Hymn of the Week – All Are Welcome
Posted on June 8, 2016 by spiritofjoy No comments
This week’s hymn of the week is Marty Haugen’s “All Are Welcome”
Our world is a place of brokenness and alienation. Jesus calls us to wholeness and reconciliation. As disciples of Jesus, we seek justice and healing among people. We affirm that each person is God’s unique creation and by God’s grace, each is called a child of God. “There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:28.
Marty Haugen was raised in the American Lutheran Church (ALC) in Minnesota, and is now a member the United Church of Christ. He writes contemporary hymns and liturgical music for the Lutheran church, and despite being a non-Catholic, his music has found favor in the both Catholic and Protestant congregations. Haugen holds a B.A. degree in psychology from Luther College and an M.A. degree in pastoral studies from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. For the past 25 years, Haugen has pursued a career as a liturgical composer and workshop presenter.
His best-known works are two settings of the liturgy for Lutheran use, “Holden Evening Prayer” and “Now the Feast and Celebration“. He has also composed dozens of other works, including liturgical settings, choral arrangements, sacred songs, and hymns, including “Gather Us In”, “Eye Has Not Seen”, “Canticle of the Sun”, “We Are Many Parts”, “We Remember”, “Awake! Awake, and Greet the New Morn”, and “Shepherd Me, O God”, as well as numerous psalm settings and paraphrases.
Haugen is a performing musician, and has recorded a number of CDs. He holds a position as composer in residence at Mayflower Community Congregational Church (UCC) in Minneapolis.