Song Sheet October 11th
Entrance: As We Gather at Your Table
As we gather at your table, as we listen to your word, Help us know, O God, your presence: Let our hearts and minds be stirred. Nourish us with sacred story till we claim it as our own; Teach us through this holy banquet how to make love’s victory known.
Turn our worship into witness in the sacrament of life; Help us forth to love and serve you, bringing peace where there is strife. Give us, Christ, your great compassion to forgive as you forgave; May we still behold your image in the world you died to save.
Gracious spirit, help us summon other guests to share that feast. Where triumphant love will welcome those who had been last and least. There no more will envy blind us; nor will pride our peace destroy. As we join with saints and angels to repeat the sounding joy.
Offertory: Come to the Feast
(Refrain) Come, come to the banquet. Come, come to the feast. Here the hungry find plenty, here the thirsty shall drink.
Like the child whose fishes and loaves fed the multitude, in the Lord the little we have, broken and shared, becomes abundant food. (To refrain)
Til the seed is given to earth, it is just one grain; but once sown its death brings new birth, the harvest is rich; what’s lost is raised again. (To refrain)
In the stranger by our side, in the least and last, in the thirst for justice we share, Christ is here in the breaking of the bread.(To Refrain)
Communion: Your Words are Spirit and Life
(Refrain)Your words are spirit and life, O Lord Richer than gold, stronger than death Your words are spirit and life, O Lord Life everlasting
God's law is perfect, refreshing the soul Reviving the weary spirit God's rule can be trusted: bringing us wisdom Bringing God's wisdom to birth. (To Refrain)
God’s precepts keep us; their purpose is right. They gladden the hearts of people. God’s command is so clear it brings us new vision; Bringing God’s light to our eyes. (To refrain)
Living by God's truth is holy and sure God's presence is everlasting God's truth is eternal, bringing us justice Bringing God's justice to earth. (To refrain)
God's word is precious, desired more than gold Worth more than we dare imagine And, sweeter than honey, this word will feed us, bringing fulfillment and joy. (To refrain)
Recessional: Go Make of All Disciples
Go make of all disciples: We hear the call, O Lord, That comes from you our Father, in your eternal word. Inspire our ways of learning through earnest, fervent prayer, and let our daily living reveal you everywhere.
Go make of all disciples: Baptizing in the name of Father, Son, and Spirit from age to age the same. We call each new disciple to follow you, O Lord, Redeeming soul and body by water and the word.
Go make of all disciples. “We at your feet would stay until each life’s vocation accents your holy way. We cultivate the nature God plants in every heart, revealing in our witness the master teacher’s art.
Go make of all disciples: “We welcome your command; “Lo I am with you always: “We take your guiding hand. The task looms large before us, we follow without fear. In heaven and earth your power shall bring God’s kingdom here.
