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Free to Serve

We may choose to walk through this world alone

Author: Tom Colvin
Tune: BOLGATANGA
ONE LICENSE: 245410
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Source: Come, Let Us Walk This Road Together: 43 songs from Africa #33
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Author: Tom Colvin

Tom Colvin (b. 1925; d. 2000) was trained as an engineer and worked in that profession in Burma and Singa­pore from 1945 to 1948. After studying theology at Trinity College, Glasgow University, he was ordained in the Church of Scotland in 1954. He served as missionary in Nyasa­land (now Malawi) from 1954 to 1958, in Ghana from 1958 to 1964, and again in Nyasa­land from 1964 to 1974. His work there included preaching, education, and community development. After completing his missionary work, Colvin became a minister in the United Reformed Church of England and served an inner-city church in London. He returned to Africa in 1984 as a development consultant to the Zimbabwe Christian Council. Colvin's writings include Christ's Work in Free… Go to person page >

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First Line: We may choose to walk through this world alone
Title: Free to Serve
Author: Tom Colvin
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Free to serve, yes, free to serve
Copyright: © 1976, rev. © 1997 Hope Publishing Co.
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Come, Let Us Walk This Road Together #33

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Fill Us With Your Love #16

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