Author: Brian Wren Hymnal: Voices Together #565 (2020) Meter: 9.8.9.8 with refrain First Line: This is a day of new beginnings Refrain First Line: Christ is alive Lyrics: Refrain:
Christ is alive, and goes before us
to show and share what love can do.
This is a day of new beginnings;
our God is making all things new,
our God is making all things new.
1 This is a day of new beginnings,
time to remember and move on,
time to believe what love is bringing,
laying to rest the pain that’s gone. [Refrain]
2 For by the life and death of Jesus,
love’s mighty Spirit, now as then,
can make for us a world of diff’rence,
as faith and hope are born again. [Refrain]
3 Then let us, with the Spirit’s daring,
step from the past and leave behind
our disappointment, guilt, and grieving,
seeking new paths, and sure to find. [Refrain] Topics: Anniversaries; New Year; Anniversaries; Jesus Christ Resurrection of; New Creation; New Year Scripture: Matthew 28:1-10 Tune Title: CHRIST IS ALIVE
Christ Is Alive, and Goes Before Us