Make Us One in Morning Song

To the tune of "For the Beauty of the Earth" ("Dix")

Verse 1:

Step by step and mile by mile

Bring each woman, man and child

To Your called community,

Singing, faithful, bold, and free

Refrain:

Love divine who for us longs

Make us one in morning song

Verse 2:

May Your ears be ever pleased

With Your people's harmony

Notes and skin in varied tones

One communion, Yours alone

Refrain

Verse 3:

In Your beauty every day

Open up the homeward way

Towards Your body, bread and wine,

Branches growing in one vine

Refrain

Verse 4:

Rising light and mercy's seed

From the Father for our need

Till the work of love is done

In Your Spirit make us one

Refrain

Text (c) Copyright Brian West

The Lord Has Done Great Things (Advent 2)

So much has been taken from our people
Taken from our families and friends
So how can we believe in new beginnings,
When so much sweet comes to a bitter end?
We will find reminders of redemption,
We will speak and sing the sacred truth
That when the darkness on us has descended
The Light will rise again and lead us through

Refrain:
Rejoice! The Lord has done great things!
Rejoice! The Lord has done great things!
The good news is the hist'ry of the healing that He brings
Rejoice! The Lord has done great things.

Lord, we sow the holy seeds of healing,
Longing for injustice to be crushed
We build and we believe, through weeks of weeping
We are not fools to plant in You our trust
You are Who we need to build and blossom
In You is our genesis of joy
So when the well has dried down to the bottom
Our confidence in You is not destroyed

We will bring good news to the afflicted
We will bandage up the broken hearts
Declaring freedom for all those convicted
And liberty for people behind bars
Mighty justice God alone delivers
He consoles all those who grieve and mourn
He pours His joy and gladness out in rivers
A heart of praise replaces one forlorn

One day all our mouths will fill with laughter
What was once a dream will be made real
The tears we poured and planted in disaster
Will blossom into joy from the same field
Jesus, lead us from despair and sorrow;
Help us harvest holiness and light
We cannot build a hopeful home tomorrow
Without Your pow'r to rescue us tonight