Workshops introduced children to the story of Noye’s Fludde and related it to issues of climate breakdown in today’s society. At the end of each session, children were asked to write a letter to their Headteacher or local MP, explaining what they’d learnt and asking for help in stopping the impending flood.

These letters formed the basis of the redrafted hymn texts below, adapted by Marina McCready.

  • Hear this listen to me

    Hear this, listen to me

    Our precious world could end

    The burning earth, the rising sea

    What’s broken, we must mend.

    Hear this, listen to me

    Give all the help you can

    Save earth’s dear creatures, set them free

    Care for your fellow man.

    Hear this, listen to me

    Alone, we’re not enough;

    But work together as a team

    No storm will be too tough.

    Hear this, listen to me

    That, when the flood is past

    We may a healthy planet see

    And live in joy at last.

  • Small drizzles of the rain

    Small drizzles of the rain so soon

    Turned into thunder, lightning, doom

    And as a virus it shall spread

    Thousands of innocent lives dead

    O hear us when we cry to thee

    For those in peril on the sea.

    Through winds and waves our boat is tossed

    We mourn our homes and all we’ve lost

    We hope somehow we’ll make it through

    So tell me now: what will you do?

    O hear us when we cry to thee

    For those in peril on the sea.

    With all your help we can stay safe

    And rise above the rising wave

    The rain and thunder fin’lly cease

    And give to all the planet peace

    O hear us when we cry to thee

    For those in peril on the sea.

  • Look after pimlico our home

    Look after Pimlico, our home

    A place that we can call our own

    A caring, kind community

    We live and learn in unity.

    Look after buses, tubes and rail

    Churchill Gardens, Chippendale

    The Tate Britain, the groc’ry stores

    The river Thames’ gentle shores.

    Look after schools in Pimlico

    That teach us all we need to know

    There’s art to make and sport to play

    And dear friends to see ev’ryday.

    Look after neighbours, families

    The flowers, animals and trees

    All creatures young, old, big and small

    Care for each other one and all.

    Look after Earth and all it gives:

    Our food, our home, the lives we live.

    It keeps us safe, it keeps us warm

    We must protect it from the storm.

    Look after Pimlico, our home

    A place that we can call our own

    A caring, kind community

    We live and learn in unity.

original texts

  • Lord Jesus think on me

    Lord Jesus, think on me,

    And purge away my sin;

    From earthborn passions set me free,

    And make me pure within.

    Lord Jesus, think on me,

    Nor let me go astray;

    Through darkness and perplexity

    Point thou the heavenly way.

    Lord Jesus, think on me,

    When flows the tempest high:

    When on doth rush the enemy

    O Saviour, be thou nigh.

    Lord Jesus, think on me,

    That, when the flood is past,

    I may eternal brightness see,

    And share thy joy at last.

  • eternal father, strong to save

    Eternal Father, strong to save,

    Whose arm doth bind the restless wave,

    Who bidd’st the mighty ocean deep

    Its own appointed limits keep:

    O hear us when we cry to thee

    For those in peril on the sea.

    O Saviour, whose almighty word

    The winds and waves submissive heard,

    Who walkedst on the foaming deep,

    And calm amidst its rage didst sleep:

    O hear us when we cry to thee

    For those in peril on the sea.

    O Sacred Spirit, who didst brood

    Upon the chaos dark and rude,

    Who bad’st its angry tumult cease,

    And gavest light and life and peace:

    O hear us when we cry to thee

    For those in peril on the sea.

  • The Spacious Firmament on High

    The spacious firmament on high

    With all the blue ethereal sky

    And spangled heavens, a shining frame.

    Their great original proclaim.

    Th’ unwearied sun from day to day

    Doth his Creator’s power display,

    And publishes to every land

    The works of an almighty hand.

    Soon as the evening shades prevail

    The moon takes up the wondrous tale,

    And nightly to the listening earth

    Repeates the story of her birth.

    Whilst all the stars that round her burn,

    And all the planets in their turn

    Confirm the tidings, as they roll,

    And spread the truth from pole to pole.

    What though in solemn silence all

    Move round the dark terrestrial ball.

    What though nor real voice nor sound

    Amid their radiant orbs be found.

    In reason’s ear they all rejoice.

    And utter forth a glorious voice;

    For ever singing as they shine,

    ‘The hand that made us is Divine.’