Cathy Townley
United Methodist
Biography
Cathy Townley is an American United Methodist worship leader, songwriter, author, and church consultant whose work has focused on worship planning, congregational participation, and missional ministry. A 2012 biographical note in Net Results identified her as a deacon in the Minnesota Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church, a former worship leader, Director of Worship Coaching for Griffith Coaching Associates, and a coach with the Unbinding the Gospel project.
Townley has written extensively for church leaders as well as for congregational singing. Her books include Designing Worship Teams, published by Abingdon Press in 2002, and Missional Worship: Increasing Attendance and Expanding the Boundaries of Your Church, published in 2011. She also created music for Abingdon’s Come Celebrate worship resources.
For Hosanna! Hosanna!, Townley is credited with both the text and the tune HOSANNA! HOSANNA! Hymnary records copyright © 1993 Abingdon Press. The song later appeared as hymn 2109 in The Faith We Sing and in Sing the Faith. Reliable public sources do not establish Townley’s birth year or a detailed account of the circumstances in which this particular song was composed.
Townley has written extensively for church leaders as well as for congregational singing. Her books include Designing Worship Teams, published by Abingdon Press in 2002, and Missional Worship: Increasing Attendance and Expanding the Boundaries of Your Church, published in 2011. She also created music for Abingdon’s Come Celebrate worship resources.
For Hosanna! Hosanna!, Townley is credited with both the text and the tune HOSANNA! HOSANNA! Hymnary records copyright © 1993 Abingdon Press. The song later appeared as hymn 2109 in The Faith We Sing and in Sing the Faith. Reliable public sources do not establish Townley’s birth year or a detailed account of the circumstances in which this particular song was composed.
Hymns by Cathy Townley
Hosanna! Hosanna!
Role: Lyricist