Join in the hymn of all creation! Newly Written Hymn Texts with an Environmental Focus If you have a text to submit and be posted, please share it! These below are available free for reproduction, with proper acknowledgement. To find more about these writers, visit the About Us page. NEW Hymn by Rob Monath Also available as a beautiful video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v4EFZ2itYY Hymn by Leah Schade, with thanks to the original hymnwriter Herb Brokering Hymn by Susan Zencka for Four Directions Sunday in the Season of Creation We Come From North, South, East, and West
Hymns by Nick Utphall Song celebrating earth, by the Rev. Elinor (Ellie) Stock, Presbyterian pastor in St. Louis, MO. Read the lyrics Let the Earth Breathe or hear the song at www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLOrz3FIOs0 May be downloaded and used with attribution.
Hymns by Carolyn Gillette, a pastor at
Limestone Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, DE
At The Dawn of Your Creation HYMN TO JOY A celebration of God's creation and the
command to care for it (optional verse for dedication of solar panels at a
church). Creator, We Thank You for All You Have Made ST. DENIO The beauty of creation in every day. O God, the Great, Wide Seas are Yours MELITA Creation care, after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. O God, When Your Land LYONS A hymn for reforestation efforts. O God, Your Creatures Fill the Earth ELLACOMBE A hymn for the care and blessing of animals (good for St. Francis Day). On the Beach, the Waves of Waters HYMN TO JOY The joys of God’s creation at the beach. Shades of Purple, Shades DIX God’s
covenant with Noah and all creation. List by Hymnals of Selected Hymns with an Environmental Focus This list is intended to give you an idea of the breadth of hymnody with creation imagery that is already present in the hymnals you use! The hymnals included below follow in this order: United Methodist Hymnal Evangelical Lutheran Worship Lutheran Book of Worship With One Voice Libro de Liturgia y Cantico This Far by Faith Worship and Praise Songbook The Presbyterian Hymnal Voices United More Voices Songs for a Gospel People The Book of Praise
United Methodist Hymnal 62 All Creatures of Our God and King 149 Cantemos al Senor 77 How Great Thou Art (Let's Sing unto the Lord) 86 Mountains Are All Aglow 150 God, Who Stretched the 92 For the Beauty of the Earth Spangled Heavens 97 For the Fruits of This Creation 151 God Created Heaven and Earth 107 La Palabra Del Senor Es Recta 152 I Sing the Almighty Power of God (Righteous and Just is the 182 Word of God, Come Down on Earth Word of Our Lord) 210 Toda la Tierra (All Earth is Waiting) 118 The Care the Eagle Gives Her Young 212 Psalm 24 122 God of the Sparrow God of the Whale 437 This Is My Song 144 This Is My Father's World 443 O God Who Shaped Creation 145 Morning Has Broken 450 Creator of the Earth and Skies 147 All Things Bright and Beautiful 675 As the Sun Doth Daily Rise 148 Many and Great, O God Evangelical Lutheran Worship 245 Creator of the Stars of Night 726 Light Dawns on a Weary World 266 All Earth is Hopeful 731 Earth and All Stars! 267 Joy to the World 733 Great Is Thy Faithfulness 307 Light Shone in Darkness 735 Mothering God, You Gave Me Birth 329 As the Sun with Longer Journey 739 Touch the Earth Lightly 412 Come, Join the Dance of Trinity 771 God, who Stretched the Spangled Heavens 447 O Blessed Spring 824 This is My Father's World 555 Oh, Sing to God Above! 835 All Creatures, Worship God Most High! 556 Morning Has Broken 837 Many and Great, O God 679 For the Fruit of All Creation 838 Beautiful Savior 680 We Plow the Fields and Scatter 876 Let the Whole Creation Cry 684 Creating God, Your Fingers Trace 879 For the Beauty of the Earth 690 We Raise Our Hands to You, O Lord 881 Let All Things Now Living 693 Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
134 Creating God, Your Fingers Trace 293 This is My Father's World 200 To Bless the Earth 297 O Lord of Every Shining Constellation 201 Praise Is you Right, O God, in Zion 455 All Creatures of Our God and King 215 Come Sing With Joy to God 458 Earth and All Stars 220 All People That on Earth Do Dwell 464 Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee 256 Let the Whole Creation Cry 467 How Great Thou Art 266 Thank You, God, for Water, Soil, and Air 469 Morning Has Broken 267 All Things Bright and Beautiful 473 For the Beauty of the Earth 271 Many and Great, O God are Thy Things 480 Praise Our God Above 272 God of the Sparrow 494 Out of Deep, Unordered Water 273 O God the Creator 551 Come, Ye Thankful People, Come 274 O God of Earth and Space 553 For the Fruit of All Creation 285 God, You Spin the Whirling Planets 554 Let All Things Now Living 287 God Folds the Mountains Out of Rock 556 The World Abounds with God’s Free Grace 290 God Created Heaven and Earth 558 Come, Sing a Song of Harvest 291 O God of Earth and Altar 560 We Plow the Fields and Scatter 292 All Beautiful the March of Days Voices United
6 A Candle is Burning 293 We praise you, Creator 36 Angels from the realms 296 This is God's wondrous world 48 Hark, the herald angels 297 All praise to you, O God 61 Of the Father's love begotten 300 God whose farm 102 Jesus on the mountain 301 Before the earth 208 Come, Holy Spirit, from heaven 307 Touch the earth lightly 217 All creatures 308 Many and great 220 Praise to the Lord, the almighty 310 God who touches earth 225 We praise you for the sun 312 Praise with joy the world's creator 226 For the beauty of the earth 322 O God, whose first creative word 227 For the fruit 326 O for a thousand 229 God of the sparrow 333 Love divine 232 Joyful, joyful 341 Fairest Lord Jesus 234 Let us with a gladsome mind 345 Come, children, join 238 O Lord, my God 352 I danced in the morning 242 Let all things now living 394 Moved by the gospel 251 God created heaven and earth 409 Morning has broken 254 Songs of praise the angels sang 441 Praise and thanksgiving be to our creator 260 God who gives 448 We know that Christ 264 Immortal, invisible 453 Out of deep, unordered 265 Creating God, your fingers trace 516 Come, you thankful people 268 Bring many names 518 As those of old 276 O God who shaped creation 530 A beautiful 278 In the quiet curve 533 When in our music 282 Long before night 535 For the music of creation 284 Joyful is the dark 678 For the healing 291 All things-bright 822 All people that on earth More Voices
10 Come and seek the ways 125 When a grain of wheat
15 Holy sacred Spirit 131 You, Creator God,have searched 27 Creator God, you gave us life 135 Called by earth and sky 30 It's a song of praise 141 We are all one people 35 Holy One, O Holy One 143 We cannot own the sunlit sky 37 Each blade of grass 144 Like a healing stream 39 Mother Earth, our mother 152 You who watch the highest 41 O beautiful Gaia 158 Dream a dream 42 Praise God for this holy ground 163 River running in you and me 43 The play of the Godhead 172 God says 53 God who spread the boundless 173 Put peace into each other's 55 Watch once more the wind swept 174 Soil of God, you and I 87 Water flowing 180 Sing, sing out! Sing a new song 92 Like a rock 181 Lord, your hands have formed 98 Like a river of tears 190 Laughter lit the stars 103 Ka mana'o T 'O 198 When we gather at the table 123 Day after day 217 Hey ney yana Songs For A Gospel People
13 Morning glory, starlit sky 65 Joy shall come 36 Mon Dieu, enseigne-moi 78 Out of deep unordered water 45 For all your goodness God 79 God, we praise you for the morn 46 When morning gilds the skies 101 O laughing light 50 How great thou art 103 Morning has broken 54 When long before time 105 Vine and fig tree 58 For the fruit of all creation 134 To show by touch and word 61 As comes the breath of spring The Book of Praise 5 Lord, our Lord, your glorious name 437 First of the week and finest day 54 My song forever shall record 441 Can a little child like me 55 God moves in a mysterious way 464 Oh that I had a thousand voices 67 New songs of celebration render 495 The heavens declare your glory, Lord 70 All things I see 508 Your word, O God, awoke the uncreated 77 From all that dwell below the skies 512 At the dawning of creation 106 Let all creation bless the Lord 515 Out of deep, unordered water 111 Creator of the stars of night 576 I bind unto myself today 125 People, look east 667 God, you touch the earth with beauty 153 Joy to the world 705 God, who made the earth 288 Creating God, your fingers trace 714 Wordless, ancient earth's foundations 295 When long before time 716 Pray for the wilderness 309 God of many names 717 We cannot own the sunlit sky 323 Praise the Lord, ye heavens, adore him 719 God in great love for us lent us this planet 375 Fairest Lord Jesus 741 Like a mighty river flowing 399 Spirit, Spirit of gentleness 802 For the fruits of all creation 403 She comes sailing on the wind 803 Come, ye thankful people, come 410 Joyful, joyful we adore you 806 To bless the earth 434 For the beauty of the earth 807 We plough the fields and scatter 435 All things bright and beautiful Earth Ministry also has a wonderful hymn bibliography of Creation Care Hymns. |
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