Though most of the productions I’ve worked on celebrate the birth and death of Jesus, they’ve often begun with a prologue at Creation. I love opening with Creation: it starts the service from the perspective of the entirety of human history.
Consider opening your church’s next special service with the beginning of time. Below are some of my favorites, and as always, this list include links to performance tracks, piano sheet music, and guitar chords.
Creation Song (Fernando Ortega)
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He wraps Himself in light
As with a garment
He spreads out the heavens
And walks on the wings of the wind
Creation Sings the Father’s Song (Keith & Kristyn Getty)
Piano music | Chords | Chords option 2
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Creation sings the Father’s song;
He calls the sun to wake the dawn
And run the course of day
Till evening falls in crimson rays.
His fingerprints in flakes of snow,
His breath upon this spinning globe,
He charts the eagle’s flight;
Commands the newborn baby’s cry.
Behold Our God (Sovereign Grace)
Piano sheet music & guitar chords
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Who has held the oceans in his hands?
Who has numbered every grain of sand?
Kings and nations tremble at his voice
All creation rises to rejoice
Behold our God, seated on his throne
Come, let us adore him
Behold our king, nothing can compare
Come, let us adore him
God of Wonders (Chris Tomlin)
Chords | Piano music | Piano music option 2
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Lord of all creation
Of water, earth, and sky
The heavens are Your tabernacle
Glory to the Lord on High
God of wonders, beyond out galaxy
You are holy, holy
The universe declares Your majesty
You are holy, holy
Indescribable (Chris Tomlin)
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Indescribable, uncontainable,
You placed the stars in the sky and You know them by name.
You are amazing God
All powerful, untameable,
Awestruck we fall to our knees as we humbly proclaim
You are amazing God
Good (Matthew West & Leigh Nash)
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If I could, I’d rewrite history
I’d choose differently
If I could, I would
I’d leave out the part where I broke Your heart
In the garden’s shade
Fix the mess I made
If I could, I would
Can You hear us cry?
Wishing we could turn back time
To feel Your breath when branches move
Take one more sunset walk with You
Must each tomorrow hold
Such brokenness untold?
Can’t imagine how You could
See all of me and say it’s good
This My Soul (Gray Havens)
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A voice came and spoke to the silence
The words took on beauty and form
The form took its shape as a garden was born
Then man from the dust came reflecting
All goodness and beauty and life
But he lowered his gaze
As he listened to the face of low desires
This my soul you were born
You were born into
What this man has done
It all extends to you
Let the words shake on down along your spine
And ring out true that you might find new life