Develop a Discipleship System
This week is a great opportunity to celebrate the one-year anniversary of a more inclusive United Methodist Church through music. Remember, we help create the new heaven and new earth through our worship here today. The hymn “In the Midst of New Dimensions” (TFWS 2238) speaks to the themes of a new heaven and new earth. It was composed by Rev. Julian Rush, one of the first openly gay clergy people in the United Methodist Church. “Arise, Shine Out, Your Light Has Come” (UMH 725) and “From the Rising of the Sun” (TFWS 2024) tie in with themes in creation. “Love Divine” (UMH 384) and “They’ll Know We are Christians by Our Love” (TFWS 2223) relate to the John reading. “Welcome” (W&S 3152) would be a great opening hymn, and it ties in themes of creation.
For contemporary songs, The Many’s “All Belong Here” is an anthem of inclusion, and popular songs “Rainbow” (Kacey Musgraves) and “Over the Rainbow” could bring a new perspective to worship.
Hymns:
- UMH 725 - Arise, Shine, Your Light Has Come
- TFWS 2238 - In the Midst of New Dimensions
- UMH 384 - Love Divine, All Loves Excelling
- TFWS 2223 - They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love
- TFWS 2224 - Make Us One
- TFWS 2024 - From the Rising of the Sun
- UMH 369 - Blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine
- UMH 707 - Hymn of Promise
- W&S 3129 - Touch the Earth Lightly
- W&S 3152 - Welcome
Contemporary:
- All Belong Here - The Many
- Rainbow - Kacey Musgraves
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Arlen/Yarburg
- I Believe - Mark Miller
- Beyond Belief - The Many
- Testify - NeedtoBreathe
- Testify to Love – Wynonna
Title | Composer | CCLI | OneLicense | Copyright |
Testify to Love | Henk Pool | Paul Field | Ralph Van Manen | Robert Riekerk | CCLI Song # 2572844 | #38748 | 1996,1998 EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. (MAIN); Universal Music Corp. |
I Believe | Mark A. Miller | 7048796 | CGA1310 | © Words: Public Domain; Music: 2012 Choristers Guild |
Beyond Belief | Gary Rand, Lenora Rand | 7140934 | 63fe4b91ec0ca | Original Recording by THE MANY© 2019 Plural Guild Music |
Testify | Rinehart/Rinehart | CCLI Song # 7075208 | © 2016 Hi Fi Music IP Issuer, L.P.; Kobalt Music Services America II, Inc. (KMSA II) | |
All Belong Here | Hannah Rand, Lenora Rand | 7112307 | 63fe4b91ea67c | © 2017 Plural Guild Music |
Somewhere Over the Rainbow | Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg | 253410 | © EMI Feist Catalog Inc. | |
Rainbow | Natalie Hemby, Shane McAnally, and Kacey Lee Musgraves | Not licensed, permission required | © 2019 UMG Recordings, Inc. |
Rev. Kristina Sinks is a graduate of Garrett Seminary and a Provisional Deacon in the UMC (California-Nevada). She sings and manages tours for the music collective The Many, which brings justice-oriented music to progressive Christians and spiritual communities around the world, serves at GreenFaith, a global, multi-faith climate justice organization. She resides in the Chicago area on the traditional, unceded homelands of the Council of Three Fires—the Ojibwa, Ottawa and Potawatomi.
