Song Sheet July 12th
Entrance: I Sing the Mighty Power of God
I sing the mighty pow’r of God, that made the mountains rise, That spread the flowing seas abroad, and built the lofty skies. I sing the wisdom that ordained the sun to rule the day; The moon shines full at His command, and all the stars obey.
I sing the goodness of the Lord, who filled the earth with food, Who formed the creatures with his Word, and then pronounced them good. Lord, how Thy wonders are displayed, where’er I turn my eye, If I survey the ground I tread, or gaze upon the sky.
There’s not a plant or flow’r below, but makes Thy glories known, And clouds arise, and tempests blow, by order from Thy throne; While all that borrows life from Thee is ever in Thy care; And everywhere that I can be, Thou, God, art present there.
Offertory: See, Scattered, and Sown
(Refrain) Seed, scattered and sown, wheat, gathered and grown, bread, broken and shared as one, the living bread of God. Vine, fruit of the land, wine, work of our hands, one cup that is shared by all; the living cup, the living bread of God.
Is not the bread we break a sharing in our Lord? Is not the cup we bless the blood of Christ outpoured? (To Refrain)
The seed which falls rock will wither and will die. The seed within good ground will flower and have life. (To Refrain)
As wheat upon the hills was gathered and was grown, so may the church of God be gathered into one. (To Refrain)
Communion: Eye Has Not Seen
(Refrain)Eye has not seen, ear has not heard what God has ready for those who love him; Spirit of love, come, give us the mind of Jesus, teach us the wisdom of God.
When pain and sorrow weigh us down, be near to us, O Lord, forgive the weakness of our faith, and bear us up within your peaceful word. (To refrain)
Our lives are but a single breath, we flower and we fade, yet all our days are in your hands, so we return in love what love has made. (To refrain)
To those who see with eyes of faith, the Lord is ever near, reflected in the faces of all the poor and lowly of the world. (To refrain)
Recessional: How Can I Keep From Singing
My life flows on in endless song; Above earth’s lamentation. I hear the real though far off hymn that hails a new creation.
(Refrain) No storm can shake my inmost calm, while to that rock I’m clinging. Since love is Lord of heaven and earth, how can I keep from singing?
Through all the tumult and the strife, I hear that music ringing; It sounds and echoes in my soul; How can I keep from singing? (To Refrain)
What though the tempest ‘round me roar, I hear the truth it liveth. What though the darkness ‘round me close, songs in the night it giveth. (To Refrain)
