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Creation sings

Author: Shirley Erena Murray Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Creation sings! And we are in the music

LONDONDERRY AIR

Appears in 103 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Dean McIntyre Tune Sources: Traditional Irish melody Tune Key: C Major Incipit: 71232 36532 16134 Used With Text: Creation Sings

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Author: Shirley Erena Murray Hymnal: Worship and Song #3018 (2011) First Line: Creation sings! And we are in the music Lyrics: 1 Creation sings! And we are in the music, the movement of God's energy and art, a liturgy that links our life to angels, a litany that rises from the heart. The Spirit sings! Through love and lamentation, from Pentecost to joy of Easter Day the universe is resonant with music, the smallest creature dances to its play. 2 Creation groans at our discordant clashing: the Spirit comes with music as our friend to bring the harmony of peace and beauty, to teach the textures of the way to blend. O God, you draw the melody from silence, you make of us the instruments of song! We offer thanks in worship and in wonder that such a gift to human souls belong. Topics: Angels; Artist; Awe and Wonder; Beauty; Church Community in Christ; Conflict; Creator; Eternal Life; Giving; Groaning; Hearts; Holy Spirit; Joy; Lament; Life; Love (Human); Melody; Movement; Music and Singing; World Peace; Play; Praise and Thanksgiving; Shalom; Silence and Solitude; Spirit/Soul; Struggles and Strife; Universe; Voices; Worship; Angels; Artist; Awe and Wonder; Beauty; Christian Year and Observances Pentecost; Church Community in Christ; Conflict; Creator; Eternal Life; Giving; Groaning; Hearts; Holy Spirit; Joy; Lament; Life; Love (Human); Melody; Movement; Music and Singing; World Peace; Play; Praise and Thanksgiving; Shalom; Silence and Solitude; Spirit/Soul; Struggles and Strife; Universe; Voices; Worship Scripture: Psalm 148 Languages: English Tune Title: LONDONDERRY AIR

Creation sings

Author: Shirley Erena Murray Hymnal: Hope is our Song #29 (2009) First Line: Creation sings! And we are in the music

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Shirley Erena Murray

1931 - 2020 Author of "Creation Sings" in Worship and Song Shirley Erena Murray (b. Invercargill, New Zealand, 1931) studied music as an undergraduate but received a master’s degree (with honors) in classics and French from Otago University. Her upbringing was Methodist, but she became a Presbyterian when she married the Reverend John Stewart Murray, who was a moderator of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Shirley began her career as a teacher of languages, but she became more active in Amnesty International, and for eight years she served the Labor Party Research Unit of Parliament. Her involvement in these organizations has enriched her writing of hymns, which address human rights, women’s concerns, justice, peace, the integrity of creation, and the unity of the church. Many of her hymns have been performed in CCA and WCC assemblies. In recognition for her service as a writer of hymns, the New Zealand government honored her as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit on the Queen’s birthday on 3 June 2001. Through Hope Publishing House, Murray has published three collections of her hymns: In Every Corner Sing (eighty-four hymns, 1992), Everyday in Your Spirit (forty-one hymns, 1996), and Faith Makes the Song (fifty hymns, 2002). The New Zealand Hymnbook Trust, for which she worked for a long time, has also published many of her texts (cf. back cover, Faith Makes the Song). In 2009, Otaga University conferred on her an honorary doctorate in literature for her contribution to the art of hymn writing. I-to Loh, Hymnal Companion to “Sound the Bamboo”: Asian Hymns in Their Cultural and Liturgical Context, p. 468, ©2011 GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago