Fred Pratt Green celebration concert


We were delighted to stage a concert on Saturday 23rd February at the church when we celebrated the hymns, life and poetry of Fred Pratt Green.

Fred was born in Roby, near Liverpool, England, on September 2, 1903. He was ordained as a Methodist minister in 1928 and served circuits in the north and south of England until 1969. During his career as a minister he wrote numerous plays and hymns. It was not until he retired, however, that he began writing prolifically. Fred wrote over 300 hymns and Christian songs as well as commissioned texts for special occasions. One of the most important Methodist hymnists since Charles Wesley, he is credited as a leader of the "hymnic explosion" in England. The writer was made a Fellow in the Hymn Society of America and was honored with an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters from Emory University in 1982. His publications include 26 Hymns, The Hymns and Ballads of Fred Pratt Green, and Later Hymns and Ballads and Fifty Poems. Fred Pratt Green died in his sleep on October 22, 2000.

Fred Pratt Green website