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In the quiet of this place

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #50 (2017) Tune Title: QUIET PLACE Lyrics: 1 In the quiet of this place, hold us in your warm embrace, hear us as we pray for grace. Holy God, redeem us. 2 As we listen to your voice, may it guide our every choice, in your way let us rejoice. Holy Jesus, teach us. 3 When it’s time for us to part, write your words on eery heart, let our deeds your love impart. Holy Spirit, lead us. Topics: Prayer Scripture: 1 Kings 19:11-12 Languages: English

How Foolish They Were

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #44 (2017) Tune Title: ROCKVILLE First Line: How foolish they were who came from the East Lyrics: 1 How foolish they were, who came from the East, how foolish, and yet, oh, so wise, to travel so far because of a star they saw as a sign in the skies. 2 How foolish, yet wise, to see in a child the ruler God’s prophets foretold! What folly, what joy to give a poor boy their frankincense, myrrh, precious gold! 3 How foolish, yet wise, to trust in a dream, a powerful king disobey; to see through the plan of this evil man, and seek an alternative way. 4 May we be such fools, may we be so wise as those who once came from the East, to see in each face, in every poor place, the Child in the lost and the least. 5 As light from the star has opened our eyes the pain of the poor now revealed, may we dare to care, to give and to share, that one day the world may be healed. Topics: Epiphany Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12 Languages: English

Sing of A People

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #70 (2017) Meter: 10.10.10.10 with refrain Tune Title: [Sing of a people who came to rejoice] First Line: Sing of a people who came to rejoice Refrain First Line: We are this people! The church is our home Lyrics: 1 Sing of a people who come to rejoice, praising God’s glory with one heart and voice, praying for pardon, for strength, and for bread, bringing their offerings that all may be fed. We are this people! The church is our home. Through us may Christ make the love of God known. 2 Sing of a people who, all their life long, learn from the scriptures, the stories and song, growing in faith through the life that they share, catching the spirit of love that is there. We are this people! The church is our home. Through us may Christ make the love of God known. 3 Sing of a people who gratefully give in want and plenty, that others may live, showing compassion for people in need. Faith without works is a poor faith indeed. We are this people! The church is our home. Through us may Christ make the love of God known. 4 Sing of a people who willingly bear burdens of friends facing grief and despair, sorrows of strangers who long for God’s grace, holding them all in a caring embrace. We are this people! The church is our home. Through us may Christ make the love of God known. 5 Sing of a people who stand side by side, welcoming strangers with arms opened wide, offering them friendship, their very own place here at the font and the table of grace. We are this people! The church is our home. Through us may Christ make the love of God known. Topics: Church Scripture: 1 Peter 1:2 Languages: English

Send Us Your Holy Spirit, God

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #68 (2017) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Tune Title: SPIRIT GUIDE Lyrics: Send us your Holy Spirit, God, be Comforter and Guide. Encourage us and lead us as we walk along beside our friends who carry burdens much too great to bear alone, and through our faithful presence make your love for them be known. Topics: Ministry Scripture: Galatians 6:2 Languages: English

God of Wisdom and Compassion

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #32 (2017) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Tune Title: STRATHMORE ARTS Lyrics: 1 God of wisdom and compassion, whose image we all bear, we sing praise to you for feelings that we, your children, share: for our times of pain and sorrow, our loneliness and fright, for the joys of love and laughter, of wonder and delight. 2 Out of pain and joy the psalmist gave voice to faith in song; prophet-poets called for justice to overcome all wrong; and through stories and in letters, apostles spread the word of the love they found in Jesus, our risen, living Lord. 3 New believers, fearing danger, carved symbols in the stones; others painted sacred pictures in caves and catacombs. Abbey monks, in golden writing, brought beauty to each page, and Reformers, in their singing, gave hope to every age. 4 Artists, moved by their emotions, like saints of yesterday, still respond with new creations in fabric, paint, and clay. Some express in prayers and sermons a faith steadfast and strong; others write new words and music for drama, dance, and song, 5 God of wisdom and compassion, who gives us will and heart, and inspires us through our feelings in each new work of art, may our minds and hands and voices your truth and love proclaim, and the works we have created bring glory to your name. Topics: Church History; Fine Arts Scripture: Genesis 1:26 Languages: English

Risen Christ, Come to Our Table

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #66 (2017) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Tune Title: TABLE GRACE Lyrics: Risen Christ, come to our table. Come as host and come as guest. Welcome, welcome to our table. By your presence we are blessed. Topics: Prayer Table Grace Scripture: Luke 24:28-34 Languages: English

Bethlehem, the House of Bread

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #1 (2017) Tune Title: THE HOUSE OF BREAD Lyrics: 1 Bethlehem, the House of Bread, there upon a hillside, just ahead, who comes now to be enrolled? Joseph and Mary, tired and cold. Bethlehem, the House of Bread. 2 Bethlehem, the House of Bread, “Pity my poor Mary,” Joseph said. “See her weary, so forlorn. Her time will come before the morn.” Bethlehem, the House of Bread. 3 Bethlehem, the House of Bread, who has room for her to lay her head? Soon, she’ll bear her little son. He is the Christ, God’s Promised One. Bethlehem, the House of Bread. 4 Bethlehem, the House of Bread, Finding no room there, they go instead to a cave so warm and dry, with all the creatures standing by. Bethlehem, the House of Bread. 5 Bethlehem, the House of Bread, Come and greet the child in manger bed. Know that in this holy birth, the Bread of Life has come to earth! Bethlehem, the House of Bread. Topics: Christmas Birth of Jesus Scripture: Luke 2:4-7 Languages: English

Like a Thief in the Night

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #52 (2017) Tune Title: THIEF IN THE NIGHT Refrain First Line: Kyrie, kyrie eleison Lyrics: 1 Like a thief in the night, like the pangs that herald birth, Christ will come, unannounced, once again upon this earth. Kyrie eleison. 2 Be prepared, stay awake, Sons and daughters of the light. Live in faith, live in hope, for he comes to make things right. Kyrie eleison. 3 In the light of God’s grace, judgment is no cause for fear. Christ will come to forgive all who wait, repentant, here. Kyrie eleison. Topics: Advent Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:2-10 Languages: English

May the mind of Christ, our Savior

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #51 (2017) Tune Title: THOUGHTFUL CONSENSUS Lyrics: 1 May the mind of Christ, our Savior, be in all who gather here, charged with making wise decisions for the church we hold so dear. 2 When we differ, let us listen with humility and grace, to ideas others offer for the challenges we face. 3 Let us seek to reach consensus, points where we can all agree, then, led by the Holy Spirit, act with love and charity. Topics: Consensus; Prayer Languages: English

Skillful Hands and Nimble Fingers

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #57 (2017) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Tune Title: THREADS AND NEEDLES Lyrics: 1 Skillful hands and nimble fingers work with fabric, yarn and thread, quilting, weaving, knitting, sewing, offering prayers in words unsaid. 2 God, we pray these gifts we fashion joyfully, with thought and care, may delight and comfort others lifted up to you in prayer. Topics: Ministry Scripture: Colossians 3:17 Languages: English