Ruth Frey

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Ruth Frey (* 1924 in Herford ; † May 29, 2012 in Altenkirchen im Westerwald ) was a German evangelical children's missionary .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1942, Ruth Frey taught English at a school and worked in the accounting department in her father's office. She was with two of her sisters as a singing trio in many congregations and for the mission work “Youth for Christ”, for which she was active in child labor. After that she taught for two years at what would later become the Brake Bible School . From 1951 to 1974 she was active in evangelical work with children and young people at the New Life Mission . Then she took over the Christian women's work there and worked until her retirement in 1987 with a focus on seminar work.

She built up the work with children and young people at the plant through activities such as child free time. She became known throughout Germany as “Aunt Ruth” through her radio program Diejoyliche Kinderstunde , which was broadcast once a week on Radio Luxembourg from 1956 to 1966 . The show with stories and songs was the first German Christian radio program for children. For its musical arrangement, she gathered a small group of local children who enjoyed singing around her. This group, called the “Wetzlar Children's Choir”, was only sporadically supervised in the first few years by Ruth Frey and organist Peter van Woerden , but after Margret Birkenfeld took up the choir direction in 1966 as the Wetzlar children's choir, it was to shape Christian children's music for the coming decades . The later singer-songwriter Hella Heizmann also sang in the group . Ruth Frey worked for many years at the annual children's festival of the Liebenzeller Mission .

In 1987 she co-founded the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Biblische Frauenarbeit (ABF) and chaired it until 1998 and as its second chairman until 2004.

In addition to collections of children's stories, she also published records and song books. The magazine The happy children's hour appeared for the first time in 1965. As a speaker, she was on lecture tours at home and abroad and belonged to the Gütersloh Brethren.

Works

Children's books
  • The healing knife , Brendow Verlag
  • Meeting point in the air. And other stories , Hänssler Verlag
  • They came over the roof. And other stories , Hänssler
  • Courageous, steadfast, hard to believe: God creates the unimaginable through Nehemia , Brendow
  • Guawa, a girl from Thailand. And other stories , Hänssler
  • The iron snake , Hänssler
  • The long train. And other stories , Hänssler
  • Witness for Jesus , 1990 Ruth Frey self-published
Practice books
  • Work among children. A practical and methodical guide for carrying out children's services, Sunday school and children's lessons in one's own home , Christian Missions Verlag CMV, Bielefeld 1983, 8th edition 2014, ISBN 978-3-932308-07-9 .
  • Listen, Aunt Ruth: Answers to children's questions , Hänssler
  • See, hear, think: Helps to clarify biblical stories for children's worship, school and home, Vol. 1–2, Brendow
Music books
  • We praise you: The colorful series of songs , volumes 1–4, Hänssler
  • We sing , Vol. 1–2, 1959 Hänssler
  • Children sing about Jesus , edited with Wolfgang Heiner
Children's devotional books
  • The year has many days. 365 devotions for children. published with Else Diehl and Rudolf Ahrens, 1969 R. Brockhaus Verlag
  • New joy every day. 365 devotions for children. published with Else Diehl and Rudolf Ahrens, 1974 R. Brockhaus / Neues Leben / Verlag des Bibellesebundes
  • God loves us every day. 365 devotions for children. edited with Else Diehl and Johannes Osberghaus , 1977 R. Brockhaus / New Life / Bibles Association
  • Good God, we thank you. Devotions for children , R. Brockhaus
  • God is love. 365 devotions for children edited with Else Diehl, 1999 R. Brockhaus
magazine
  • The happy children's hour , new life
Records
  • The Red Sleigh , LP, 1975 Gerth Medien
  • Lord Your Word , LP, 1980 Gerth Media
  • He is my friend
  • Jesus is a Mighty Savior , Single, New Life Publisher
  • The Living God , single, 1978 New Life
  • We sing with Ruth and Lisa Frey , LP, 1974 Missio-Aktuell-Verlag
  • Ruth Frey: Ambassador of God , single, 1974 Missio-Aktuell-Verlag

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Margitta Paul in an interview with Ruth Frey ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , cv-perspektiven.de, edition 9/2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cv-perspektiven.de
  2. ↑ Hella Heizmann is dead ( Memento from January 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ A birthday party with a grateful review  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , lgv.org, article from March 12, 2012.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / lgv.org  
  4. ↑ Pioneer of the mission among children died ( Memento of the original dated November 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , advent-verlag.de, news from June 8, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.advent-verlag.de
personal data
SURNAME Frey, Ruth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German child missionary
DATE OF BIRTH 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Herford
DATE OF DEATH May 29, 2012
Place of death Altenkirchen in the Westerwald