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Lord, May We See by Faith and Grace

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #56 (2017) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Lyrics: 1 Lord, may we see by faith and grace your countenance in each sad face of those who stand and wait outside, encircled by your arms spread wide. 2 They cling to hope in their despair, and long for life more just and fair, a home that’s safe and bread to eat, warm clothes to wear, and water sweet; 3 And here, within this sacred space, a table where they have a place, a font of blessing, friends who care with helpful hands and heart-felt prayer. 4 Reveal yourself to them, we pray, in what we do and what we say, that as we share your love and grace, we may reflect your holy face. Topics: Ministry Scripture: Mark 8:27 Languages: English Tune Title: GLENMONT HILLS

Skillful Hands and Nimble Fingers

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #57 (2017) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Lyrics: 1 Skillful hands and nimble fingers work with fabric, yarn and thread, quilting, weaving, knitting, sewing, offering prayers in words unsaid. 2 God, we pray these gifts we fashion joyfully, with thought and care, may delight and comfort others lifted up to you in prayer. Topics: Ministry Scripture: Colossians 3:17 Languages: English Tune Title: THREADS AND NEEDLES

Love Is Enduring

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #58 (2017) Meter: 9.9.9.9 First Line: Love is enduring, bearing all things Lyrics: 1 Love is enduring, bearing all things, suffering the sorrow loving may bring. Love is forgiving, welcoming home sinner and stranger, lost and alone. 2 Love is unselfish, patient and kind, gentle in spirit, steadfast in mind, willing to give one’s life for a friend. Love is eternal, love has no end. 3 Love is incarnate, love is divine, more than a token, more than a sign. Love is a presence, casting out fear, warming our hearts, and drawing us near. (alternate stanza for Communion) Love is incarnate, love is divine, broken in bread and poured out in wine, Come, all believers, come and draw near! Love resurrected waits for you here. Topics: Communion Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 Languages: English Tune Title: LOVE IS

Love, Light a Candle in My Heart

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #60 (2017) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Lyrics: 1 Love, light a candle in my heart that I may see inside the fearful web of selfishness, of arrogance and pride, that traps my spirit, snares my will, entangles me in sin. Love, light a candle in my heart that I may see within. 2 Love, light a candle in my heart that I may see inside to sweep away this tangled web in which I try to hide. Redeem my spirit, free my will, and help me to begin. Love, light a candle in my heart that I may see within. 3 Love, light a candle in my heart that I may see inside to find compassion, joyful hope, and faith may now abide within the place where once a web of selfishness had been. Love, light a candle in my heart that I may see within. Topics: Lent; Repentance Scripture: Acts 2:38-39 Languages: English Tune Title: LOVE LIGHT

Now Thank We All Our God

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #62 (2017) Meter: 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6 Lyrics: 1 Now thank we all our God with heart and hands and voices, who wondrous things has done, in whom this world rejoices; who, from our mother’s arms, has blessed us on our way with countless gifts of love, and still is ours today. 2 O may this bounteous God through all our life be near us, with ever joyful hearts and blessed peace to cheer us; and keep us in his grace, and guide us when perplexed, and free us from all ills, in this world and the next. 3 In temple, synagogue, from minaret and steeple, let songs of praise ring out from all God’s faithful people, to One who gives us hope, in times of deep despair, that peace will come one day, and justice will be fair. 4 Sing praise and thanks to God whose rule in love is grounded, who cares for all our needs with grace that is unbounded, the one eternal God, whom heaven and earth adore, the God who was and is, and shall be evermore. Topics: Praise Scripture: Sirach 50:22-24 Languages: English Tune Title: NUN DANKET ALLE GOTT

Now Thank We God, for Honest Labor

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #64) (2017) Meter: 7.7.7.7 D First Line: Bless the work we do today Lyrics: Refrain Now thank we, God, for honest labor, and this chance to be a neighbor. Bless the work we do today each in his or her own way: pounding nails or painting walls, cleaning windows, sweeping halls, mowing lawns or splitting wood, washing cars so they look good, serving up a tasty treat when it’s time to rest and eat. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: NEIGHBOR LABOR

Risen Christ, Come to Our Table

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #66 (2017) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Lyrics: Risen Christ, come to our table. Come as host and come as guest. Welcome, welcome to our table. By your presence we are blessed. Topics: Prayer Table Grace Scripture: Luke 24:28-34 Languages: English Tune Title: TABLE GRACE

Send Us Your Holy Spirit, God

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #68 (2017) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Lyrics: Send us your Holy Spirit, God, be Comforter and Guide. Encourage us and lead us as we walk along beside our friends who carry burdens much too great to bear alone, and through our faithful presence make your love for them be known. Topics: Ministry Scripture: Galatians 6:2 Languages: English Tune Title: SPIRIT GUIDE

Sing of A People

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #70 (2017) Meter: 10.10.10.10 with refrain First Line: Sing of a people who came to rejoice Refrain First Line: We are this people! The church is our home Lyrics: 1 Sing of a people who come to rejoice, praising God’s glory with one heart and voice, praying for pardon, for strength, and for bread, bringing their offerings that all may be fed. We are this people! The church is our home. Through us may Christ make the love of God known. 2 Sing of a people who, all their life long, learn from the scriptures, the stories and song, growing in faith through the life that they share, catching the spirit of love that is there. We are this people! The church is our home. Through us may Christ make the love of God known. 3 Sing of a people who gratefully give in want and plenty, that others may live, showing compassion for people in need. Faith without works is a poor faith indeed. We are this people! The church is our home. Through us may Christ make the love of God known. 4 Sing of a people who willingly bear burdens of friends facing grief and despair, sorrows of strangers who long for God’s grace, holding them all in a caring embrace. We are this people! The church is our home. Through us may Christ make the love of God known. 5 Sing of a people who stand side by side, welcoming strangers with arms opened wide, offering them friendship, their very own place here at the font and the table of grace. We are this people! The church is our home. Through us may Christ make the love of God known. Topics: Church Scripture: 1 Peter 1:2 Languages: English Tune Title: [Sing of a people who came to rejoice]

They Built the Church

Author: Mary Nelson Keithahn Hymnal: FTLS2017 #72 (2017) Meter: 8.8.8.8 with alleluias First Line: They built the church that is our home Refrain First Line: Alleluia! Alleluia! Lyrics: 1 They built the church that is our home with Jesus Christ, the cornerstone, a strong foundation for the past, but in these days, will this church last? Alleluia! 2 Life’s only constant now is change, our way is hard, and times are strange, yet sing, rejoice, let prayers be said! The church lives on with Christ as head! Alleluia! 3 The church lives on, as we proclaim the love of God in Christ who came to dwell with us, show us the way to walk as faithful friends today. Alleluia! 4 The church lives on, as we are fed by Christ, the life-sustaining Bread, and share the cup of blessed grace with others gathered in this place. Alleluia! 5 The church lives on, to us a trust from Christ, to shape a world more just, to dry the tears of those who cry, and feed the hungry, lest they die. Alleluia! 6 The church lives on, transcending time, connecting us with saints divine, embracing all who come to own Christ as their head and cornerstone. Alleluia! Topics: Church Scripture: Matthew 5:23 Languages: English Tune Title: CHANGING TIMES