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Hunger Hymns |
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Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, co-pastor of Limestone Presbyterian Church
in Wilmington, Del. after previously serving as the co-pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church in Pitman, N.J., is the author of Gifts of Love: New Hymns
for Today's Worship (Geneva Press, 2000). Free use of this hymn is given to
congregations that support the Presbyterian Hunger Program and/or Church World
Service. Please include the copyright information when reproducing it.
More hymns and songs by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette |
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God, You Give Us Recreation
A Hymn for Souper Bowl Sunday
Text by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
Tune: In
Babilone 8.7.8.7 D (“There’s a Wideness
in God’s Mercy,” The Presbyterian Hymnal #298)
God, you give us recreation, rest and play when work is through,
Game and sport and celebration, times that challenge and renew.
In the days we spend together, in the feasts that we prepare,
In the times of joy and laughter, may we know your loving care.
Yet, O Lord, we see you crying for the ones who know no rest,
For your children, hungry, dying, for the homeless and oppressed.
May we, as your sons and daughters, share with open heart and
hand,
Till your justice flows like waters to the poor throughout
the land.
Bless, O Christ, our gifts of caring, for we know without
a doubt:
Soup and bread are made for sharing, hands are made for reaching
out.
Even in our times of playing, may we keep the vision clear:
Keep us serving, loving, praying, welcoming your kingdom here.
Based on: Exodus 20:8, 34:21, 16:22–30; Ecclesiastes 3:12–13, 9:7–9;
Deuteronomy 15:11; Amos 5:24; Mark 6:34–44; Matthew 6:10
Text: Copyright 2000 by Carolyn
Winfrey Gillette. All rights reserved.
Tune: Dutch melody arranged by Julius Rontgen
(1855–1933)
There are many alternative tunes for 8.7.8.7 D found in the metrical index
of tunes in hymnals.
Gifts of Love: New Hymns for Today’s
Worship is a collection of 45 new hymns published by Geneva Press.
Ordering information is available at the Pitman
church’s Web site or from Geneva
Press |
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There Is a Mighty Question
Text by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette Tune: Angel's
Story 7.6.7.6 D (“O Jesus, I Have
Promised,” The Presbyterian Hymnal #388)
There is a mighty question we ask when nations rage:
Just when will be Christ’s coming, the ending of
the age?
Take care, said Jesus clearly, for many will appear;
They’ll claim to be Messiah, yet people should not
fear.
For in the days of Noah, the people went along
In eating and in drinking, in merriment and song—
Then suddenly the world changed with great, surprising power;
So too will be Christ’s coming, and no one knows the
hour.
So keep awake and watchful; salvation is at hand!
Our hope is in Christ Jesus, and by God’s grace we
stand.
The night is almost over, we wait for God’s new day,
And through the Holy Spirit, we follow Jesus’ way.
Be ready in your living, for when you feed the poor,
Or give to thirsty children the water they long for,
And when you welcome strangers and help the ones in need,
Christ says: “Receive my kingdom, for you are serving
me.”
Based on: Jesus’ teachings
on the signs related to the end of the age in Mark 13:1–37
and Luke 21:8–36. See also Matthew 24–25 and Romans
13:11–14.
Tune: by Arthur Henry Mann, 1881
Text: Copyright 1998 by
Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. All rights reserved.
This hymn is in Gifts
of Love: New
Hymns for Today’s
Worship by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette (Geneva Press, 2000).
Please send an e-mail note to bcgillette@snip.net for permission
to use this hymn.
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Where Is Bread?
Text by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
Tune: Abbot's Leigh 8.7.8.7 D
("God
Is Here!" The
Presbyterian Hymnal #461)
"Where is bread?" the great crowd murmured-
Thousands strong,
yet all in need.
"Where is bread?" your people wondered,
Faced with such a crowd
to feed.
Who, Lord Jesus, could have guessed it?
One small boy brought
food to share.
Taking what he gave, you blessed it;
All were fed, with much
to spare.
Where is Bread? We know their yearning;
Every day, we
wish for more.
God, in time, we're slowly learning:
All we own can make us
poor.
Our possessions can possess us,
Leaving hunger deep inside.
Christ our Bread, come now and
bless us;
At your feast, we're satisfied. "Where is bread?" the
call is rising;
Millions cry who must
be fed.
God, your answer seems surprising:
"You, my Church, you give
them bread."
Bread to fill each hungry spirit,
Bread for hungry stomachs,
too!
Give us bread and help us share it.
Richly blest, may we serve
you.
Based on: John 6:1-15, Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:32-44; Luke
9:10-17
Alternate tune: In Babilone 8.7.8.7.
D ("There's
a Wideness in God's Mercy," The Presbyterian
Hymnal #298)
Text: Copyright 2000 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette.
All rights reserved.
Address: 3201 Limestone Road, Wilmington, DE 19808
E-mail: bcgillette@snip.net |
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"Fear Not," the
Angel Said
Text by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
Tune: Terra Beata SMD ("This
is My Father's World," The Presbyterian
Hymnal #293)
"Fear not!" the angel said, "God's joy is in the air!
Now
go to Bethlehem and see a newborn baby there.
A Savior, yet
a child!
So young, and yet the Lord!"
God's grace astounds, God's love
surrounds
This sinful, hurting world.
Fear not, you hungry child, You homeless refugee,
You battered
woman, burdened down-God came to set you free.
For God's own
Son was poor;
He cried and suffered, too.
God's grace astounds; God's love
abounds
For people just like you.
Fear not when questions come: "How can I know God's way?"
"Do
my possessions weigh me down?" "Can God change me today?"
For
Jesus came to be
True bread that satisfies;
And in his birth, God touched the
earth.
Christ saves, forgives, and guides.
Fear not, you church of Christ, distracted and distressed,
For long ago in troubled times Christ came, and we were blest.
Our Prince of Peace is born-
Our light, our life, our song!
In him we see our unity,
In him God makes us strong.
Biblical references: Luke 2:1-20; 2 Corinthians 8:9; John
6:35
Music: by Franklin L. Sheppard, 1915
Text: Copyright 1999 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette.
All rights reserved.
Address: 3201 Limestone Road, Wilmington, DE 19808
E-mail: bcgillette@snip.net
This hymn was first published in the Christmas (Dec. 18-25)
2000 issue of The Presbyterian Outlook magazine. |
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