Hymns by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette

  • December 2, 2012/Advent 1C
  • December 2, 2012/Communion
  • December 9, 2012/Advent 2C
  • December 16, 2012/Advent 3C
  • December 23, 2012/Advent 4C
    • Luke 1:47-55
      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)
    • 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 1:46-55
      All the Music Sung and Played Here
      NETTLETON (8.7.8.7 D) (Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing)
      Book: Songs of Grace
      A hymn celebrating the gift of music, good any Sunday as well as for choir dedication Sunday and hymn sings
      "All creation sings your glory; in the Psalms are pain and praise."
  • December 25, 2012/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, 2013/New Year's Day
    • God, How Many Are A Thousand
      AUSTRIAN HYMN (8.7.8.7 D) (Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken)
      Book: Gifts of Love
      A hymn for the New Year
    • On This Day of Celebration
      HYMN TO JOY (8.7.8.7 D) (Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee)
      Book: Gifts of Love
      A hymn for the New Year
      "Long ago, you sent a Savior
      To our world in deep despair.
      In your Word made flesh you came, our
      Life to know, our sins to bear.
      Christ has died and Christ is risen!
      At this new year we proclaim:
      Yesterday, today, forever --
      Jesus Christ is still the same!"
    • Matthew 25:31-46
      Whatever You Do
      ST. DENIO (11.11.11.11) (Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise)
      Book: Worship and Song
      A hymn inspired by Jesus' teaching about the final judgment and call to compassion.
    • Matthew 25:31-46
      When Did We See You Hungry, Lord?
      MARYTON (8.8.8.8) (O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee)
      Book: Gifts of Love
      A Hymn-Dialogue for Congregation and Soloist/Choir inspired by Matthew 25
    • Matthew 25:31-46
      O Lord, You Called Disciples
      LANCASHIRE (7.6.7.6 D) (The Day of Resurrection)
      Book: Songs of Grace
      Jesus Calling Disciples
      "You met a busy woman out in the noonday sun.
      You shared God's love, you listened; you told all she had done.
      She called her friends and neighbors and brought them face to face
      With you, the living water, the bearer of God's grace."
    • Ecclesiastes 3:1-13
      For Everything There is a Time
      TALLIS' CANON (8.8.8.8) (All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night)
    • Genesis 1
      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
    • Matthew 25:31-46
      God of Creation
      HERZLIEBSTER JESU (11.11.11.5) (Ah, Holy Jesus)
      Book: Songs of Grace
      Katrina Relief
    • Psalms 8
      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.
    • Matthew 25:31-46
      God, How Can We Comprehend?
      ABERYSTWYTH (7.7.7.7 D) (Jesus, Lover of My Soul; Watchman, Tell Us of the Night)
      Books: Gifts of Love, Songs of Grace
      A hymn for refugees
    • Matthew 25:31-46
      A Voice Was Heard in Ramah
      LLANGLOFFAN (7.6.7.6 D) (Lead On, O King Eternal; Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers)
      Books: Songs of Grace, More Voices
      This hymn remembers Rachel and her lament for killed children while also being a prayer for peace today.
    • Matthew 25:38-40
      Looking Back, O God, We Wonder
      HYMN TO JOY (8.7.8.7 D) (Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee)
      Book: Songs of Grace
    • Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
      God, You Give Us Recreation
      IN BABILONE (8.7.8.7 D) (There's a Wideness in God's Mercy)
      Book: Songs of Grace
      This hymn is used by many churches to support Souper Bowl Sunday's collection of food for the hungry.
    • Revelation 21:1-6a
      God, Your Love and Care Surround Us
      BEECHER (8.7.8.7 D) (Love Divine, All Loves Excelling)
      Book: Songs of Grace
      A hymn celebrating everlasting life, good for All Saints Sunday and funerals
      "We hold onto what you promise: Earth and heav'n will be made new.
      Then your home will be among us; we will always dwell with you.
      There will be no sound of weeping; you will wipe away each tear.
      God, we trust your promise to us: Now and always, you are here."
  • January 6, 2013/Christmas 2C
  • January 6, 2013/Epiphany C
    • Matthew 2:1-12
      I Believe (The Apostles' Creed)
      AUSTRIAN HYMN (8.7.8.7 D) (Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken)
      Book: Gifts of Love
    • Blessed Are the Poor Among You
      PROMISES (11.11.11.9 with Refrain) (Standing on the Promises)
      Book: Gifts of Love
      Beatitudes in Luke; Prayer for Persecuted
  • January 6, 2013/Communion
  • January 13, 2013/Baptism of the Lord C (Ordinary 1C)
    • Matthew 3:13-17
      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
    • Matthew 3:13-17
      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
    • Luke 3:1-22
      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.
  • January 18, 2013/Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (18-25)
  • January 20, 2013/Epiphany 2C (Ordinary 2C)
  • January 21, 2013/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 27, 2013/Epiphany 3C (Ordinary 3C)
  • February 2, 2013/Groundhog Day (US)
  • February 3, 2013/Epiphany 4C (Ordinary 4C)
    • Jeremiah 1:4-8
      How Lovely Is Your Church, O Lord
      ST. ANNE (8.6.8.6) (Our God, Our Help in Ages Past)
      Book: Songs of Grace
    • Jeremiah 1:4-10
      God of Generations
      NICAEA (12.12.12.10) (Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!)
      Book: Gifts of Love
      Church for All Ages
    • 1 Corinthians 13
      God, In Joy We Gather
      NICAEA (12.12.12.10) (Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty!)
      Book: Gifts of Love
      Wedding
    • 1 Corinthians 13:8
      Go Walk with God
      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)
      Book: Songs of Grace
      Trinitarian Blessing is the inspiration of this hymn that can be used for a closing/commissioning hymn as well as one for departing members who are moving away.
    • 1 Corinthians 13
      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."
    • 1 Corinthians 13:12; Luke 4:21-30
      God Bless the Poet's Heart and Hand
      TALLIS' CANON (8.8.8.8) (All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night)
      Book: Songs of Grace
      The Mystery and Wonder of God
      "God, bless the ones who boldly dare to let the scriptures be their guide"
  • February 3, 2013/Souper Bowl Sunday
    • God, You Give Us Recreation
      IN BABILONE (8.7.8.7 D) (There's a Wideness in God's Mercy)
      Book: Songs of Grace
      This hymn is used by many churches to support Souper Bowl Sunday's collection of food for the hungry.
  • February 3, 2013/Communion
  • February 10, 2013/Transfiguration C (Ordinary 5C)
 
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