We wait in hope for hope to come
We wait in hope for hope to come
by Gareth Hill Publishing/Song Solutions CopyCare
Hymn – We wait in hope for hope to come We wait in hope for hope to come: promised of old; the righteous one. Help us to watch, expect and pray and then to greet Messiah's day. We read the story of your plan: this world redeemed by heaven's Son... (c) Gareth Hill Publishing/Song …
We stand for brave and selfless friends
We stand for brave and selfless friends
by Gareth Hill Publishing/Song Solutions CopyCare
Hymn – We stand for brave and selfless friends We stand for brave and selfless friends, who sacrificed today. In our remembering, Lord give faith, and teach us how to pray. We stand for all who die for us - and have no more to give: those we have never met or known... (c) 2009 G…
We bring a sacrifice of praise
We bring a sacrifice of praise
by Gareth Hill Publishing/Song Solutions CopyCare
Hymn – We bring a sacrifice of praise We bring a sacrifice of praise, Through Jesus Christ your Son. Fruit of our lips we bring to you Father, who makes us one. We long to give you pleasure, Lord, Help us to worship you... (c) Gareth Hill Publishing/Song Solutions CopyCare
To God we come and lift our voices high
To God we come and lift our voices high
by Gareth Hill Publishing/Song Solutions CopyCare
Hymn – To God we come and lift our voices high To God we come and lift our voices high; children of hope, we sing his majesty! Called to be faithful to the Lord of life - to change the world, one person at a time. In faith we build communities of Grace; hold broken lives for God’…
While our horizons hem us in
While our horizons hem us in
by Gareth Hill Publishing/Song Solutions CopyCare
Hymn – While our horizons hem us in While our horizons hem us in your vision shows a farther shore: where holiness is not a dream and Good News runs from door to door. As risk aversion holds us back your footsteps trace an urgent path: to where your reckless grace rebuilds... (c)…
First in our hearts
First in our hearts
by Michael Docker
First in our hearts, we would praise as the magi Praised as they saw all your glory around; First of the ones who are born into freedom, Through you we offer the love we have found. First of the days when the world found its freedom We come to worship on this day of all; First in…
Prayer: Waiting in the dark
Prayer: Waiting in the dark
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: Waiting in the dark Waiting in the dark for a dreaded dawn, when news may be of death and destruction; how we long to defer the light. Waiting in the dark for an anxious day when difficult decisions must be made that may change life forever; how we long to discern the lig…
Christ Made Manifest (A Hymn for the Epiphany Season)
Christ Made Manifest (A Hymn for the Epiphany Season)
by Norman J Goreham (1931-2021)
CHRIST MADE MANIFEST (A HYMN FOR THE EPIPHANY SEASON) In the eastern sky a star, seen by trav’lers from afar, guides their journey through the night to the Christ, the world’s true light. Through the stable’s open door glory never seen before brightly streams, that all may see Je…
Peace to You! (A Hymn for Advent)
Peace to You! (A Hymn for Advent)
by Norman J Goreham (1931-2021)
Peace, hope, joy and love, the traditional four themes represented by candles on the Advent wreath, are here celebrated and shared. Peace to you in fullest measure! Peace, a gift of God’s good pleasure; peace for all to share and treasure; peace to you this Advent-tide! Hope be y…
Hymn: As Jesus faced his closest friends
Hymn: As Jesus faced his closest friends
by Marjorie Dobson
As Jesus faced his closest friends and asked them,’Who am I?’ ‘You are the Christ, the one who comes,’ was Peter’s sure reply. But Jesus turned to speak to them of torture and of pain and Peter could not bear those words and urged him, ‘turn again.’ Then Peter heard Christ’s shar…
Just a Baby
Just a Baby
by Michael Docker
Just a baby born in a story, Only a sign to point to glory; We will tell the ancient mystery - Look and wonder and worship and praise. Like the shepherds called by an angel, Coming in fear and fascination, We will tell this humble history - Live by faith and by world-changing way…
Hymn: Unravelling the mysteries
Hymn: Unravelling the mysteries
by Marjorie Dobson
Unravelling the mysteries, ensuring signs made sense, meant telling simple stories based in the present tense. So Jesus shared with farmers how silently seed grows and how God’s coming kingdom holds secrets no one knows. But in our world, so different from what those people knew,…
From this world the Lord has called you
From this world the Lord has called you
by Michael Docker
From this world the Lord has called you; For His life you have been made; When you shine with what's been told you, When your days are passed in shade; You shall know the Lord's hand leading, You shall learn to trust through prayer; When your walk of faith's succeeding, When you …
Hymn: A time is coming