint) and Bruce Harding (Managing Editor of More Voices) has just been chosen as the winner of a song search competition at the annual meeting of the Hymn Society.
Congratulations to Bruce and Keri (this is the third hymn text Keri has written to win an award this year!)
See the official announcement below.
Mike Schwartzentruber, Wood Lake Publishing, Inc. www.woodlakebooks.com
Begin forwarded message:
Dear Hymn Society President and Search Entrants,
On behalf of the Executive Committee I can now announce that we have a winner in the search for a new congregational song on creativity as a gift of God. The judges have selected a song titled “The Spirit Sings” (first line: “The Spirit sang creation’s birth”) with text by Keri Wehlander of Nanaimo, British Columbia, and music by Bruce Harding of Surrey, British Columbia.
The admirably-experienced judges for this search were Dan Damon of Richmond, California, Mimi Farra of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, and Bert Polman of Grand Rapids, Michigan. We are grateful to them for their careful work
This new congregational song will be premiered next week at the Annual Meeting of The Hymn Society, and it will be published in the Autumn issue of THE HYMN.
We are grateful to each of you for taking part in this search, and we hope you will continue your creative work for the benefit of the congregations where you worship. We look forward to your participation in future Hymn Society searches.
Sincerely yours,
Carl P. Daw, Jr.
Executive Director
The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada
www.thehymnsociety.org