Hymns and Worship Songs
Here are Hymns and Worship Songs about Care of the Environment you can use in services or just enjoy reading and singing along to. The are housed in two places:
A. Links to Useful New Worship Songs on external websites (different page)
B. Useful Hymns and Worship songs: full words printed on this website (this page)
Set to familiar tunes, these are linked to below. The authors have given permission of use of these in church and other services provided you credit the author (but check notes at end of each text). The hymns come from
- The book “Environment Praise” which was compiled after the Hymn Competition organised jointly by Green Christian (then Christian Ecology Link) and St John’s Methodist Church Annual Hymn competition in 2001.
- Hymns written and sent in by members of Green Christian and others.
These hymns and songs are mostly on our old hymns page and they are in the process of being moved to links on this page
Hymns
Entwining Circles – Hymn
Author: Margaret MacDonald. Tune: Waly Waly (H&P 594 – Song: An Upper Room did our Lord prepare). Metre: 8,8,8,8. Theme: the earth is crying out for love… Iinterelatedness …. What can we do to turn the tide.. The part we play may seem so small .. but remember the story… …more
God in Diversity – hymn
Author: Lisle Ryder. Tune: Finlandia 10.10.10.10.10.10. This hymn is relevant to the environment, to the neurodiverse and to Racial Justice Sunday …more
Climate is warming – hymn
Author: George Stuart; Tune: The Ash Grove: 6.6.6.5.D. Hymn on climate change and what we can do. Plus Link to many other of his environment songs …more
An extra verse for the National Anthem for the Coronation
Lisle Ryder has contributed an extra verse to the National Anthem This is Hymn No 26 in the hymns section on this …more
Hymn – O Mother Earth
A hymn for Biodiversity COP15 taking place in Montreal this December 2022. The hymn, to the tune “O Danny Boy” …more
Weaver God
New hymn added to the hymns section of this website, set to the tune Noël Nouvelet …more
Golden Leaves – new hymn
(See Hymn Index for other green hymns on this website, available for use in church services) Tune: Song 46, Orlando …more
Melting Frozen Jewels – hymn
(See Hymn Index for other green hymns on this website, available for use in church services) Tune Metre: 7676 D: …more
