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When We Lift Our Pack and Go

Author: Shirley Erena Murray Meter: 7.8.7.7 with refrain Appears in 3 hymnals Refrain First Line: God is in the other place

LEONARD

Meter: 7.8.7.7 with refrain Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Ian Render Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 34565 61217 61767 Used With Text: When We Lift Our Pack and Go

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Author: Shirley Erena Murray Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #793 (1995) Meter: 7.8.7.7 with refrain Lyrics: 1 When we lift our pack and go, when we seek another country, moving far from all we know, when we long to journey free - Refrain: God is in the other place, God is in another's face, in the faith we travel by, God is in the other place. 2 Through the loneliness of night, through the sky's uncharted spaces not a sparrow falls in flight but a loving God will care - [Refrain] 3 Sons and daughter must depart, friends will go on other journeys, only constant is the heart that an trust its God to be - [Refrain] 4 In the hands outstretched to greet, through the open doors of strangers there is love we yet can meet and believe the Christ is there - [Refrain] Topics: Journey; God--Presence of; Journey; Parting; Travelers; Trust and Confidence Scripture: Hebrews 11:8-19 Languages: English Tune Title: LEONARD

When We Lift Our Pack and Go

Author: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Hymnal: Community of Christ Sings #634 (2013) Meter: 7.8.7.7 with refrain Refrain First Line: God is in the other place Topics: Commission; Courage; Exploration; Faith; Hospitality; Separation; Trust Scripture: Ruth 1:16-17 Languages: English Tune Title: LEONARD

Song For Travellers

Author: Shirley Murray Hymnal: Alleluia Aotearoa #153 (1999) First Line: When we lift our pack and go Refrain First Line: God is in the other place Topics: Nature of God; Travel/Journey; Unity; World Languages: English Tune Title: LEONARD

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Shirley Erena Murray

1931 - 2020 Person Name: Shirley Erena Murray, 1931- Author of "When We Lift Our Pack and Go" in Community of Christ Sings Shirley Erena Murray (b. Invercargill, New Zealand, 1931) studied music as an undergraduate but received a master’s degree (with honors) in classics and French from Otago University. Her upbringing was Methodist, but she became a Presbyterian when she married the Reverend John Stewart Murray, who was a moderator of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. Shirley began her career as a teacher of languages, but she became more active in Amnesty International, and for eight years she served the Labor Party Research Unit of Parliament. Her involvement in these organizations has enriched her writing of hymns, which address human rights, women’s concerns, justice, peace, the integrity of creation, and the unity of the church. Many of her hymns have been performed in CCA and WCC assemblies. In recognition for her service as a writer of hymns, the New Zealand government honored her as a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit on the Queen’s birthday on 3 June 2001. Through Hope Publishing House, Murray has published three collections of her hymns: In Every Corner Sing (eighty-four hymns, 1992), Everyday in Your Spirit (forty-one hymns, 1996), and Faith Makes the Song (fifty hymns, 2002). The New Zealand Hymnbook Trust, for which she worked for a long time, has also published many of her texts (cf. back cover, Faith Makes the Song). In 2009, Otaga University conferred on her an honorary doctorate in literature for her contribution to the art of hymn writing. I-to Loh, Hymnal Companion to “Sound the Bamboo”: Asian Hymns in Their Cultural and Liturgical Context, p. 468, ©2011 GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago