1. God is here!  As we his people
   meet to offer praise and prayer,
   may we find in fuller measure
   what it is in Christ we share.
   Here, as in the world around us,
   all our varied skills and arts
   wait the coming of the Spirit
   into open minds and hearts.

2. Here are symbols to remind us
   of our lifelong need of grace;
   here are table, font, and pulpit;
   here the cross has central place.
   Here in honesty of preaching,
   here in silence, as in speech,
   here, in newness and renewal,
   God the Spirit comes to each.

Abba Father, let me be
yours and yours alone.
May my will forever be
evermore your own.
Never let my heart grow cold,
never let me go.
Abba Father, let me be
yours and yours alone.

1. Lord, you have come to the seashore,
   neither searching for the rich nor the wise,
   desiring only that I should follow.

O Lord, with your eyes set upon me,
gently smiling, you have spoken my name.
All I longed for I have found by the water,
at your side I will seek other shores.

1. Jesus calls us!  O'er the tumult
   of our life's wild restless sea,
   day by day his voice is sounding,
   saying: ‘Christian, follow me.’

2. As of old apostles heard it
   by the Galilean lake,
   turned from home and toil and kindred,
   leaving all for his dear sake.

3. Jesus calls us from the worship
   of the vain world's golden store,
   from each idol that would keep us,
   saying: ‘Christian, love me more.’

1. Give me the faith which can remove
   and sink the mountain to a plain;
   give me the childlike praying love,
   which longs to build thy house again;
   thy love, let it my heart o'erpower,
   and all my simple soul devour.

2. I would the precious time redeem,
   and longer live for this alone:
   to spend, and to be spent, for them
   who have not yet my Saviour known;
   fully on these my mission prove,
   and only breathe, to breathe thy love.

1. Master, speak! Thy servant heareth,
   waiting for thy gracious word,
   longing for thy voice that cheereth;
   Master, let it now be heard.
   I am listening, Lord, for thee;
   what hast thou to say to me?

2. Speak to me by name, O Master,
   let me know it is to me;
   speak, that I may follow faster,
   with a step more firm and free,
   where the Shepherd leads the flock
   in the shadow of the rock.

1. Lord of creation, to you be all praise!
   Most mighty your working, most wondrous your ways!
   Your glory and might are beyond us to tell,
   and yet in the heart of the humble you dwell.

2. Lord of all power, I give you my will,
   in joyful obedience your tasks to fulfil.
   Your bondage is freedom; your service is song;
   and, held in your keeping, my weakness is strong.

3. Lord of all wisdom, I give you my mind,
   rich truth that surpasses my knowledge to find;
   what eye has not seen and what ear has not heard
   is taught by your Spirit and shines from your word.

1. God is Love: let heaven adore him;
   God is Love: let earth rejoice;
   let creation sing before him,
   and exalt him with one voice.
   He who laid the earth's foundation,
   he who spread the heavens above,
   he who breathes through all creation,
   he is Love, eternal Love.

2. God is Love: and he, enfolding
   all the world in one embrace,
   with unfailing grasp is holding
   every child of every race.
   And when human hearts are breaking
   under sorrow's iron rod,
   then they find that selfsame aching
   deep within the heart of God.

1. Father, we have sinned
   in word, and deed, and thought,
   through ignorance, through weakness,
   through deliberate fault:
   we've sinned against our neighbours
   and against you, Lord,
   yet we are truly sorry,
   and we turn to you once more.

1. There's a wideness in God's mercy
   like the wideness of the sea;
   there's a kindness in his justice
   which is more than liberty.

2. There is plentiful redemption
   in the blood that has been shed;
   there is joy for all the members
   in the sorrows of the Head.

3. There is grace enough for thousands
   of new worlds as great as this;
   there is room for fresh creations
   in that upper home of bliss.

Father God, I wonder
how I managed to exist
without the knowledge
of your parenthood
and your loving care.
But now I am your child,
I am adopted in your family,
and I can never be alone
’cause, Father God,
you're there beside me.

1. And can it be that I should gain
   an interest in the Saviour's blood?
   Died he for me, who caused his pain?
   For me, who him to death pursued?
   Amazing love! How can it be
   that thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

2. 'Tis mystery all: the Immortal dies!
   Who can explore his strange design?
   In vain the first-born seraph tries
   to sound the depths of love divine.
   'Tis mercy all! Let earth adore,
   let angel minds enquire no more.

3. He left his Father's throne above —
   so free, so infinite his grace —
   emptied himself of all but love,
   and bled for Adam's helpless race.
   'Tis mercy all, immense and free;
   for, O my God, it found out me!

1. Morning has broken
   like the first morning;
   blackbird has spoken
   like the first bird.
   Praise for the singing!
   Praise for the morning!
   Praise for them, springing
   fresh from the Word!

2. Sweet the rain’s new fall
   sunlit from heaven,
   like the first dewfall
   on the first grass.
   Praise for the sweetness
   of the wet garden,
   sprung in completeness
   where his feet pass.

1. Holy Spirit, gift bestower,
   breathe into our hearts today.
   Flowing water, dove that hovers,
   Holy Spirit, guide our way.
   Love inspirer, joy releaser,
   Spirit, take our fears away.
   Reconciler, peace restorer,
   move among us while we pray.

1. Praise God for the harvest of orchard and field,
   praise God for the people who gather their yield,
   the long hours of labour, the skills of a team,
   the patience of science, the power of machine.

2. Praise God for the harvest that comes from afar,
   from market and harbour, the sea and the shore:
   foods packed and transported, and gathered and grown
   by God-given neighbours, unseen and unknown.

3. Praise God for the harvest that's quarried and mined,
   then sifted, and smelted, or shaped and refined:
   for oil and for iron, for copper and coal,
   praise God, who in love has provided them all.

1. For the fruits of all creation,
   thanks be to God;
   for the gifts to every nation,
   thanks be to God;
   for the ploughing, sowing, reaping,
   silent growth while we are sleeping,
   future needs in earth's safe-keeping,
   thanks be to God.

2. In the just reward of labour,
   God's will is done;
   in the help we give our neighbour,
   God's will is done;
   in our world-wide task of caring
   for the hungry and despairing,
   in the harvests we are sharing,
   God's will is done.

1. All my hope on God is founded;
   he doth still my trust renew.
   Me through change and chance he guideth,
   only good and only true.
   God unknown,
   he alone
   calls my heart to be his own.

2. Human pride and earthly glory,
   sword and crown betray our trust;
   what with care and toil we fashion,
   tower and temple fall to dust.
   But God's power,
   hour by hour,
   is my temple and my tower.

3. God's great goodness aye endureth,
   deep his wisdom, passing thought:
   splendour, light and life attend him,
   beauty springeth out of nought.
   Evermore
   from his store
   new-born worlds rise and adore.