- Hymns for Earth Day
- Genesis 1, 2; Psalms 8, 24
The Earth is the Lord's
ST. DENIO (11.11.11.11) (Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise)
Book: Songs of Grace
Environment
- Genesis 1
At The Dawn of Your Creation
HYMN TO JOY (8.7.8.7 D) (Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee)
Creation care and solar roof panels dedication
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Creator God, You Made the Earth
ST. COLUMBA (8.7.8.7) (The King of Love My Shepherd Is)
Book: Songs of Grace
Keeping Sabbath Time, Relating to Others/Forgiveness and Reconciliation
- Psalms 104, 148
On the Beach, the Waves of Waters
HYMN TO JOY (8.7.8.7 D) (Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee)
Book: Songs of Grace
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O God, the Great, Wide Seas are Yours
MELITA (8.8.8.8.8.8) (Eternal Father, Strong to Save)
Creation care; the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
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O God, When Your Land
LYONS (10.10.11.11) (O Worship the King, All Glorious Above!)
This hymn's final verse is
"And if we grow tired and doubt what we do,
May we be inspired to keep serving you.
For faith, like a mustard seed, bears a surprise:
So tiny indeed, it soon reaches the skies."
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God Made the Heavens and the Earth
SOLID ROCK (8.8.8.8 with Refrain) (My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less)
Book: Gifts of Love
Creation and Environmental Stewardship
- Psalms 95, 104
Creator, We Thank You for All You Have Made (PDF file)
ST. DENIO (11.11.11.11) (Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise)
Book: Songs of Grace
Beauty of creation in every day
- Other Resources
- The
Lord's Prayer and Creation Care: A Litany of Confession
- A
Journey Towards a Green Church (PDF file)
by Bruce and Carolyn Gillette,
Call to Worship: Liturgy, Music, Preaching and the Arts,
42.4 (Journal of the Theology & Worship of the Presbyterian Church USA),
Environment and Worship (May 2009).
- Shrinking
Bills, Growing Membership (PDF file)
by Carolyn Gillette,
Horizons (Presbyterian Women's national magazine),
November/December 2009
- Learn more about the 180 solar panels on the sanctuary roof of the
Limestone Presbyterian Church, where Carolyn and Bruce Gillette are
pastors, along with other environmental work by the congregation, at
the
Limestone Presbyterian web site.
Bruce and Carolyn Gillette's life-long love of God's
creation began when they were children from camping trips with their
families and when Bruce was a Boy Scout.
In the fall of 2004, shortly after they came to Limestone
Presbyterian, a friend of the Gillettes, Andy Rudin of the
Interfaith Coalition on Energy,
did an energy audit of the Limestone Church and made many helpful
energy-saving recommendations that Bob VanderDecker implemented.
After attending several lectures at the
University of Delaware
(and serving on a panel discussion for one), Pastor Bruce Gillette
testified for
Wind
Project before Delaware's Public Service Commission. (PDF file)
Pastor Carolyn Gillette and other Limestone Presbyterians gave out
solar
BOGO lights on the church's June 2008 mission trip to
Honduras.
Carolyn is also a
popular
hymn writer whose environmental hymns are
used by many churches and ecumenical groups.
The Gillettes would welcome questions about Limestone's solar
project and other ways people can care for God's creation.
You can email them at bcgillette@comcast.net.

After their son John did careful research, the Gillettes had solar
panels installed on their home in December 2007.
In July 2008, Limestone Presbyterian Church dedicated their 180 solar
panels on the sanctuary roof.