Voices Together ‎#797

797. We Are People of God’s Peace

Text Information

• First Line: We are people of God’s peace
• Title: We Are People of God’s Peace
• Versifier (stanzas 1, 3, 4): David Augsburger (1978)
• Adapter: Esther Bergen (1990)
• Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
• Publication Date: 2020
• Scripture:
  2 Corinthians 5:16-21
  ;
  Ephesians 2:13-20
• Topic: Community; Covenant; Discipleship; Heritage: 16th-Century; Heritage: 16th-Century Anabaptist; Mennonite World Fellowship Sunday; New Creation; Nonviolence; Peace; Reconciliation
• Source: based on Menno Simons (present-day Netherlands), Reply to False Accusations, 1552; stanza 2 vers. Mennonite Worship and Song Committee, 2017
• Copyright: stanza 2 © Mennonite World Conference
• ONE LICENSE: VT797

Tune Information

• Name: AVE VIRGO VIRGINUM (GAUDEAMUS PARITER)
• Composer: Johann Horn
• Meter: 7.6.7.6 D
• Key: G Major
• Source: Ein Gesangbuch der Brüder im Behemen und Merherrn, 1544; rev. in Catholicum Hymnologium Germanicum, 1584