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Music for Earth Day and the Festival of God’s Creation

By Diana Sanchez-Bushong

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The United Methodist Hymnal

  • 62, "All Creatures of Our God and King"
  • 75, "All People That on Earth Do Dwell"
  • 86, "Mountains Are All Aglow"
  • 89, "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee"
  • 92, "For the Beauty of the Earth"
  • 122, "God of the Sparrow, God of the Whale"
  • 124, "Seek the Lord Who Now Is Present"
  • 144, "This Is My Father's World"
  • 145, "Morning Has Broken"
  • 147, "All Things Bright and Beautiful"
  • 148, "Many and Great, O God"
  • 149, "Cantemos al Señor" ("Let's Sing unto the Lord")
  • 150, "God, Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens"
  • 151, "God Created Heaven and Earth"
  • 152, "I Sing the Almighty Power of God"
  • 189, "Fairest Lord Jesus"
  • 329, "Prayer to the Holy Spirit"

Worship & Song

  • 30, Prayer: “Sanctifier of Time and Space”
  • 42, Prayer: “God, Whose Fingers Sculpt Sun and Moon”
  • 48, Prayer: “O Lord, Our God, Creator of Our Land”
  • 69, Prayer: “Creator God, How Great Is Your Name”
  • 88, Prayer: “Almighty God, in Raising Jesus from the Grave”
  • 94, Prayer: “God of all Creation, You Are Pure and Holy”
  • 96, Prayer: “God of all Creation, You Are Pure and Holy”
  • 193, Prayer: Living God, Holy Trinity
  • 211, Prayer: Gracious God, our Heavenly Father
  • 216, Prayer: Loving God, you created us and all living things
  • 221, Prayer: Now may the Spirit of God, who brooded over the waters
  • 3003, “How Great Is Our God”
  • 3016, “What a Mighty God We Serve”
  • 3019, “Bidden, Unbidden”
  • 3029, “In the Desert on God's Mountain”
  • 3032, “Across the Lands”
  • 3033, “God of Great and God of Small”
  • 3041, “Praise Him”
  • 3052, “God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen”
  • 3054, “Chinese Lantern Carol”
  • 3064, “On Christmas Night”
  • 3075, “Glory in the Cross”
  • 3087, “O Christ, When You Ascended”
  • 3104, “Amazing Grace” (“My Chains Are Gone”)
  • 3109, “Living Spirit, Holy Fire”
  • 3115, “Covenant Prayer”
  • 3120, “Amazing Abundance”
  • 3125, “Peace for the Children”
  • 3129, “Touch the Earth Lightly”
  • 3131, “Hear My Prayer, O God”
  • 3149, “A Place at the Table”
  • 3152, “Welcome”
  • 3161, “Gracious Creator of Sea and of Land”
  • 3162, “Stand in Awe”
  • 3167, “Feed Us, Lord”
  • 3171, “Communion Setting” (Ahner)
  • 3172, “Communion Setting” (Henry)
  • 3173, “Table of Plenty”
  • 3188, “Hosanna” (Fraser)

The Faith We Sing

  • 2004, "Praise the Source of Faith and Learning"
  • 2008, "Let All Things Now Living"
  • 2010, "Praise Ye the Lord"
  • 2012, "Let Us with a Joyful Mind"
  • 2020, "Praise the Lord with the Sound of Trumpet"
  • 2041, "Thou Art Worthy"
  • 2048, "God Weeps"
  • 2059, "I Am Your Mother" (Earth Prayer)
  • 2060, "God the Sculptor of the Mountains"
  • 2061, "Praise Our God Above" (Harvest Song)
  • 2074, "Shout to the Lord"
  • 2120, "Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness"
  • 2122, "She Comes Sailing on the Wind"

Upper Room Worshipbook

  • 2-3, Opening Prayers
  • 8, Morning Prayer
  • 14, Evening Prayer
  • 15, Prayers of Intercession
  • 44-45, Opening Prayers
  • 62, “Sing for God's Glory”
  • 63, “Praise Be to God, the Almighty”
  • 64, “For the Music of Creation”
  • 65, “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”
  • 66, “Holy Spirit, Wind of Heaven”
  • 67, “Creating God, Your Fingers Trace”
  • 69, “Let All Creation Bless the Lord”
  • 70, “Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above”
  • 71, “This Is God's Wondrous World”
  • 72, “Shadow and Substance”
  • 73, “Praise with Joy the World's Creator”
  • 74, God, Whose Love Is Reigning O'er Us”
  • 75, “Praise, My Soul, the God of Heaven”
  • 76, “Song of Good News”
  • 77, “Oh, the Life of the World”
  • 78, “The Word of God”
  • 79, “O Holy Spirit, Root of Life”
  • 80,” Great Lover, Calling Us to Share”
  • 81, “Restless Weaver”
  • 83, “God, Who Spins the Whirling Planets”
  • 84, “God, Who Stretched the Spangled Heavens”
  • 85, “Jesus Come! For We Invite You”
  • 86, “Creation Sings! Each Plant and Tree”
  • 87, “Great God, Your Love Has Called Us Here”
  • 88, “”O God, Beyond All Face and Form
  • 95, “Christ Is God's Never Changing ‘Yes’"
  • 97, “All You Works of God, Bless the Lord!”
  • 105, “Crashing Waters at Creation”
  • 133, When All Is Ended
  • 142, “Before the Earth Had Yet Begun”
  • 144, “Rain Down”
  • 146, “We Cannot Measure How You Heal”
  • 150, “Spirit, Working in Creation”
  • 154, “Holy, Holy, Holy” (“Sanctus from a Groaning Creation”)
  • 155, “Earth and All Who Breathe”
  • 165, “Enemy of Apathy”
  • 168, “We Humans Build to Frame a Life”
  • 169, “Abundant Life”
  • 182, “God, We Praise You for the Morning”
  • 186, “Morning Has Broken
  • 187, “Water Has Held Us”
  • 188, “Praise and Thanksgiving”
  • 189, “Touch the Earth Lightly”
  • 190,” God Who Made the Earth and Heaven”
  • 193, “For the Fruit of All Creation”
  • 198, “Hymn to the Trinity”
  • 200, “O God, Our Help in Ages Past”
  • 201, “God of Day and God of Darkness”
  • 205,” Incarnation”
  • 207,” Now on Land and Sea Descending”
  • 218, “Creator of the Stars of Night”
  • 229, 231, “Psalm 8”
  • 240, “Psalm 19:1-6”
  • 242, “Psalm Prayer” (Ps. 19)
  • 243, “Why the Psalms Today?”
  • 274-276, “Psalm 51”
  • 426, “Jesus, Come to Our Hearts”
  • 446, “The Peace of the Earth”
  • 449, “You Shall Go Out with Joy” (“The Trees of the Field”)

Zion Still Sings

  • 2, “All My Days”
  • 45, “And the Word Is God”
  • 17, “God Made Me”
  • 18, “God Is Good All the Time”
  • 5 , “I Lift Up My Hands”
  • 42, “Lord, Reign in Me”
  • 83, “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”
  • 214, Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”
  • 189, “Wade in the Water”
  • 193, “Water Flowing Free”
  • 164, “When the Storms of Life Are Raging”

Modern and Contemporary Worship Selections

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