Michael Docker
For all who believe that there's more to this life
For all who believe that there's more to this life
by Michael Docker
For all who believe that there's more to this life Than this world of sadness and sickness and strife What's needed are stories of symbol and sign Like Cana where Jesus turned water to wine For all who believe that the world of today Is rich in potential but poor in its ways What…
Father God whose face in Jesus
Father God whose face in Jesus
by Michael Docker
Father God whose face in Jesus Shows a love that saves and sees us, Holds and keeps and calls and frees us, For a crying world we pray When a man dies in a moment, When a world ends in the ferment Of dis-ease, despair and torment, For a hurting world we pray. When a family, churc…
Christ is the human face of God
Christ is the human face of God
by Michael Docker
Christ is the human face of God - First born of all God made; This is the truth; all who are flawed Proclaim it unafraid; All things in Him, seen and unseen, Were made; all that has ever been. Christ is the Head, Christ is the first, And Christ will come to be; This truth will al…
Come to this work, this task, this joy
Come to this work, this task, this joy
by Michael Docker
Come to this work, this task, this joy, This worship, thanks and praise, Come join the mystery, share, enjoy God's work in Christ; God's ways. Hold in your mind the ancient truths Proclaimed in worship real; God's work in Christ, the love God breathes To hold, to help, to heal. B…
Can anything part us from Christ's love?
Can anything part us from Christ's love?
by Michael Docker
Can anything part us from Christ's love? Can danger, nakedness or sword? Affliction, hardship, persecution, hunger, The daily doing to death told by the Word. The suffering for the sake of others; The fate of sheep uniquely ours Who walk with Christ through the world's condemnati…
When Jesus walked in Galilee
When Jesus walked in Galilee
by Michael Docker
When Jesus walked in Galilee The people gathered round To hear him speak of God's own love And marvel at the sound; And marvel at the sound of God Like music all around; When Jesus walked in Galilee The people gathered round When Jesus died on Calvary His followers ran away; The …
Are you the One who is to come
Are you the One who is to come
by Michael Docker
Are you the One who is to come, or should we look for someone new? Thousands have named your holy name Yet now your followers are few. Are you the One to bring us life, or should we leave the search behind? Many have found a kind of truth While in their eyes our love seems blind.…
As slow as the seed in the ground
As slow as the seed in the ground
by Michael Docker
As slow as the seed in the ground, As sure as the earth turns to spring As steady as rock and as sound As the rhythms that lead us to sing Is the work of God’s Spirit in me; Is the way of the Saviour in you; Is the word of a Kingdom that’s free; Sing it loud, pure and clear, sing…
All people, nations, lives on earth
All people, nations, lives on earth
by Michael Docker
All peoples, nations, lives on earth, All cities, places, great and small, Hear this good news, this shining truth: Christ lives who died for one and all. All faith, all thought, all science, all art, All cultures, ways of life, all mind, Take this good news, this joy, to heart, …
Many will fall at the sign of the child
Many will fall at the sign of the child
by Michael Docker
Many will fall at the sign of the child, Just as many will rise with him too: The words of the prophecy speak to our world Lord, inspire us with what we must do When the sign is opposed many thoughts will be known As the actions of some make them plain; The Saviour who died holds…
Seeking, we come in faith
Seeking, we come in faith
by Michael Docker
Seeking, we come in faith, Trusting a greater truth Than anything the world can bring. Minds turned away from fear, Ready to pray and hear; We'll praise and worship, stay and sing. Asking, we come in hope, Needing a clearer scope Than anything the world can show. Hearts opened to…
We seek the welfare of this place
We seek the welfare of this place
by Michael Docker
We seek the welfare of this place; Where people work and rest and play Looking to all that makes for peace In Christ the Truth, the Life, the Way. We trust that here God works his work Through all life's changing, growing scenes; Lighting a way through all that's dark - Lending C…
There are stories in the Bible
There are stories in the Bible
by Michael Docker
There are stories in the Bible Where this world's turned upside down - Wine from water; health from sickness; Bread from none; a Kingdom shown. Jesus stands in all these stories, Human being with godly powers; By his words and signs and spirit We shall find God's life is ours. Th…
Jesus said to Nicodemus
Jesus said to Nicodemus
by Michael Docker
Jesus said to Nicodemus Jesus said to Nicodemus, “you must be born from above.” Jesus talked to Nicodemus of the Way that's paved with love. And this story in the gospel is to help us understand That God's Christ has walked the world - And we are called to comprehend. Nicodemus s…
I will follow you
I will follow you
by Michael Docker
Monologue Based on Luke 9:51-62 'I will follow you' Monologue – the voice of an (imaginary) Samaritan who encounters Jesus on the road to Jerusalem – based on Luke 9:51-62. Originally delivered in a soft Yorkshire accent, but would work with any regional accent. The accompanying …
As the darkness gathers round us
As the darkness gathers round us
by Michael Docker
As the darkness gathers round us, As the shadows lengthen, grow; As the sun of winter weakens, In the days of rain, wind, snow; We will look to see the signs of light, We will wait for truth to show. As the light grows short, nights darken, As our lives grow frail and cold, As th…
We come to this, the sign of life