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Sing of A People
Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #70 (2017) Meter: 10.10.10.10 with refrain 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 Tune Title: [Sing of a people who came to rejoice]
Sing of A People
Hope for a Child
Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #38 (2017) Meter: 10.10.10.10 First Line: Hope for a child is a home that's secure Lyrics: 1 Hope, for a child, is a home that’s secure,
safety for sleeping, fresh water that’s pure,
food on the table, and clean clothes to wear,
love without limits from people who care.
2 Yet in our world many children today
live without hope, cast aside, tossed away,
homeless and hungry, abused, in ill health,
shrouded by apathy, hidden from wealth.
3 Who in our midst will show love to the lost?
Who will support them, whatever the cost?
Who has unlimited power to bring
hope to these children, and make their hearts sing?
4 Blessed by our birth, God, with more than is fair,
Gratefully, gladly we promise to share
all your good gifts with these children in need,
following Jesus in word and in deed.
Topics: Ministry Scripture: Matthew 25:35-36 Languages: English Tune Title: DRAKE
Hope for a Child
Three Cheers for Our Friends
Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #78 (2017) Meter: 11.11.11.11.11 First Line: Three cheers for our friends who, with talent and time Lyrics: Three cheers for our friends
who, with talent and time,
have served us in ways
so remarkably fine.
As leaders they guided us
day after day.
Now thank by singing a
Hip! Hip! Hooray!
Three cheers for our friends
who, with talent and time,
have served us in way so remarkably fine.
Hip! Hip! Hooray! (spoken)
Topics: Ministry Scripture: Philippians 1:3-5 Languages: English Tune Title: DESERVED PRAISE
Three Cheers for Our Friends
You Came to a World that Was Driven by Greed
Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #94 (2017) Meter: 11.11.11.11 Lyrics: 1 You came to a world that was driven by greed,
where money and power ignored human need,
a world not so different from our world today.
You came to reveal a new life, truth, and way:
2 A life that is willing to feel and to share
the burdens of poverty so many bear;
a way that is merciful, honest and just,
a way that the poorest among us can trust.
3 You came with the truth that God wants us to live
as persons who know how to love and to give,
to give of ourselves in our own time and place,
with joy and thanksgiving, humility, grace.
4 Christ Jesus, our Life and our Truth and our Way,
come into our world again this Christmas Day.
Compassionate Spirit and Generous One,
come stir us to act that God’s will may be done.
Topics: Christmas Then and now Scripture: John 14:6 Languages: English Tune Title: COMPASSIONATE SPIRIT
You Came to a World that Was Driven by Greed
A Fox Has a Den
Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #4 (2017) Meter: 5.5.5.5 D Lyrics: 1 A fox has a den,
a bird has a nest,
yet Jesus the Christ
had no place to rest,
save for a manger
in dim, dusty room,
an old, rugged cross,
a newly-made tomb.
2 Now risen, Christ walks
the streets of our town,
befriending the poor
wherever they’re found,
sharing the trials
of those without homes,
and bearing their pain
in feeling alone.
3 How can we leave you,
Christ, there with the poor,
to share in the life
that they must endure?
Here in our hearts there
is room! Be our guest!
Christ said, “I can’t come
without all the rest.
4 “When I was hungry,
you saw I was fed;
with no place to sleep,
you gave me a bed.
You were good neighbors
when I had no home,
now welcome the least,
my loved ones, my own.”
5 Compassionate Christ,
forgive us, we pray,
that we have ignored
the poor in this way.
Give us your vision
to see in each face
a neighbor in need
of our love and grace.
Scripture: Matthew 8:20 Languages: English Tune Title: CARTER'S TUNE
A Fox Has a Den
A Woman Was Sick
Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #8 (2017) Meter: 5.5.5.5 D Lyrics: 1 A woman was sick
and took to her bed.
She had a fever,
an ache in her head.
Her daughter cried out,
“Oh, Simon, my dear,
my mother’s so ill!
She’s dying, I fear!”
2 Her husband replied,
“Now don’t be afraid!
I will ask Jesus
to come to her aid.
He’s just up the street,
not that far away.
I know that he plans
to come here today.”
3 When Jesus arrived
he stood at her bed,
touched her hand gently,
and raised up her head.
The woman was healed,
her fever was gone!
She rose to serve him
as she’d always done.
4 The news quickly spread
throughout the whole land:
Jesus had saved her
with his healing hand!
The sick came in droves,
the blind, and the lame,
to be healed as well
in Love’s holy name.
5 Find hope in these signs
God's reign has begun,
hope in believing
what Jesus has done.
Take heart in the one,
made well by his care,
who rose up to serve
and gratefully share.
Topics: Healing Languages: English Tune Title: HEALING TOUCH
A Woman Was Sick
A Woman Was Sick
Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #10 (2017) Meter: 5.5.5.5 D Lyrics: 1 A woman was sick
and took to her bed.
She had a fever,
an ache in her head.
Her daughter cried out,
“Oh, Simon, my dear,
my mother’s so ill!
She’s dying, I fear!”
2 Her husband replied,
“Now don’t be afraid!
I will ask Jesus
to come to her aid.
He’s just up the street,
not that far away.
I know that he plans
to come here today.”
3 When Jesus arrived
he stood at her bed,
touched her hand gently,
and raised up her head.
The woman was healed,
her fever was gone!
She rose to serve him
as she’d always done.
4 The news quickly spread
throughout the whole land:
Jesus had saved her
with his healing hand!
The sick came in droves,
the blind, and the lame,
to be healed as well
in Love’s holy name.
5 Find hope in these signs
God's reign has begun,
hope in believing
what Jesus has done.
Take heart in the one,
made well by his care,
who rose up to serve
and gratefully share.
Topics: Healing Languages: English Tune Title: HEALING TOUCH
A Woman Was Sick
Now Thank We All Our God
Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #62 (2017) Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6 Lyrics: 1 Now thank we all our God
with heart and hands and voices,
who wondrous things has done,
in whom this world rejoices;
who, from our mother’s arms,
has blessed us on our way
with countless gifts of love,
and still is ours today.
2 O may this bounteous God
through all our life be near us,
with ever joyful hearts
and blessed peace to cheer us;
and keep us in his grace,
and guide us when perplexed,
and free us from all ills,
in this world and the next.
3 In temple, synagogue,
from minaret and steeple,
let songs of praise ring out
from all God’s faithful people,
to One who gives us hope,
in times of deep despair,
that peace will come one day,
and justice will be fair.
4 Sing praise and thanks to God
whose rule in love is grounded,
who cares for all our needs
with grace that is unbounded,
the one eternal God,
whom heaven and earth adore,
the God who was and is,
and shall be evermore.
Topics: Praise Scripture: Sirach 50:22-24 Languages: English Tune Title: NUN DANKET ALLE GOTT
Now Thank We All Our God
As Abraham and Sarah
Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #18 (2017) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Lyrics: 1 As Abraham and Sarah
once heeded your command,
and left their home to journey
into a strange, new land,
God, may we too be ready
to listen when you call,
and find the faith to answer
that we may give our all.
2 As Moses led the Hebrews
across the desert sand,
through wilderness and danger
to reach the Promised Land,
God, may we bravely follow
wherever you may lead,
and find hope in your promise
to care for every need.
3 As Jesus welcomed children,
restored sight to the blind,
forgave the sins of strangers,
and healed a troubled mind,
God, may we show your mercy,
compassion, kindness too,
and find Christ’s love embodied
in all we say and do.
4 For faith to make life’s journey,
for hope that leads us on,
for love that yields compassion
and seeks to right each wrong,
God, for these gifts we thank you,
and offer you our praise.
With thankful hearts we promise
to serve you all our days.
Topics: Ansering God's Call Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:13 Languages: English Tune Title: CUMMING ROAD
As Abraham and Sarah
Before the Dawn Had Broken
Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #22 (2017) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Lyrics: 1 Before the dawn had broken,
before God's lamp was spent,
a boy heard someone calling
and wondered what it meant.
The old priest reassured him,
so Samuel, without fear,
said, ""God, your servant listens,
and waits, your word to hear.""
2 A young lad went to battle
a giant ten feet tall,
while others watched and trembled,
and thought to see him fall.
Said David, ""God protects me;
I come in God's own name.""
God helped him save the people,
by faith make good his claim.
3 The soldier was a leper
who thought his doom was sure,
but then a young girl told him,
"God's prophet has a cure."
She sent him to Elisha
who showed him what to do.
and he, made whole and healthy,
saw he could trust God too.
4 The multitude was hungry.
“We have no food,” they said.
A little boy came forward
to share his fish and bread.
“It is enough,” said Jesus,
“this gift of love will last.”
He blessed the loaves and fishes,
and no one had to fast.
5 A child becomes a prophet,
a shepherd boy a king,
a maid, a means of healing.
a boy, of offering.
May we have faith like children,
like them come to believe
that when we trust love’s power
great blessings we receive.
Topics: Children in the Bible Scripture: Isaiah 11:6 Languages: English Tune Title: CHILD-LIKE FAITH
Before the Dawn Had Broken
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