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EARTHQUAKE HYMN
EARTHQUAKE HYMN
by Andrew Pratt
HYMN IN RESPONSE TO AN EARTHQUAKE - TUNE: FULDA Please acknowledge copyright and include on your CCL Return if you have one: Extract: If God created all we see then ours is still a timeless cry; we cannot understand God's sense; we ask again the reason why. Was this prefigured by…
This day is a day of both prayer and of praising
This day is a day of both prayer and of praising
by Andrew Pratt
Second Sunday after Christmas year A Jeremiah 31: 7 – 14 Hymn: This day is a day of both prayer and of praising This day is a day of both prayer and of praising, of gath'ring the nations from east and from west, the people far south, from the north are arising, this day is the da…
Where are you God, when darkness shrouds each day
Where are you God, when darkness shrouds each day
by Andrew Pratt
Where are you God, when darkness shrouds each day Fifth Sunday in Lent Psalm 130; John 11: 1 – 45 Where are you God, when darkness shrouds each day, when mists obscure my path, I see no way? Where are you God amidst this urban sprawl when roaring traffic leaves a smoky pall? Wher…
Sometimes our grasp of life is frail
Sometimes our grasp of life is frail
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: Sometimes our grasp of life is frail Fourth Sunday after Pentecost Psalm 119: 105-112 Sometimes our grasp of life is frail, yet through it all love will prevail. We feel that every step is cursed, believing things can not get worse. In spite of all, we keep our faith, hel…
Sometimes all justice seems a joke
Sometimes all justice seems a joke
by Andrew Pratt
1 Sometimes all justice seems a joke, we see love sink and drown, as anarchy and violence rule, the poor are trodden down. 2 And all is lost, audacious grace, seems vain, a hopeless thought; until we bring to mind again what Jesus lived and taught: 3 T…
The room is ready, all prepared
The room is ready, all prepared
by Andrew Pratt
Hymn: 'The room is ready, all prepared Fifth Sunday of Easter Year A John 14: 1 - 14 'The room is ready, all prepared, you have a place to go' said Jesus to his gathered friends! 'I thought that you would know'. 'We've walked together, shared and talked, we've prayed, you've seen…
Mustard seed
Mustard seed
by Sue Brown
Mustard Seed Sometimes the world looks bleak: much hatred and injustice, violence and poverty. Love is stifled; faith is quenched; hope is crushed. What use is one small act of love in such world? Faith may move mountains, but does it lift the burdens of the poor? If hope is dash…
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