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