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Touch the Earth Lightly
Author: Shirley Erena Murray Meter: 5.5.10 D Appears in 23 hymnals
Touch the Earth Lightly
[Touch the earth lightly]
Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Tony Alonso (b. 1980) Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 32126 12165 12353 Used With Text: Touch the earth lightly
[Touch the earth lightly]
TENDERNESS
Meter: 5.5.10 D Appears in 19 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Colin Gibson Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 12325 17673 65451 Used With Text: Touch the Earth Lightly
TENDERNESS
Touch the Earth Lightly
Author: Shirley Erena Murray, b. 1931 Hymnal: Gather (3rd ed.) #805 (2011) Topics: Commitment; Creation; Ecology; Hope; Life; Peace; Repentance; Sin; Social Concern; Stewardship; Unity; World Scripture: Genesis 1:26 Languages: English Tune Title: [Touch the earth lightly]
Touch the Earth Lightly
Touch the earth lightly
Author: Shirley Erena Murray (b. 1931) Hymnal: Ancient and Modern #553b (2013) Lyrics: 1 Touch the earth lightly,
use the earth gently,
nourish the life of the world in our care:
gift of great wonder,
ours to surrender,
trust for the children tomorrow will bear.
2 We who endanger,
who create hunger,
agents of death for all creatures that live,
we who would foster
clouds of disaster —
God of our planet, forestall and forgive!
3 Let there be greening,
birth from the burning,
water that blesses and air that is sweet,
health in God's garden,
hope in God's children,
regeneration that peace will complete.
4 God of all living,
God of all loving,
God of the seedling, the snow and the sun,
teach us, deflect us,
Christ reconnect us,
using us gently, and making us one. Topics: Aid and development; Children; Children and All-Age Worship; Creation; Creation and the Environment; Environmental concern; Food and Hunger; Peace Scripture: Genesis 2:15 Languages: English Tune Title: [Touch the earth lightly]
Touch the earth lightly
Touch the Earth Lightly
Author: Shirley Erena Murray Hymnal: Worship and Song #3129 (2011) Meter: 10.10.10.10 First Line: Touch the earth lightly, use the earth gently Lyrics: 1 Touch the earth lightly, use the earth gently,
nourish the life of the world in our care:
gift of great wonder, ours to surrender,
trust for the children tomorrow will bear.
2 We who endanger, who create hunger,
agents of death for all creatures that live,
we who would foster clouds of disaster,
God of our planet, forestall and forgive!
3 Let there be greening, birth from the burning,
water that blesses and air that is sweet,
health in God's garden, hope in God's children,
regeneration that peace will complete.
4 God of all living, God of all loving,
God of the seedling, the snow, and the sun,
teach us, deflect us, Christ, reconnect us,
using us gently and making us one. Topics: Animals and Birds; Awe and Wonder; Caring; Children; Daily Living; Danger; Death; Disasters; Earth and Environment; Forgiveness; Gentleness; Giving; Hope; Hunger; Life; Love (Human); World Peace; Planet; Reconciliation; Regeneration; Seeds; Service Music Offertory; Stewardship; Surrender; Teaching; Unity; World; Animals and Birds; Awe and Wonder; Caring; Children; Daily Living; Danger; Death; Disasters; Earth and Environment; Forgiveness; Gentleness; Giving; Hope; Hunger; Life; Love (Human); World Peace; Planet; Reconciliation; Regeneration; Seeds; Service Music Offertory; Stewardship; Surrender; Teaching; Unity; World; Grace Sanctifying and Perfecting Grace Scripture: Genesis 1:26-30 Languages: English Tune Title: AI HU
Touch the Earth Lightly
Shirley Erena Murray
1931 - 2020 Person Name: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Author of "Touch the Earth Lightly" in Worship and Rejoice 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
Shirley Erena Murray
Tony Alonso
b. 1980 Person Name: Tony E. Alonso, b. 1980 Composer of "[Touch the earth lightly]" in Gather (3rd ed.) Tony Alonso has published several collections of liturgical music and his music appears in many hymnals throughout the world. He has an Bachelor of Music degree from Northwestern University and a M.A. degree in theology from Loyola Marymount University.
Tony Alonso
Swee-Hong Lim
b. 1963 Composer of "AI HU" in Worship and Song Dr. Swee Hong Lim is the Deer Park Assistant Professor of Sacred Music at Emmanuel College, and the Director of the Master of Sacred Music Program. He also serves as Director of the Chapel for the worship life of Emmanuel College. Before joining Emmanuel on July 1, 2012, Dr. Lim served as an Assistant Professor of Church Music at Baylor University. Prior to his work at Baylor, he served as a Lecturer of Worship, Liturgy, and Music at Trinity Theological College in Singapore.
Swee Hong is widely utilized as a leader for global seminars and conferences dealing with sacred music. He currently serves as the Co-Moderator of the Worship Committee for the 10th General Assembly of the World Council of Churches for its meeting in Busan, South Korea (2013), and also served as a member of the Worship Planning Committee for the 2011 Ecumenical Peace Convocation sponsored by the World Council held in Jamaica. From 2008-2010, he chaired the Board of Worship and Music for the Trinity Annual Conference of the Methodist Church in Singapore.
Swee Hong holds a PhD in Liturgical Studies from Drew University, where his dissertation won the Helen LePage and William Hale Chamberlain Prize for Outstanding Dissertation. He also holds a Master of Arts in Sacred Music from Perkins School of Theology. He completed his undergraduate work in Church Music at the Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music in the Philippines. Swee Hong is well-published in global music, with his monograph, Giving Voice to Asian Christians, especially known among global musicians. He is also a prolific composer of hymnody.
By Swee Hong Lim, From: http://www.emmanuel.utoronto.ca/about/faculty/lim.htm, 24 June 2014.
Swee-Hong Lim
