Saturday Sharing: Remembering Ruth Duck

Remembering Ruth Duck: A Conversation with Dan Damon

Ruth Striegel, Host

Join Board Member Ruth Striegel as she talks with Dan Damon about the impact that the late Ruth Duck has had on church hymnody. Ruth C. Duck was an ordained UCC minister, a theologian, a professor of worship, and is most widely known as a hymnwriter. The New Century Hymnal has 14 hymn texts that she either wrote or adapted. She died on December 26, 2024. (Obit.)

Daniel Charles Damon is an internationally published writer of hymn texts and tunes whose work appears in many current hymnals. He is Associate Editor of Hymnody for Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, Illinois. In 2016 he was named a Fellow of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. Dan worked extensively with Ruth for many years, setting her texts to music, editing her hymn collections, and championing her work. He is uniquely positioned to talk about her as a hymnwriter and a person.

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