Suggested Hymns for the First Sunday of Advent, Year C

Title

ELW

GTG

Other

A Thousand Stars

 

 

SWMN 186

Above the Moon Earth Rises

 

 

SWMN 20

As the Dark Awaits the Dawn

261

 

 

Creator of the Stars of Night

245

84

 

God Created Heaven and Earth

738

 

 

Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending

435

348

 

Lost in the Night

243

 

 

Now the Heavens Start to Whisper

 

94

 

The King Shall Come When Morning Dawns

260

 

 

To Bless the Earth

 

38

 

Wake, Awake, for Night is Flying

436

349

 

 

Sources:

CH           Chalice Hymnal. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 1995

EAS         Earth and All Stars: Hymns and Songs for Young and Old. Herb Brokering. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2003. (For Lois Brokering’s tune to “Everything Is One”, see Augsburg anthem 9781451482898)

ELW        Evangelical Lutheran Worship. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2006.

GTG        Glory to God: Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2013.

SBL         Sent By the Lord: Songs of the World Church Vol. 2. The Iona Community, ed. John Bell. Chicago: GIA Publications, 1990

SWMN    Sing of the World Made New: Hymns of Justice, Peace, and Christian Responsibility. Carol Stream and Chicago, IL: Hope Publishing and GIA, 2014.