Grace the fences with graffiti
Grace the fences with graffiti
by Andrew Pratt
Grace the fences with graffiti take your frightened children home, shield us from the street-wise bullies, hear us, keep us safe from harm. While they harass and upset us we are watching for your face; looking out beyond the garbage to your smile that signals grace. Verse 3 follo…
Greeted by a man who knew them
Greeted by a man who knew them
by Andrew Pratt
Greeted by a man who knew them, though he'd never met or seen Philip, Peter or Nathaniel, never walked where they had been. Such perception raised suspicion, who this mystery man might be: self styled seer or wand'ring prophet? Who was it that they could see? Verses 2-3 follow …
Great God we call to you for love
Great God we call to you for love
by Andrew Pratt
Great God we call to you for love to hold us through the night, to shield us from the words that speak of ridicule or spite. Oh gracious God remove the guilt that binds us to the past, that then forgiven, loved and free we’ll know your grace can last. Verses 3-4 follow Tune: NATI…
GOOD FRIDAY HYMN - Mid laughter and derision
GOOD FRIDAY HYMN - Mid laughter and derision
by Andrew Pratt
GOOD FRIDAY HYMN - Mid laughter and derision - This hymn pictures the scene around the death of Jesus and then challenges us. TUNE: THORNBURY Also available in PowerPoint Format - Click Here Extract: Mid laughter and derision, with mocking, mournful cry, see evil's quiet corrupti…
Great God your love has held our lives
Great God your love has held our lives
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn - Great God your love has held our lives NEW HYMN FOR THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER Great God your love has held our lives across the years down to this day. Your constant presence held us fast: remain with us we plead and pray. We watched the …
Great God your love has held our lives
Great God your love has held our lives
by Andrew Pratt
Great God your love has held our lives through all the years down to this day. Your constant presence held us fast: remain with us we plead and pray. We've sen the ruins left by war, the tumbled buildings, street by street; some heard the voices that they loved and cried for thos…
Here is hope in desolation
Here is hope in desolation
by Andrew Pratt
3rd Sunday in Lent Romans 5: 1 – 11 Hymn: Here is hope in desolation Here is hope in desolation: pain that speaks of sacrifice bringing deeper faith among us, mirrored God, embodied Christ. Here within this turmoil, testing, every sinew of God’s grace stretched in tension, peace …
Here is love-the prophet’s promise!
Here is love-the prophet’s promise!
by Andrew Pratt
Here is love - the prophet’s promise! Here the Christ has come to birth! Hear the loud angelic chorus peace is promised for the earth. Joy for all the world – God’s blessing: wisdom wakes, and hope is found. Crying quenched, all anguish ended, Christ has come to Bethl’ems ground.…
Herod waiting Herod watching
Herod waiting Herod watching
by Andrew Pratt
First after Christmas Year A Matthew 2: 13 – 23 Hymn: Herod waiting, Herod watching Herod waiting, Herod watching, Herod grasping, holding power, Herod fearful for the future, Herod counting every hour... Tune: HEROD WAITING, HEROD WATCHING - sheet music available to download. …
Here the herald calls the nations
Here the herald calls the nations
by Andrew Pratt
Here the herald calls the nations, pointing to the path to peace, making clear the way for God-head, bringing freedom and release. Hear the word that he is preaching, ‘turn again toward God’s way’. See the Lord of life is coming, greet the Lord’s expected day. Verse 3 follows Tun…
Here is the message that we hold
Here is the message that we hold
by Andrew Pratt
Here is the message that we hold, the words that drive us on, to bring Good News to those we meet until the Kingdom's come; until the reign of Christ is won in every time and place, until all people know that they are held within God's grace; Verses 3-4 follow Tune: FINGAL Metre:…
How could this man from Nazareth
How could this man from Nazareth
by Andrew Pratt
How could this man from Nazareth speak with such power and heal the sick, he spoke with great authority, the healing might have been a trick? But those who came were healed, made well, and what he said was common sense, yet spoken in a way well honed, the word of God, the present…
How can God, condemned, be hanging?