The project is set up by Resound Worship, a group of British worship songwriters who want to equip the local church with lyrics that talk about caring for the planet.
Joel Payne, a songwriter and co-ordinator of Resound Worship, told Premier why they want to do it: “You only have to switch on the news these days for ten minutes to realise there’s a big crisis in our world in terms of the environment and as a group of songwriters we’re always looking at what we sing in church – the kind of language, the kind of themes and so on because they reflect quite a lot what’s important to us – and we’ve been really aware that we don’t have a lot to say in worship language, especially contemporary worship language in church, so we thought we’d better get onto it and try to write a collection of new songs which cover these kind of themes.”
Anyone can submit a song idea for £5 (maximum two songs) by Friday 18th October, by filling out an online form with the song title, lyrics, chord chart or mp3 file, or a note saying that the lyrics are to the tune of a traditional hymn.
Advice on the website guides entrants to make it sound like it could seamlessly be used in a church service and gives some suggestions of places in the Bible to go to for ideas, such as Psalm 104, Genesis 2:15 and Ezekiel 34:18, about enjoying creation without ruining it.
Mr Payne added that there may be…
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