A hymn for going out - Now let us go from our praise and our worship
As the Methodist Conference recognises new Deacons and Presbyters might we all consider our own commitment to faith, love and justice - a hymn : Now let us go from our praise and out worship'....
Now let us go from our praise and our worship
out through these doors with the light of the world,
where we can share with our friends and our neighbours
love given freely to have and to hold.
There let us reach to the ones who seem distant,
those we might shun or see pushed to one side,
people less valued than those set around them,
those who the world would accost or deride.
Here is God’s grace and the power of God’s spirit,
here is the love that was seen on the cross,
these we will offer as our obligation,
giving our all, never counting the loss.
Then hand in hand with the neighbours around us,
seeking companionship all of our days,
we’ll follow after the one who has named us,
sharing our bread as we offer God praise.
Andrew Pratt, Words © 2014 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, http://www.stainer.co.uk.
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Metre: 11 10 11 10
Tune: EPIPHANY HYMN
Tag: faith
How do we imagine beauty – Against a bleak backdrop a contrast…helpful? …a new text.
How do we imagine beauty - Against a bleak backdrop something of a contrast...helpful? I hope...a completely new text. How do we imagine beauty, wonder, words cannot express? Something felt, beyond our vision, love incarnate, nothing less? Here and now all life is timeless, here we're lifted out of self, now beyond all expectation, human sense, or worldly wealth. Can eternity be fathomed? Glimpse the feeling, sense the sound, breathe the spirit of creation, ground of being, sought and found. Here a mystery unravels, yet withheld from human sight: simply trust, with faith the given, God is beauty, love and light. Andrew Pratt written 22/6/2025 Words 2025 © Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England copyright@stainer.co.uk . Please include any reproduction for local church use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd. Metre: 8.7.8.7 D Tune: CALON LAN
‘Trust in God we cannot see’ – a hymn of faith by Marjorie Dobson
‘Trust in God we cannot see' – a hymn of faith by Marjorie Dobson
1 Trust in a God we cannot see
turns reason inside out.
Faith is a rough and winding road
with stumbling blocks of doubt.
2 We follow where we think God leads,
although the road seems strange:
but faith demands an open mind
and willingness to change.
3 When crisis clouds of doubt disturb
and shake our faith with fear,
it can be hard to trust that God
will, one day, make things clear.
4 Yet when God’s call breaks through again,
persistent as before,
the choice is plain: ignore, stagnate,
or fire our faith once more.
Marjorie Dobson (born 1940)
Words © 2019 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England copyright@stainer.co.uk .
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Metre: CM
Tune: LONDON NEW
Published in Unravelling the Mysteries
A hymn for Jesus’ temptation
Lent 1 – The temptation of Jesus
1 Jesus met supreme temptation,
countered subtlety with skill;
ever faithful to one purpose,
still committed to God's will.
2 With no food he soon was famished,
hunger racked him, filled his mind,
then a voice had come to taunt him,
'bread is there for you to find'.
3 Each illusion he would parry,
each temptation run to ground;
all the world was for the asking,
yet his faith was strong and sound.
4 Every miracle and wonder
he was tempted to perform
he rebutted, held the tension;
he would live beyond this storm.
5 And when we meet with temptation,
save us from each trial and test;
strengthen faith, God, give us courage,
help us strive toward the best.
Andrew Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 2010 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England copyright@stainer.co.uk . Please include any reproduction for local church use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd
Metre: 8 7 8 7
Tune: CROSS OF JESUS
What news is good? A hymn inspired by: Luke 5: 1-11
What news is good? A hymn inspired by: Luke 5: 1-11
1 What news is good? What words give hope?
What sense of value do we feel
when meeting with our God in Christ,
what gives the sense, provides the seal?
2 This seal of perfect love and faith,
this hope of holiness and grace,
the knowledge that our path is right,
is given in our saviour's face.
3 A face seen in a neighbour there,
in one who calls across the street,
a foreign tongue may frame Christ's call
to honour him in all we meet.
4 And as the first disciples heard
a challenge they could not resist,
may we respond and give our lives,
the call of love must not be missed.
Andrew E Pratt (born 1948)
Words © 2012 © Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England copyright@stainer.co.uk . Please include any reproduction for local church use on your CCL Licence returns. All wider and any commercial use requires prior application to Stainer & Bell Ltd.
Metre: 8 8 8 8
Tune: FULDA
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