I composed the hymns listed on this page (since 1978) as I have prepared worship services and sermons using the scriptures of the Revised Common Lectionary.  Worship aids using the Revised Common Lectionary may also be found at the website The United Methodist Board of Discipleship.

Below is the alphabetical listing of hymns.   No special software or plug-ins are required. Each hymn can be heard as an mp3, viewed as a png graphic and downloaded as a pdf. Click here to see and hear these hymns as applied to the Revised Common Lectionary.

1. A Beautiful Vineyard
2. Advent Candles In Our Worship
3. A Loving Father Had Two Boys
4. Angel Voices In A Dream
5. Apostles Say, "Increase Our Faith"
6. As Long As the Earth Endures
7. As We Serve Our Holy Savior
8. Before the Mountains Had Been Shaped
9. Behold, Lift Your Eyes, Sing Your Praise
10. Behold! The Day of Judgment Comes
    
11. Behold the Lamb of God
12. Behold the Wonder of Our God
13. Blessed Jesus Taught Us How to Pray
14. Blessings Come from God on High
15. Christ is the Vine
16. Christ Said, "If You Love Me"
17. Christ the Lord Does Love Us!
18. Christ, The Shepherd of the Sheep
19. Come Fill Us Holy Spirit
20. Come, Jesus, Tell Us Who You Are
21. Come, O God of Strength and Glory
22. Come See the Child in the Manger
23. Come Up to Me, Moses
24. Disciples Sitting in a Room
25. Do Not Tell Us You Must Suffer
26. Enraptured By a Bush of Flame
27. From All the Earth, O People of God
28. From East and West, From North and South
29. From God Has Great Abundance Come
30. From His Home in Galilee
31. God Calls the World to Follow
32. God Came From Heaven to Earth
33. God is Our Ruler
34. God Loved Us So
35. God Saved the World
36. God's Steadfast Love Breaks Forth
37. God's Word Is Written On Our Hearts
38. God Who Watches All the Sparrows
39. Go Tell John What You Hear and See
40. Go Wash in the Waters
41. Good Stewards We Are Called to Be
42. Hanna's Song
43. Have You Not Known This and Have You Not Heard
    
44. Here He Comes into Our City
45. Herein We Dwell, A Kingom to Build
46. He Said, "Get Into the Boat"
47. He Went to Him Begging
48. Holy Spirit, Come Upon Us
49. How Shall We Pray in the House of God?
50. How Shall We Love Our Sovereign God?
51. I Am Tempted, O Jesus
52. I Go Up to the Mountaintop
53. In the Days of Prophets
54. In the Darkness of the Temple
55. In the Lord's Service
56. In What Ways Shall We Answer God?
57. John the Baptist
58. Just As God Called Moses
59. Let Not Your Hearts Be Troubled, Now
60. Let Us All Drink from the Water of Life
61. Let Us Praise God's Wondrous Name
62. Living By The River
63. Lo, The Stone Is Rolled Away
64. Lo, When the King of Glory Comes
65. Lord, Give Us Meaning In All That We Do
66. Love Fulfills the Law of God
67. Make Straight the Desert Path for God
68. Next Week's the Sunday
69. No One Knows When the Lord Will Come
70. O Come, Divine Salvation
71. O Fountain of Our Advent Hope
72. O, Give Us Faith Like Abraham's
73. O Living Christ, Come Walk with Us
74. O Righteous Judge
75. O Sing to God a New Song
76. Only Shepherds
77. Our Lord Sent Forth a Prophet
78. Out of the Darkness We Call on You, Lord!
79. Powers of Heaven Now Rejoice!
80. Praise God in Zion Unceasing!
81. Praise God, Who Even at Our Darkest Hour
82. Praise to the Holy Spirit
83. Praise to the Living Word of God
84. Rejoice with Me for I Have Found
85. Repent and Receive God's Forgiveness!
86. Saint Peter Drew a Sword for Him
87. See Him Riding on a Donkey!
88. See The Lord To Heav'n Ascending
89. See This Valley of Old Dry Bones
90. Sing a New Song
91. Sleeper, Awake!
92. So, the Time Is Now Complete
93. Supremely Reigns God's Majesty
94. The Family Went to Worship God
95. The Lord Came Into Jerusalem
96. The Lord Has Called Us All to Faith
97. The Lord Has Filled the Universe with Good
98. The Love of God is Glorified
99. The Mountain of the House of God
100. The One Whose Name Is Love
101. The Sovereign Has A Mission
102. The Peace of God Has Come to Us
103. The Peace of God Is Given To Us All
104. The Place of God's Abode
105. The Spirit of the Lord Came Down
106. The Waning of the Wedding Wine
107. There a Fresh Wind Blowing in this Place
108. This Planet Is God's
109. To the One Who Leads Us Onward
110. To Those in Darkness' Gloom
111. "Truly," Jesus Said, "Truly!"
112. Walk at Our Side Through These Forty Days
113. We Have A Great Redeemer
114. We're Building a House
115. We Three Kings (for Trumpet and Piano)
116. We've Come Here Looking for Jesus
117. What Are the Signs in the Sun and Moon?
118. What New Teachings has God Given?
119. When He Came into the City
120. When Jonah Heard the Call of God
121. When Our Need Is Great
122. When the Shadows Spread their Gloom
123. Where is the Place of Wisdom?
124. Who Are We
125. Who Is This Boy
126. Who Is This That We Have Pierced?
127. Why We Can't Wait
128. Words of Sickness, Words of Death
129. Yet Even Now Return
130. You Give Us Life, Creative Word

EXTRAS:
Hymns as Introits or for Parting:

1.  God Who Has Touched Us
2.  Hear the Word of God this Holy Day
3. We Meet Together In This Place
4.  May the Lord Mighty God. 
5. Fellowship With Friends 

In my work as a United Methodist pastor over the past 35 years I have been writing poetry and hymns for the scriptures of the Revised Common Lectionary, a three-year list of scriptures that is being used by The United Methodist Church, The United Presbyterian Church, The United Church of Christ, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, the American Baptist Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and other denominations.

As I continue to write these hymns I am careful to use inclusive language and use the best biblical interpretation I can muster.

This continues to be a work in progress.  I would be happy to hear from you as you look at these hymns.

Rev. Paul G. Donelson
37273 Woodsman Trail
De Tour, Michigan  49275

donelson@umcs.org