When we fail temptation's testing
When we fail temptation's testing
by Andrew Pratt
When we fail temptation's testing, find our conscience sleeping, resting, hear your people's true confession, bring your grace to make us whole. Give us time for reparation, through your mercy, re-creation, yet when time prevents forgiving may your grace still make us whole. Vers…
Hymn: See all creation leap with praise
Hymn: See all creation leap with praise
by Andrew Pratt
See all creation leap with praise, the floods will clap their hands, the seas will roar, the hills will sing, and joy will fill all lands. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: LYDIA Metre: CM Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 23/4/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. …
SING A SONG OF JOY
SING A SONG OF JOY
by Audrey Hogan
Spontaneous words to an original tune sung by Audrey Hogan.An invitation to sing a song of welcome to the Saviour at Christmas time. Sing a song of joy to Christ our Savior, Sing a song of joy to Christ our king, Come and see him lying in a manger, Come and see him gentle little …
Come let us sing a melody
Come let us sing a melody
by Marjorie Dobson
Come let us sing a melody to praise the God of harmony and blend our voices, weak or strong, in thanks to God who gave us song. So, sing our praise out loud and clear in songs that all the world can hear. Come each musician use your art and every instrument take part. Let trumpet…
Bright morning maker
Bright morning maker
by Marjorie Dobson
Hymn: Bright morning maker Trinity Sunday Year A Genesis 1: 1-2, 4a; Psalm 8 Bright morning maker, as your sun breaks through, dawn’s early light reflects in morning dew. So thankful people sing their praise to you: Alleluia Daylight creator, through the busy day, sun, chasing sh…
If only the righteous go in through the Lord's gate
If only the righteous go in through the Lord's gate
by Andrew Pratt
If only the righteous go in through the Lord's gate then who can be rescued, yes who can be saved? Can love be so gracious to those who are needy, to bring them salvation, all penalties waived? God's loving is boundless toward all the people, the love of a parent when children ar…
Creation sings beyond our range
Creation sings beyond our range
by Andrew Pratt
Creation sings beyond our range the source of awe and wonder, melodic symphony of praise, in silence and through thunder. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: DOMINUS REGIT ME; ST COLUMBA (Irish) Metre: 8.7.8.7 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 23/4/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, …
God loves a scandal, look at Christ
God loves a scandal, look at Christ
by Andrew Pratt
God loves a scandal, look at Christ, his crying indignation will turn our tables round again, infect our generation. And those of us who hold some power, our influence diluted, will sense the end of all we love, our treasured schemes uprooted. Verses 3-5 follow Andrew Pratt (bo…
Hymn: Visions of paradise: heaven disclosing
Hymn: Visions of paradise: heaven disclosing
by Andrew Pratt
Visions of paradise: heaven disclosingsomething of beauty, of joy and delight; colours cascading that shimmer before us, tempting from darkness to temples of light. But we are grounded, the earth pulls, constrains us, keeping us close to the things that we know. Ours is the commo…
TRINITY HYMN The void that rippled with your breath
TRINITY HYMN The void that rippled with your breath
by Andrew Pratt
A majestic hymn that moves from through incarnation, cross and resurrection to Pentecost and beyond. Tune: ELLACOMBE Extract: The void that rippled with your breath was ordered to your will; then life evolved, as love informed your purpose and your skill. That love, the ground of…
Come to join the worship
Come to join the worship
by Marjorie Dobson
Come to join the worship, singing with one voice. Come to join the people gathered here by choice. Come to share God’s glory. Come to sing in praise. Come to join that story written through our days. Come with all our problems: constant strain and stress; bringing our temptations…
O when you hear our prayers, Lord
O when you hear our prayers, Lord
by Michael Docker
O when you hear our prayers, Lord, Forgive our foolish hearts; Our words and wishes falter When worldly music starts - Sad symphonies surround us Of life's discordant pain - They easily confound us, Help us to pray again. O when you see our ways, Lord, Forgive our worldly hearts;…
HYMN - God we lose our moral compass