Last Sunday (30th June 2024) Methodist Presbyters and Deacons were Ordained at the Annual Methodist Conference in the UK. Those in Leeds were able to witness and share in this in person. Some of us followed the preceding service on-line.
ALL CHRISTIANS have a vocation, a calling to follow Christ and to share God’s love whoever we are and wherever life takes us. This hymn was written FOR US!
1 We are the rainbow's colours,
the thundering sighs of love,
the shakers of foundations,
the seething clouds above.
We are God's chosen people,
from exile we are freed,
our common consecration
means liberty indeed.
2 A hope for every nation,
we come to bring God's peace,
the reconciliation,
the prisoner's release.
This is our sole vocation,
the reason for our birth,
to offer hope through loving,
to bring God's peace on earth.
Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
© 2002, 2006 Stainer & Bell Ltd (alt 2024 by the author)
Metre: 7 6 7 6 D
Tune: PASSION CHORALE
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