Morning Has Broken

VU 409

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!

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 God’s feet pass.

Ours is the sunlight! Ours is the morning born of the one light Eden saw play! Praise with elation, praise every morning, God’s recreation of the new day!

One: Open your hearts to the hungry

All: and care for the unhoused

One: your light will shine brightly

All: and your bleakest hour will be

like the noonday sun. What a

glorious day to worship God

There Is A Time

MVU 165

There is a time that we must rise. There is a time that we must stand. There is a time that we must come together for blessed are our lives. Blessed out love and blessed the promise gathered now.

There is a time that we must leave; Go from the place where hatreds breed and, turning, feel the Spirit Breath us together. For blessed are our lives. Blessed our love and blessed the promise gathered now.

There is a time we know the way. There is a time we watch and pray. In living faith we make our way together. For blessed are our lives. Blessed our love and blessed the promise gathered now.

Take, O take me as I am; summon out what I shall be; set your seal upon my heart and live in me.

Come and fill our hearts with your peace. You alone, O Lord, are holy. Come and fill our hearts with your peace, alleluia!

Love is something, if you give it away, give it away, give it away, Love is something, if you give it away, you’ll end up having more.

It’s just like a magic nickel. Hold it close, it’s so fickle. Lend it, spend it, and you’ll feel a tickle of joy from head to toe.

Love is something, if you give it away, give it away, give it away, Love is something, if you give it away, you’ll end up having more.

It’s just like a magic nickel. Hold it close, it’s so fickle. Lend it, spend it, and you’ll feel a tickle of joy from head to toe.

Love is something, if you give it away, give it away, give it away, Love is something, if you give it away, you’ll end up having more.

What can I do? What can I bring? What can I say? What can I sing? I’ll sing with joy. I’ll say a prayer. I’ll bring my love. I’ll do my share.

I Am the Dream

MVU 106

I am the dream and you the dreamer. I am the song and you are the rhyme. You are the tune sung in ev’ry silence. You are the now in the endless stream of time.

I am the bell and you the silence. You are the yearning I cannot curtail. I am the blest and you the blessing. You are the wilds in which I lose my trail.

You are the word and I the echo. You are the leader and I am the led. You are the joy and I the laughter. You are the Rock on which I lay my head.

Take up his song of love and go into the world. Take up his song of love in every moment. In every moment of the journey, we’re laying down our lives; Lay them down, in love, lay them down, and take up his song.