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

In my work as a United Methodist pastor over the past 45 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