In pious tones we worship God
In pious tones we worship God
by Andrew Pratt
In pious tones we worship God, with cheerful songs of praise, while all that God has sought of us is justice all our days. We sing our hymns and pray our prayers oblivious to need, while near our doors the poor will die. Ours is a hollow creed. Verses 3-4 follow Tune: WILTSHIRE M…
In our end is our beginning
In our end is our beginning
by Andrew Pratt
In our end is our beginning, cosmic riddle of our birth, why the Alpha and Omega came in flesh and came to birth. Death will no more signal ending, love survives beyond this life, not diminished or extinguished by our common human strife. Verses 3-4 follow Tune: DIJON Metre: 8.7.…
In the silent, stillness, listen
In the silent, stillness, listen
by Andrew Pratt
In the silent, stillness, listen, God is calling will we hear? All too often faith has foundered, grace is muzzled by our fear. In our rush and haste and hurry we have lost the time for prayer; lost the time for conversation, then we think God is not there. Verses 2-3 follow © An…
In the silence of the dawning
In the silence of the dawning
by Andrew Pratt
In the silence of the dawning birds are waking, start to sing, light is coming bringing colour, each day brighter, nearly spring. Every day the season’s turning brings a sign of coming birth, seeds are growing, new growth showing, pushing through the rock hard earth. Verse 2 foll…
Leave a little for the needy?
Leave a little for the needy?
by Andrew Pratt
Seventh Sunday after Epiphany Year A Leviticus 19; 1 -2; 9 – 18; Psalm 119:33-40; 1 Corinthians 3:10- 11, 16-23; Matthew 5:38-48 Hymn: Leave a little for the needy? Leave a little for the needy? This will meet the Bible’s law, but a living Christian spirit takes us further, asks …
Joseph wept, his brothers found him
Joseph wept, his brothers found him
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Joseph wept, his brothers found him Proper 15 year A Genesis 45: 1 – 15 Joseph wept, his brothers found him, found the one that they had sold, stunning grace would now confound them, family bonds would last and hold. Famine brought them to his table, desperation drove them …
Joy will sing throughout creation
Joy will sing throughout creation
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Joy will sing throughout creation Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 55: 10-13 Joy will sing throughout creation, laughter fill the hills and vales; snow and rain, sun's elevation, signs that God's love still prevails. Seed for sower, bread for feasting, fruit that blos…
Justice? Justice? Call for justice
Justice? Justice? Call for justice
by Andrew Pratt
Justice? Justice? Call for justice in this crazed demented world? Where is righteousness uncovered? Where are grace and love unfurled? God we need your simple conscience to inform the words we say, child like eyes unmasked, perceiving mothers grieving day by day. Verses 3-4 follo…
Keep joy alive! The angels sing
Keep joy alive! The angels sing
by Andrew Pratt
Christmas hymn/carol which seeks to make Christmas real now Keep joy alive! The angels sing that peace can come to earth! The reign of God is heralded, the Christ has come to birth! ... Available in PowerPoint format. Taken form the Book Nothing too religious …
Linguistic Gymnastics
Linguistic Gymnastics
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Linguistic gymnastics Day of Pentecost Year A Acts 2: 1 – 21 Linguistic gymnastics, they heard in each tongue the message of Jesus, the Spirit had come! This message was spoken, still here in our sight God's essence is living, we live in the light. God's Word is dynamic, th…
Like some tsunami pulling back
Like some tsunami pulling back
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Like some tsunami pulling back Proper 19 Year A Exodus 14: 19 – 31; Exodus 15: 1b – 11; Psalm 114 Like some tsunami pulling back, the sea piled up, the ground was dry. The Hebrews saw a way across, a way to flee, a way to fly. Egyptians followed in their wake, but all at on…
Like the marriage of a bridegroom
Like the marriage of a bridegroom
by Andrew Pratt
Like the marriage of a bridegroom Like the marriage of a bridegroom when the banquet is prepared, soon the bride will be arriving, all is waiting to be shared. All may come by invitation, all may share at God’s great feast, all are welcome, none excluded, come, the greatest and t…
Like a trace of mist at morning
Like a trace of mist at morning
by Andrew Pratt
Like a trace of mist at morning, golden in the rising sun, grace remains beyond the dawning of the grief that has begun. See Elisha followed after old Elijah, near to death; holding onto something special: gracious spirit, near as breath. Verses 3-4 folllow Tune: ST OSWALD; WRAYS…
Little baby that the Levite bore
Little baby that the Levite bore
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Little baby that the Levite bore Proper 16 year A Exodus 1: 1.8 – 2.10 Little baby that the Levite bore, floating safely in a boat of straw, hidden from the Pharoah's cruel law, Moses set your people free... O now march with them right through the sea, there are mor…
Like a mother calms a baby
Like a mother calms a baby
by Andrew Pratt
Like a mother calms a baby, gently held within her arms, God will hold his chosen people, keep them safe from life's alarms. Verses 2-3 follow Tune: ALL FOR JESUS Metre: 8.7.8.7 Andrew Pratt (born 1948) Words © 23/6/2013 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk. Pl…
May God bless and shine upon us
May God bless and shine upon us
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: May God bless and shine upon us Proper 15 year A Psalm 67 May God bless and shine upon us all the riches his grace, may the earth, may every nation know the love in Jesus' face. Let the people offer praises, all who know God's saving power, those of this and every nation, t…
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