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Through All the World a Hungry Christ

Author: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Marginalized Lyrics: 1 Through all the world a hungry Christ must scavenge far for daily bread, must beg the rich for crumb and crust. We are the rich, the daily fed. 2 Beyond the church a leper Christ takes each untouchable by hand, gives hope to those who have no trust, whose stigma is our social brand. 3 In torture cell, a pris'ner Christ for justice and for truth must cry to free the innocent oppressed while we at liberty pass by. 4 We do not know you, beggar Christ, we do not recognize your sores, we do not see, for we are blind: forgive us, touch us, make us yours. Used With Tune: BOURBON

Why Should the Earth Disclose a Face

Author: Geoffrey F. Spencer, 1927-2005 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 1 hymnal Topics: Marginalized Used With Tune: CANONBURY

My God Who Called Creation

Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr., 1944- Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Marginalized First Line: Mighty God who called creation Lyrics: 1 Mighty God who called creation from the unformed womb of space, newborn worlds of gleaming glory, fresh with hope and ripe with grace: speak again with power and promise when the storms of fear increase; to our chaos and confusion let your light and truth bring peace. 2 As we worship, may your Spirit breathe through us the pow'r of prayer, words of life for daily living, strength to do and faith to dare. Come, enflame us, Holy Spirit, like the church at Pentecost; help us bear the light of blessing to the least, the last, the lost. 3 Rooted in the love of Jesus, nourished by his flesh and blood, may we prove a fruitful vineyard joined in mutual servanthood. Work through us, O risen Savior, to reap peace from fields of strife; bring our barren wastes to blossom; lead us out of death to life. 4 Keep us faithful, joyful, loving, filled with hope through grief and pain, knowing that the One who made us has redeemed and will sustain: Triune God, of boundless glory, yet in human form made known, raise us up to be a people called by love to be your own. Used With Tune: WEISSE FLAGGEN

Who Is My Mother, Who Is My Brother?

Author: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Meter: 10.9.10.9. Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Marginalized Lyrics: 1 Who is my mother, who is my brother? All those who gather round Jesus Christ: Spirit-blown people born from the gospel sit at the table, round Jesus Christ. 2 Differently abled, differently labeled widen the circle round Jesus Christ: crutches and stigmas, cultures' enigmas all come together round Jesus Christ. 3 Love will relate us— color or status can't segregate us, round Jesus Christ: family failings, human derailings— all are accepted, round Jesus Christ. 4 Bound by one vision, met for one mission we claim each other, round Jesus Christ: here is my mother, here is my brother, kindred in Spirit, through Jesus Christ. Scripture: Matthew 12:47-50 Used With Tune: KINDRED

I Am Standing Waiting

Author: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Marginalized First Line: I am standing waiting, waiting at your door Lyrics: 1 I am standing waiting, waiting at your door, one of hunger's children from a billion poor, though you cannot see me, though I am so small— listen to my crying, crying for us all. 2 I stand at your table asking to be fed, holding up my rice bowl, begging for your bread, I stand at your schoolroom longing just to learn, hoping that you'll teach me ways to live and earn. 3 I stand at hour clinic begging for vaccine, I stand at your wash place where the water's clean, I stand at your office, beg the heads of state, I am just a child, so I must hope and wait. 4 I stand in your churches, listen to your prayers, long to know a God who understands and cares. If there is a God, a God who loves the poor, I'm still standing waiting, waiting at your door. Scripture: Matthew 25:31-36 Used With Tune: AU CLAIR DE LA LUNE

Eternal God Transcending Time

Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr., 1944- Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Appears in 2 hymnals Topics: Marginalized Lyrics: 1 Eternal God transcending time, yet mindful of the fears, the hopes, the questions raised for us by ever-changing years: so guide us through our pilgrim days that we may find a home where justice, truth, and mercy meet, fulfilled in your shalom. 2 Incarnate God revealed in time, true Word in flesh retold, who marked the years from birth to death, then rose to break death's hold: by your becoming one with us, help us to know and claim the unity of all baptized in your redeeming name. 3 Life-breathing God enliv'ning time, awaking heart and tongue, inspiring prophets, bringing hope, consoling old and young: draw us to those denied your gifts by bias, want, or strife, convert our wills and form through us new channels of your life. 4 Great Triune God, so bless the time entrusted to our care, that all our varied ministries may form a common prayer; then when time ceases, bring us where divisions are undone, that in your presence, joined in praise, at last we may be one. Scripture: John 1:1-4 Used With Tune: THE FLIGHT OF THE EARLS

Come Now, You Hungry

Author: Colleen Fulmer, 1951-; Rufino Zaragoza, OFM, 1957-; Ervelyne Bernard, 19730; Joey Williams, 1972- Meter: 5.5.6.4 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Marginalized Scripture: Matthew 11:28 Used With Tune: [Come now, you hungry]

Come and Bring Light

Author: Kevin Keil, 1956- Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: Marginalized First Line: To the ones broken-hearted Refrain First Line: Come and bring light to a people in darkness Scripture: Psalm 119:18 Used With Tune: OPEN OUR EYES

Draw the Circle Wide

Author: Gordon Light, 1944- Meter: 8.7.8.5 with refrain Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Marginalized First Line: God the still point of the circle Used With Tune: [God the still point of the circle]

Leftover People in Leftover Places

Author: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Meter: 11.10.11.10 D Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Marginalized Lyrics: 1 Leftover people in leftover places, troubled, disabled, the needy and sad, scavenging crumbs from society's plenty, sick to the soul when their life has gone bad; these are the ones in God's upside-down kingdom deemed to be worthy and called to the feast, soup-kitchen people invited to banquet, valued as greatly as royal and priest. 2 Leftover people, disposable people, locked into prisons of drugs and despair, poverty's children in poverty's spiral, locked out of learning and earning their share; these are the ones in God's upside-down kingdom, these are the Christ in their shabby disguise, these are the least and the highly unlikely, given a hope and new light in their eyes. 3 Here is God's testing of true Easter people, spirited people with service to give, taking to heart the compassion of Jesus, feeling how others must struggle to live; we are a part of God's upside-down kingdom, we know the heart if the gospel's demand, taking our part with the leftover people, widening the space of the lines in the sand. Scripture: Matthew 25:31-45 Used With Tune: CONNECT