Environmental Stewardship Commission (MEESC)

We feel that the writings, music, and traditions of our Christian faith are rich in seasonal and natural reflection. It is our current times that overlook the call to the earth, our home, from every nook and cranny of our historic spiritual practice.  In support of this tradition, the Environmental Stewardship Commission has begun collecting and posting music that can be used to augment a traditional service or as part of one of a creation and environmental worship service.   If you seek thematic titles to use, click here.

The following list is in continual development and will be updated whenever new titles are received.
Links (marked "Listen") are to the CyberHymnal website (click on the topic "Titles") or to the Oremus Hymnal, where you can hear the melody and read the text.  The link is to the CyberHymnal unless otherwise noted.

Hymn Title	Hymnal 19821	Wonder, Love & Praise2	Gather3	United Methodist Hymnal4
All Creatures of our God and King (Listen)	400		533	62
All Things Bright and Beautiful (Listen)	405			147
All Who Hunger Gather Gladly		761	820
As Newborn Stars Were Stirred to Song		788
Baptized in Water	294		798
Christ, the Apple Tree		749
Come Labor On (Listen)	541
Day of Delight and Beauty Unbounded		738
Earth and All Stars	412
For the Beauty of the Earth (Listen)	416		572	92
For the Fruit of All Creation	424			97
From All That Dwell Below the Skies (Listen) (Different Melody)	380
From the Dawning of Creation		748
From the Corners of Creation			490
God the Sculptor of the Mountains		746
God of the Sparrow, God of the Whale				122
Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah (Listen)	690
How Lovely is thy Dwelling Place (Listen)	517		78
I Sing a Song of the Saints of God	293
I, the Lord of Sea and Sky		812	686
I to the Hills Will Lift Mine Eyes (Listen)	668
I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light	490		507
Immortal Invisible (Listen)	423		506	103
Joyful Joyful (Listen)	376		528
Let us Break Bread Together on Our Knees (Listen)	325		832
Lift Every Voice and Sing (Listen)	599
Lord Make us Servants of Your Peace	593
Many and Great, O God, are Thy Works (Listen)	385		498	148
Morning Glory, Starlit Skies	585			194
Morning Has Broken	8		756	145
Mountains Are All Aglow				86
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (Listen to a Different Melody)	664
Now the Green Blade Riseth	204		444
O All Ye Works of God, now Come	428
O Blessed Spring		765
O Blest Creator, Source of Light (Listen via the Oremus Hymnal)	27 & 28
O Praise Ye the Lord! (Listen)	432
O Wheat, Whose Crushing was for Bread		760
Peace Among Earth's peoples		789
Songs of Thankfulness and Praise (Listen)	135		376
Song at the Center			490
Source and Soverign, Rock and Cloud				113
Surely it is God Who Saves Me	679
The Desert Shall Rejoice		722
The Tree of Life My Soul Hath Seen		749
The Whole Bright World rejoices now	211
We Gather Together to Ask the Lord's Blessing (Listen)	433		571
When Morning Gilds the Skies (Listen)	427			185

NOTES:
1- The Hymnal 1982 according to the use of The Episcopal Church, Church Hymnal Corporation, New York, NY, 1982
2- Wonder, Love, and Praise: a Supplement to The Hymnal 1982, Church Publishing, Inc., New York, NY, 1997
3- Gather, GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago,  1994
4- The United Methodist Hymnal, The United Methodist Publishing House, Nashville, TN, 1989

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