Lord I Lift Your Name On High
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Browse piano sheets by Rick Founds on Zen Virtual Piano. Rick Founds, a worship songwriter and guitarist, was born Rick Doyle Founds in Idaho Falls, Idaho, in December 1954, the son of Doyle and Lorraine Founds. He was raised in the Lutheran Christian tradition, and by the age of ten he had already composed several songs for the Sunday school in his church. As a young person he pursued guitar and continued with music courses in college. Songs for a church Sunday school and guitar study in college may point to music appearing in both church and classroom settings in his life. Since his teens Founds has played guitar and led worship. He started a full-time ministry in 1990, and his output tops 500 praise songs in assorted styles. In 1992 he recorded Carry me away. He has produced more than ten albums. Praise songs in assorted styles and versions of his songs in reggae, country and Spanish flavor may suggest a body of work touching many styles. Lord, I Lift Your Name on High, with words and music by Founds, dates from 1989, when it was heard at Spring Harvest. The lyric grew from his daily devotional practice with a 1980s Macintosh computer and a disc that held the entire Bible: Founds read scripture scrolling on the screen while he played guitar, alternating Old and New Testament passages. He picked up his guitar and began to sing the line Lord, I lift Your name on high. It is tempting to link his Lutheran Christian upbringing with his daily devotional practice of reading scripture on a screen. The song entered MP in 1996 and Sing Glory in 1999. The song went over well at an evening Bible study, yet Founds never guessed it would be his best-known composition. To him it was just one more among the many songs he was writing then. The song spread quickly once Maranatha! Music took it up. That label was then a major publisher and recording studio in contemporary Christian music. Founds says he enjoys hearing his songs come back as reggae, as a 3/4 version, as country and with a Spanish flavor, since each of those groups has made the song its own. If the 1980s Macintosh holding the entire Bible and Maranatha! Music, a leading publisher of that time, both belong to the song's story, then it may be tied to its era. In 2018 Founds was the first recipient of the CCLI GMA Honors Milestone Award. Praise.org.uk says he leads worship at a small church on a volunteer basis in southern California, which he regards as home. UMC Discipleship says Founds continues to perform and lives in Idaho with his wife Debbie, and that he frequently takes part in the worship team at The Altar Church in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho. Does a worship leader since his teens, beside a volunteer worship role at a small church, point to leading worship as a lasting thread in his life?
Browse piano sheets by Rick Founds on Zen Virtual Piano.
Rick Founds, a worship songwriter and guitarist, was born Rick Doyle Founds in Idaho Falls, Idaho, in December 1954, the son of Doyle and Lorraine Founds. He was raised in the Lutheran Christian tradition, and by the age of ten he had already composed several songs for the Sunday school in his church. As a young person he pursued guitar and continued with music courses in college. Songs for a church Sunday school and guitar study in college may point to music appearing in both church and classroom settings in his life.
Since his teens Founds has played guitar and led worship. He started a full-time ministry in 1990, and his output tops 500 praise songs in assorted styles. In 1992 he recorded Carry me away. He has produced more than ten albums. Praise songs in assorted styles and versions of his songs in reggae, country and Spanish flavor may suggest a body of work touching many styles.
Lord, I Lift Your Name on High, with words and music by Founds, dates from 1989, when it was heard at Spring Harvest. The lyric grew from his daily devotional practice with a 1980s Macintosh computer and a disc that held the entire Bible: Founds read scripture scrolling on the screen while he played guitar, alternating Old and New Testament passages. He picked up his guitar and began to sing the line Lord, I lift Your name on high. It is tempting to link his Lutheran Christian upbringing with his daily devotional practice of reading scripture on a screen. The song entered MP in 1996 and Sing Glory in 1999.
The song went over well at an evening Bible study, yet Founds never guessed it would be his best-known composition. To him it was just one more among the many songs he was writing then. The song spread quickly once Maranatha! Music took it up. That label was then a major publisher and recording studio in contemporary Christian music. Founds says he enjoys hearing his songs come back as reggae, as a 3/4 version, as country and with a Spanish flavor, since each of those groups has made the song its own. If the 1980s Macintosh holding the entire Bible and Maranatha! Music, a leading publisher of that time, both belong to the song's story, then it may be tied to its era. In 2018 Founds was the first recipient of the CCLI GMA Honors Milestone Award.
Praise.org.uk says he leads worship at a small church on a volunteer basis in southern California, which he regards as home. UMC Discipleship says Founds continues to perform and lives in Idaho with his wife Debbie, and that he frequently takes part in the worship team at The Altar Church in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho. Does a worship leader since his teens, beside a volunteer worship role at a small church, point to leading worship as a lasting thread in his life?
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Rick Founds was born Rick Doyle Founds in Idaho Falls, Idaho, in December 1954, the son of Doyle and Lorraine Founds.
Founds read scripture scrolling on a 1980s Macintosh screen as part of his daily devotions, alternating Old and New Testament passages while he played guitar, and then began to sing the line Lord, I lift Your name on high.
Founds has written over 500 praise songs in various styles and has produced more than ten albums.
Founds was the first recipient of the CCLI GMA Honors Milestone Award, in 2018.