Tuesday 17 January 2012

HYMNS JANUARY 22nd, 2012 3rd after Epiphany

INTROIT - RESPONSIVE READING OF "A SONG OF FAITH"
Sung Response: Sing a New Song (printed)

A Song of Faith (part)

God is creative and self-giving,

generously moving

in all the near and distant corners of the universe.

Nothing exists that does not find its source in God.

Our first response to God’s providence is gratitude.

We sing thanksgiving.

Finding ourselves in a world of beauty and mystery,

of living things, diverse and interdependent,

of complex patterns of growth and evolution,

of subatomic particles and cosmic swirls,

we sing of God the Creator,

the Maker and Source of all that is.

Each part of creation reveals unique aspects of God the Creator,

who is both in creation and beyond it.

All parts of creation, animate and inanimate, are related.

All creation is good.

We sing of the Creator,

who made humans to live and move

and have their being in God.

In and with God,

we can direct our lives toward right relationship

with each other and with God.

We can discover our place as one strand in the web of life.

We can grow in wisdom and compassion.

We can recognize all people as kin.

We can accept our mortality and finitude, not as a curse,

but as a challenge to make our lives and choices matter.

1. JESUS CHRIST IS WAITING - 117
2. DEAR LORD LEAD ME DAY BY DAY - 568
3. SEEK YE FIRST - 356
4. LORD OF THE DANCE - 352
PSALM - 62 - 779
OFFERING PRAYER/SONG - 538