Daniel C. Damon

DAMON, Daniel Charles. b. Rapid City, South Dakota, 2 July 1955. Damon was educated at Greenville College in Illinois and at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California. After serving parishes in Sutter, Meridian, and Modesto, all in California, he is currently pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Richmond, California. He also teaches church music at the Pacific School of Religion on an adjunct basis, plays in jazz clubs, and leads jazz vespers for the students at the nearby University of California at Berkeley. He is an Associate Editor of Hymnody at Hope Publishing Company*. Damon usually writes both hymn texts and music, as evident in his published collections: A...