HYMNS MARCH 25TH, 2012 5TH OF LENT

1. WALK WITH ME - 649
Lenten Tenebrae Sung Assurance I Have Called You by Your Name vs.1-4 MV161
One verse en francais:

Tu sais…je t’ai ap-pe-lé par ton nom;

au-jour-d’hui, pour moi, ra-yon-ne de tes dons.

Je te gar-de près de moi;

mes pro-mes-ses sont pour toi.

Je t’ai choi-si et ap-pe-lé par ton nom.

2. IN THE BULB THERE IS A FLOWER - 703
Gospel Acclamation -GLORY AND PRAISE TO YOU , O LORD JESUS CHRIST !

3. WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS - 664

4. LIFT HIGH THE CROSS - 151

PSALM # 119, VU838, REFRAIN 1, PART 2

During the Season after Epiphany and Lent we are reading a section of the most recent United Church affirmation of faith, A Song of Faith, as a part of worship. Question for Reflection: How does this congregation “welcome all in the name of Christ”? Is ours an “open table”?
Responsive Reading from A Song of Faith
Sung Response: (stand)
To you, O God, I lift my soul, to you, I lift my soul.

Words and music: Marty Haugen Music and verse texts © 1982 by GIA Publications, Inc.,
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Carrying a vision of creation healed and restored,

we welcome all in the name of Christ.

Invited to the table where none shall go hungry,

we gather as Christ’s guests and friends.

In holy communion

we are commissioned to feed as we have been fed,

forgive as we have been forgiven,

love as we have been loved.

The open table speaks of the shining promise

of barriers broken and creation healed.

In the communion meal, wine poured out and bread broken,

we remember Jesus.

We remember not only the promise

but also the price that he paid for who he was,

for what he did and said,

and for the world’s brokenness.

We taste the mystery of God’s great love for us,

and are renewed in faith and hope.

Responsive Reading excerpted from A Song of Faith: A Statement of Faith of the United Church of Canada

Sung Response To you, O God, I lift my soul, to you, I lift my soul.