Hymns by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette

  • November 27, 2011/Advent 1B
  • December 4, 2011/Advent 2B
  • December 4, 2011/Communion
  • December 11, 2011/Advent 3B
    • John 1:6-8, 19-28
      John Came Preaching, Bearing Witness
      REGENT SQUARE (8.7.8.7.8.7) (Angels, from the Realms of Glory)
    • John 1:6-8, 19-28
      Down by the Jordan
      LOBE DEN HERREN (14.14.4.7.8) (Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty)
      Books: Songs of Grace, Worship and Song
      Jesus' baptism and our baptism
    • Luke 1:46b-55
      Mary Gladly Told Her Cousin
      IRBY (8.7.8.7.7.7) (Once in Royal David's City)
      Mary rejoices in the promise of Jesus before his birth with song, the Magnificat (Luke 1:39-56)
    • Luke 1:26-38; 39-56
      Mary Heard the Angel's Message
      BEECHER (8.7.8.7 D) (Love Divine, All Loves Excelling)
      HYFRYDOL (8.7.8.7 D) (Alleluia, Sing to Jesus)
      Books: Gifts of Love, Voices Found
      This hymn celebrates many biblical stories about Mary, from before Jesus' birth, fleeing from Herod, his teaching about his family, her presence at his death and with the disciples after his resurrection.
  • December 18, 2011/Advent 4B
    • Luke 1:39-56
      Mary Gladly Told Her Cousin
      IRBY (8.7.8.7.7.7) (Once in Royal David's City)
      Mary rejoices in the promise of Jesus before his birth with song, the Magnificat (Luke 1:39-56)
    • Luke 1:26-38; 39-56
      Mary Heard the Angel's Message
      BEECHER (8.7.8.7 D) (Love Divine, All Loves Excelling)
      HYFRYDOL (8.7.8.7 D) (Alleluia, Sing to Jesus)
      Books: Gifts of Love, Voices Found
      This hymn celebrates many biblical stories about Mary, from before Jesus' birth, fleeing from Herod, his teaching about his family, her presence at his death and with the disciples after his resurrection.
    • Luke 1:26-38
      There's Not a Thing That God Can't Do
      WINCHESTER OLD (8.6.8.6) (While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks)
    • Luke 1:26-38
      I Believe (The Apostles' Creed)
      AUSTRIAN HYMN (8.7.8.7 D) (Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken)
      Book: Gifts of Love
      This hymn celebrates The Apostles' Creed and includes this verse: "Jesus, by God's Holy Spirit, was so wondrously conceived,
      Born unto the Virgin Mary, who your promises believed."
  • December 25, 2011/Christmas ABC (Proper 1,2,3)
    • Luke 2:19; Luke 2:8-20 and Matthew 2:1-12
      When Mary Hugged Her Newborn Son
      TALLIS' CANON (8.8.8.8) (All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night)
      This hymn celebrates Mary, the Shepherds and the Wise Men and asks
      "God, make us faithful, humble, wise
      To know that Jesus changes lives."
    • Luke 2:1-20
      O God, Your Grace Has Now Appeared
      WINCHESTER OLD (8.6.8.6) (While Shepherds Watch Their Flocks)
      A hymn for Christmas
    • Luke 2:1-20
      "Fear Not!" the Angel Said
      TERRA BEATA (6.6.8.6 D) (This is My Father's World)
      Book: Songs of Grace
      Christmas
    • Luke 2
      In a Feedbox, In a Stable
      BEECHER (8.7.8.7 D) (Love Divine, All Loves Excelling)
      Book: Gifts of Love
      Christmas Story
      "Jesus, you knew want and hunger; Your own family fled the sword.
      May we see you, may we hear you, In each one oppressed or poor."
    • Matthew 1
      What a World of Sound
      HYMN TO JOY (8.7.8.7 D) (Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee)
      IN BABILONE (8.7.8.7 D) (There's a Wideness in God's Mercy)
      Book: Gifts of Love
      Christmas
    • How Can We Sing a Joyful Song?
      O WALY WALY (8.8.8.8) (Though I May Speak)
      A hymn for a Blue Christmas service
  • January 1, 2012/Christmas 1B
  • January 1, 2012/New Year's Day
  • January 1, 2012/Communion
  • January 6, 2012/Epiphany B
    • Matthew 2:1-12
      Once Long Ago
      SANDON (10.4.10.4.10.10) (God of Our Life, Presbyterian Hymnal #275)
      "How can we honor Christ with what we bring?
      How can we now give presents to our king?"
    • Matthew 2:1-12
      When Mary Hugged Her Newborn Son
      TALLIS' CANON (8.8.8.8) (All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night)
      "When wise men came with gifts to share,
      They saw young Jesus playing there.
      Could they behold in one so small
      God's gift most precious of them all?"
    • Isaiah 60:1-6
      O God of Light, May Our Light Shine
      CANONBURY (8.8.8.8) (Lord, Speak to Me, That I May Speak)
      Book: Songs of Grace
  • January 8, 2012/Baptism of the Lord B (Ordinary 1B)
    • Mark 1:4-11
      Down by the Jordan
      LOBE DEN HERREN (14.14.4.7.8) (Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty)
      Books: Songs of Grace, Worship and Song
      Jesus' baptism and our baptism
    • Mark 1:4-11
      Creator of the Water
      LANCASHIRE (7.6.7.6 D) (The Day of Resurrection)
      Book: Gifts of Love
      This baptism hymn celebrates biblical stories about water (creation, Noah, Moses), Jesus' baptism and our baptism.
    • Mark 1:4-11; Genesis 1:1-5
      Spirit of God
      O QUANTA QUALIA (11.11.11.11) (God of Compassion, in Mercy Befriend Us)
      Books: Gifts of Love, Voices Found
      This hymn celebrates biblical stories of the Spirit from creation, through the prophets, Jesus (including his baptism), Pentecost and today.
      Anthem with composer Michael Bedford; available from the Choristers Guild
    • Mark 1:4-11
      We Enter Your Church, Lord
      CRADLE SONG (11.11.11.11) (Away in a Manger)
      Book: Songs of Grace
      A new hymn celebrating the gift of baptism as a sign of God's love and a call to share this love with others.
    • Genesis 1:1-5
      At The Dawn of Your Creation
      HYMN TO JOY (8.7.8.7 D) (Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee)
      A celebration of God's creation and the command to care for it.
    • Genesis 1:1-5
      The Earth is the Lord's
      ST. DENIO (11.11.11.11) (Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise)
      Book: Songs of Grace
      A celebration of God's creation and our call to care for it.
  • January 15, 2012/Epiphany 2B (Ordinary 2B)
    • John 1:43-51
      Jesus, You Once Called Disciples
      IN BABILONE (8.7.8.7 D) (There's a Wideness in God's Mercy)
      Book: Songs of Grace
      This hymn includes the names of the original twelve disciples, but also biblical stories of Jesus' followers who were women and children.
    • John 1:43-51
      O Jesus, You Were Born to Be
      TRURO (8.8.8.8) (Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates)
      O WALY WALY (8.8.8.8) (Though I May Speak)
      TALLIS' CANON (8.8.8.8) (All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night)
      This hymn celebrates the names and titles of Jesus; John 1:43-51 refers to Jesus as Rabbi, Son of God, King of Israel and Son of Man.
    • John 1:43-51
      O Lord, You Called Disciples
      LANCASHIRE (7.6.7.6 D) (The Day of Resurrection)
      Book: Songs of Grace
      This hymn celebrates Jesus' calling of disciples to "come and see" and the church's calling today: "Through gifts of hope and healing, through loving ministry, May we reach out, inviting the world to 'Come and see.'"
  • January 16, 2012/Martin Luther King Day (US)
    • God, With Joy We Look Around Us
      REGENT SQUARE (8.7.8.7.8.7) (Angels, from the Realms of Glory)
      Book: Songs of Grace
      Racial justice, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and celebrating diversity
    • God, May Your Justice Roll Down
      LOBE DEN HERREN (14.14.4.7.8) (Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty)
      Book: Songs of Grace
      Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday, Presbyterian Heritage Sunday
      "Christ, we give thanks for past saints who renewed education,
      Freed the oppressed, brought your healing and fought segregation.
      Savior and Lord, great were the risks they endured,
      Bearing your hope and salvation."
    • God, Whose Love Is Always Stronger
      BEACH SPRING (8.7.8.7 D) (God Whose Giving Knows No Ending)
      Book: Songs of Grace
      For Peace on the Eve of the Iraq War March 17, 2003
      "When we're caught up in believing War will make the terror cease,
      Show us Jesus' way of living; May our strength be in your peace."
    • Blest Are God's Peacemaking Ones
      ABERYSTWYTH (7.7.7.7 D) (Jesus, Lover of My Soul; Watchman, Tell Us of the Night)
      Book: Songs of Grace
      "Blessed are God's prophets, too, Called to challenge what we know --
      Working for a world that's new, Calling us to change and grow."
    • O God, Each Day You Bless Us
      LANCASHIRE (7.6.7.6 D) (The Day of Resurrection)
      LLANGLOFFAN (7.6.7.6 D) (Lead On, O King Eternal; Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers)
      Book: Songs of Grace
      For the Commitment to Peacemaking
      "O God, each day you bless us with gifts of your shalom:
      You give us peace and justice, you welcome lost ones home."
    • O God, Who Formed Creation
      AURELIA (7.6.7.6 D) (The Church's One Foundation)
      This UN hymn is available as a music video on YouTube.
    • O God of Creation, We See All Around Us (PDF file)
      ASH GROVE (6.6.11.6.6.11 D) (Let All Things Now Living)
      Racial Justice
  • January 18-25, 2012/Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
  • January 22, 2012/Epiphany 3B (Ordinary 3B)
    • Mark 1:14-20
      Jesus, You Once Called Disciples
      IN BABILONE (8.7.8.7 D) (There's a Wideness in God's Mercy)
      Book: Songs of Grace
      This hymn includes the names of the original twelve disciples, but also biblical stories of Jesus' followers who were women and children.
  • January 29, 2012/Epiphany 4B (Ordinary 4B)
  • February 5, 2012/Epiphany 5B (Ordinary 5B)
  • February 5, 2012/Communion
  • February 12, 2012/Epiphany 6B (Ordinary 6B)
  • February 19, 2012/Transfiguration B (Ordinary 7B)
    • Mark 9:2-8; 2 Peter 1:16-18
      O Lord, As You Were On Your Way
      REPTON (8.6.8.8.6.6) (How Clear Is Our Vocation, Lord)
      Book: Songs of Grace
      Transfiguration
    • Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20
      God, the Mountains Tell Your Glory
      AUSTRIAN HYMN (8.7.8.7 D) (Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken)
      ABBOT'S LEIGH (8.7.8.7 D) (God Is Here!)
    • Matthew 1:18-25; John 1:29-42
      O Jesus, You Were Born to Be
      TRURO (8.8.8.8) (Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates)
      O WALY WALY (8.8.8.8) (Though I May Speak)
      TALLIS' CANON (8.8.8.8) (All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night)
      This hymn celebrates the names and titles of Jesus
 
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