Richards, Tricia

b Plymouth, Devon, 1960. School in Plymouth; she met Noel, her future husband and songwriting partner, in 1975 while she was a senior schoolgirl and he was a visiting missioner with Youth for Christ. They married in 1978 and lived in Plymouth till 1980, when they joined a group of some 50 church members who moved to join a fellowship at Cobham, Surrey, later known as the Pioneer People. Among the Richards’ joint compositions, in addition to those in Praise!, is ‘Oh, let your love come down’; the Spring Harvest books have others. Nos.477, 626, 786.