Glory to God ‎#404

404. What Is This Place

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Text Information

• First Line: What is this place, where we are meeting?
• Title: What Is This Place
• Author: Huub Oosterhuis (1968)
• Translator: David Smith (1970)
• Meter: 9.8.9.8.9.6.6
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Matthew 18:20
  ;
  Acts 2:1-3
  ;
  Acts 2:17-21
  ;
  Romans 16:5
  ;
  1 Corinthians 11:23-26
• Topic: The Church; Community in Christ; Gathering
• Copyright: © 1967 Gooi En Sticht, Bv, Baarn, The Netherlands (admin. OCP for English-language countries)
• ONE LICENSE: 80945

Tune Information

• Name: KOMT NU MET ZANG
• Harmonizer: Bernard Huijbers (1968)
• Meter: 9.8.9.8.9.6.6
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Neder-landtsch Gedanck-Clanck, 1626
• Copyright: Harm. © 1967 Gooi En Sticht, Bv, Baarn, The Netherlands (admin. OCP for English-language countries)

Text Information:

This text by a 20th-century Jesuit beautifully captures the fundamental truth that “church” is not primarily the building but the people who come together in order to be nourished by Word and Table so that they may show forth Christ’s redeeming presence in the world.