Free-Use Hymn and Song Scores (right-click on title to open score)

Above All Else: A Prayer (inspired by Brian McLaren's writing) 170 KB
All of Us Are Loved (a doxology, recorded as "Affirmation") 122 KB
All of Who I Am (a song about self-love) 159 KB
All that We Need (hope during the COVID-19 crisis) 130 KB
All the Earth Belongs to God (an environmental justice hymn) 178 KB
All Things in Their Season (inspired by Ecclesiastes 3:1-8) 34.7 KB
America the Beautiful: A Vision (an updated patriotic text) 15.1 KB
As Our Voices Join Together (a regathering hymn text) 64.6 KB
As You Go on Your Way (a closing hymn or sending-out song) 110 KB
As You Have Been Blessed (a blessing-on-the-way chant) 89.3 KB
At the Feeding of the Many (inspired by Mark 6:35-44) 31.5 KB
At the Table of the Holy (a hymn text about inclusion and repentance) 91.3 KB
Blest are You, the Poor in Spirit (a new take on the Beatitudes) 119 KB
Bound to Love (a round about our connections and our gifts) 61.8 KB
Brave Spirit, Make Us Brave (a prayer for courage to heal the world) 235 KB
Bring a Flower: A Flower Communion Hymn 94.9 KB
Call Me by My Name (an affirmation of chosen identities) 255 KB
Candle of Hope (for Advent candle lighting) 93.8 KB
A Child is Born: A Christmas Lullaby (Text by Kurt Struckmeyer) 90.9 KB
Christ, the Cornerstone of Love (a celebration of full inclusion) 101 KB
Christmas Star (a folk song about brokenness and wholeness) 169 KB
Church is More than Just a Building (a reminder during COVID-related church "closings") 125 KB
Church is the Way We Live (a hymn about what church can and should be) 117 KB
The Church Where Love Lives (a celebration of inclusive churches) 211 KB
The Church Where Love Lives choral arrangement 292 KB
Come Hope: An Advent Round 88.9 KB
Comfort, Comfort (new text for Jesu, Joy of Our Desiring) 12.3 KB
The Creatures We Love (a lullaby for a Blessing of the Animals service) 77.9 KB
The Day We Are Given (a celebratory gathering hymn) 202 KB
The Day We Are Given Refrain (short version of The Day We Are Given: refrain only) 71.7 KB
Days of Rage and Days of Hope: A Pride Hymn 112 KB
Deliver Us to Evil (a hymn of commitment to healing the world) 111 KB
Depend on You (A song of trust in times of change) 124 KB
The Difference (a song about making the difference) 158 KB
Do All the Good You Can (a Wesleyan sending-out) 104 KB
Doxology 46 KB
Everyone is Worthy (up-tempo chant - hand drumming encouraged!) 109 KB
Everything Remains (a hymn about the work before us and the hope within us) 118 KB
Faith of Metaphor and Mystery (progressive Christian hymn; text by Bronwyn Angela White) 206 KB
The Fast that Love Has Chosen (a hymn for the beginning of Lent) 157 KB
Fearfully, Wonderfully Made (a celebration of our embodied lives) 121 KB
Filled with Loving-Kindness (round based on a traditional Buddhist meditation) 59 KB
Find Your Music (a song about living abundantly) 80.2 KB
For a Faith (a Gospel-style hymn of thanksgiving) 127 KB
For Freedom We Have Been Set Free (inspired by Galatians 5) 31.7 KB
For the Harm that We Have Caused (a confessional hymn) 88.5 KB
For the Weaving of Our Lives (about interdependence; uses the tune "Dix") 60.6 KB
From Our Abundance We Give (a stewardship worship song) 387 KB
The Fruit of the Spirit is Wondrous to Know 91.3 KB
Fully Holy, Fully Human (inspired by a theology course) 13.9 KB
A Gift for the Altar (LGBTQIA+ church inclusion hymn, published in Shaping Sanctuary) 137 KB
Go Out in Joy! (a sending-out song) 400 KB
God Abundant, God of Wonder (a Christian hymn against Christian nationalism) 86.3 KB
God Has a Call on Me (a simple song of invitation) 87.3 KB
God is Known: An Evolution Sunday Hymn Text 77.6 KB
God of All, We Boldly Go (a Star Trek-themed hymn text for Berwick camp 2025 (www.berwickcamp.org)) 17.4 KB
God of Being and Becoming (a process theology hymn text) 14.4 KB
God Speaks Today (inspired by the UCC slogan...) 12.9 KB
God, the Soaring Eagle (a celebration of all the genders of holiness) 114 KB
God, We Gather as Your People 62.8 KB
God Who Freely Chose Unfreedom (inspired by a theology course) 13.9 KB
Godspeed (a sending-out song) 588 KB
The Gospel of My Body (a song of LGBTQIA+ celebration) 193 KB
Grant Us Grace, Oh, Tender Spirit (a prayer inspired by 2 Corinthians 4:7) 90.1 KB
Grateful (a song of gratitude) 111 KB
Hell is a Human Invention (a tango celebrating universalist theology) 138 KB
Here There Is Wholeness (a round of invitation) 56.7 KB
History and Mystery (sometimes the spirit trumps the letter of the law) 112 KB
History and Mystery Version 2 (varied music in verses 4 and 6) 161 KB
History and Mystery (music variation verses 3-4) 180 KB
Holy Boldness, Move Our Spirits (a justice hymn) 177 KB
Holy Dreamer, Joyful Healer (a progressive Christian hymn of celebration) 89.5 KB
Holy One, Gather Us In (to open a religious meeting) 91.9 KB
Hope Waits for Us at Advent (an Advent hymn with a twist) 165 KB
Hope Waits for Us at Advent lead sheet all verses 103 KB
Hope Waits for Us at Advent (with descant) 211 KB
Hope Waits for Us at Advent, Advent 1 melody 81.8 KB
Hope Waits for Us at Advent, Advent 2 melody 81.7 KB
Hope Waits for Us at Advent, Advent 3 melody 81.9 KB
Hope Waits for Us at Advent, Advent 4 melody 1.46 MB
How Can We Sing (a question, a prayer, a hope) 13.9 KB
I Know the Plans I Have for You (inspired by Jeremiah 29:11-14) 57 KB
If Good Could Lose to Evil (inspired by a theology course) 13.9 KB
If the Prophets Lived Today (economic justice hymn, first published in Sing Justice! Do Justice!) 76.3 KB
If Your Christmas Isn't Merry (A Blue Christmas worship song) 175 KB
In a Time of Trouble (a Christmas hymn text) 90.8 KB
In Our Self-Protection: A Meditation on Psalm 32 88 KB
In Sorrow We Remember (a mourning hymn; suggested tune is Bach Passion Chorale) 168 KB
In the Breaking of the Bread (an Emmaus/Communion song) 171 KB
In Times of Change We Look to You (a jazzy worship song for church transitions) 182 KB
Jesus Called Lazarus (a hymn about coming out into life) 117 KB
Jesus the Essential Worker (a song honoring COVID-19 essential workers) 187 KB
Just Such a Time as This (faith in times of struggle) 71.2 KB
Just Such a Time as This choral arrangement (by Dean Groves) 118 KB
Justice and Joy (a round about the fruits of our labor) 57.7 KB
Justice Round (Biblical justice verses, set in three parts) 59.6 KB
The Kin-dom of God is the Queerest of Nations (celebrating Jesus's vision of Love's Domain) 63.5 KB
The Light Comes as a Rainbow (a queer take on the covenant) 68.3 KB
Little Baby, Soon to Join Us (a welcoming song useful for baby showers) 115 KB
Love Comes to Us at Christmas (conclusion to Hope Waits for Us at Advent) 121 KB
Love Comes to Us at Christmas (lead sheet) 78.8 KB
Love Had a Dream (a progressive take on Easter) 767 KB
Love Her Before You Judge Her (compassion for women in abusive relationships) 122 KB
Love the Stranger (a simple verse about the heart of the matter) 93.3 KB
Love, When It Seems that You're Far Away (a hymn of hope in times of despair) 116 KB
Love Will Have the Final Laugh (an Easter hymn) 261 KB
Love Will Have the Final Laugh (choral version) 726 KB
Love Your Neighbor - No Exceptions (inspired by a Faithful America sign) 14.4 KB
Love's Wonder (a short song) 85.9 KB
Lover Spirit, Intuition (a song for sending the directions) 105 KB
Make of My Heart a Stable (created for The Inn: www.worshipdesignstudio.com/theinn) 66.7 KB
Maker of All: a sung response to the Lord's Prayer 98 KB
A Manger, a Prophet, a Cross (inspired by a theology course) 35 KB
The Manger is Stranger (a Christmas lullaby) 125 KB
May I Be an Instrument (round based on St. Francis' peace prayer) 72.7 KB
May We Speak the Truth (a simple prayer) 97.7 KB
Mother Earth, Beloved Garden (a hymn for calling the directions) 1.06 MB
Music that Makes Community (a verse for the MMC community) 85.5 KB
My Life Flows on in Endless Song: updated lyrics 74.6 KB
Now, As You Leave this Assembly of Lovers (a closing or sending-out hymn) 119 KB
Now Our Voices Join Together (a hymn for returning to congregational worship) 13.4 KB
O Holy Solidarity (a new Christmas carol) 41.1 KB
Oh, Jesus Had Two Fathers (a hymn for kids of same-sex parents) 115 KB
Oh, My Shepherd (a confessional psalm for whites working against racism) 325 KB
Once Jesus Loved a Rich Man (economic justice hymn, first published in Sing Justice! Do Justice!) 103 KB
Open Hearts and Open Houses (a hymn text on hospitality) 13.9 KB
Peace Prayer (a simple round) 56.8 KB
Persistent Love, Enduring Hope [text only] (inspired by Philippians 3:11-14) 77.8 KB
Practice Resurrection: A Chant 22.5 KB
A Prayer (after Jesus) (inspired by the Lord's Prayer) 129 KB
Prepare a Way for Love 101 KB
Proclaim the Acceptable Year of the Lord! (multiply published economic justice (Jubilee) hymn) 113 KB
Purify Our Hearts (a worship song) 197 KB
Queerly Beloved (an exultant gathering/opening hymn) 109 KB
Rebuilding Starts with Weeping (written following the 2020 US election) 12.9 KB
Resistance Song (an Advent text) 15.2 KB
Rest Now, Rest Easy: A Hospice Song 345 KB
Rise Up in Us (An Easter worship song) 177 KB
Rise Up in Us: An Easter Worship Song (choral version) 254 KB
Rooted and Grounded in Love (a song of faith in challenging times) 122 KB
Rooted in Fertile Ground (a celebratory worship song) 260 KB
Rooted and Grounded in Love choral (arranged by Bryan T. Johnson) 519 KB
Say Their Names: A Trans Day of Remembrance Hymn 163 KB
Seeds of God's Garden, Tenderly Planted (a meditation on discipleship) 83.9 KB
Seek Justice; Love Kindness: A Sending-Out Hymn 88.8 KB
Shake the Dust off Your Sandals (a hymn about going where our gifts are welcome) 113 KB
Sing the World that God Imagines (inspired by the Hymn Society 2022 conference theme) 13.1 KB
Sing the World that God Imagines (original music) 174 KB
So Great a Cloud of Witnesses (reflection on Hebrews 11-12) 335 KB
Speak to Me, Sacred Self (a prayer to the higher power within) 103 KB
Spirit, Gracious Spirit (Taize-style text, folk melody, jazz chords) 116 KB
The Spirit is Moving: A Round 120 KB
Spirit of Community (co-written with Spencer LaJoye for an ordination) 424 KB
Spirit of Justice, Spirit of Kindness (a prayer structured as a round) 54.6 KB
Spirit of Love (a Gospel-style hymn) 140 KB
Spirit of Love for choir 345 KB
The Spirit Sends Us Out (a Pentecost song) 354 KB
Table of Unity, Bread of Community (a Communion hymn) 432 KB
Teacher Jesus, Source of Knowledge 117 KB
Testament to Love (a hymn about rejection and acceptance) 110 KB
Thank You: A Song of Gratitude 105 KB
Thank You/Send Me (a simple round of gratitude and willingness) 55.5 KB
Today, We Come with Heavy Hearts (a hymn of confession) 113 KB
Transforming Love that Makes Us New (Inspired by Romans 12:1-2 and John 21:15-17) 32.7 KB
Two Processions: A Palm Sunday Hymn 171 KB
Two Processions (choral) (a simple version for choir) 304 KB
Vote Your Dream (rote song about voting our values) 57.3 KB
Vote Your Dream with harmonies (chant for values voting, with parts included) 110 KB
Walking Each Other Home (Ram Dass-inspired chant) 92.7 KB
We Are Gathered (a hymn for and about virtual worship (traditional tune)) 71.7 KB
We Are Setting the Rainbow Table (a Communion hymn appropriate for Pride services or inclusive congregations) 133 KB
We Asked for Fish (a hymn about open hearts and closed doors) 115 KB
We Belong to One Another (a hymn about interdependence; tune of Nettleton) 62.8 KB
We Come with Gifts; We Come in Need (a reflection on 1 Corinthians 12) 91.8 KB
We Give Thanks in Hard Times (a song of gratitude in difficult times) 154 KB
We Labor for the Day (a Labor Sunday hymn) 101 KB
We Labor in a Garden (vocals and piano) 340 KB
We Labor in a Garden (full score) 992 KB
We Who Have Gathered Today (an opening verse) 88.9 KB
We Will Go Out in Love! (a progressive Christian sending-out song) 186 KB
We Will Rest (a lullaby about the spirituality of self-care) 64.2 KB
Weep Like Rachel (a mourning song for gun violence) 91.8 KB
Welcome to the Manger (a Christmas folk song) 124 KB
What a Wondrous Day (Gospel-style hymn celebrating Unitarian Universalist principles) 163 KB
What Are We Called to Do (the greatest commandment in a round) 60.4 KB
When Christmas Brings More Pain than Joy (a Blue Christmas service hymn) 120 KB
When Jesus Set His Table (a hymn in preparation for communion) 76.3 KB
When Our Hearts Are Tested (a Lenten reflection on temptation) 14.6 KB
When We Are Afraid (song in the Taize tradition) 91.6 KB
When We Come to Disagree (inspired by Matthew 18:15-22) 90.8 KB
When We Do Justice (Inspired by Isaiah 58) 14.1 KB
Who Is My Neighbor? (a hymn about what we owe one another) 124 KB
With What Shall We Approach You? (a hymn text about repentance and justice) 104 KB
Within God's Great Economy (a hymn text about abundance) 93.5 KB
Word that Blesses, Breaks, and Shares Us (a meditation on Scripture) 20.1 KB
Worker God Who Built Creation (a hymn text for Labor Sunday) 14.5 KB
You Cannot Serve God and Guns (a prayer of protest) 91.3 KB
Your Face in Every Face (inspired by Fr. Richard Rohr's work) 161 KB