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Deadly threats and solemn warnings… a guide to how (and how not) to use these songs.
A. GATHERING
Somebody prayed for me/ African American
We walk his way (Ewe thina)/ South Africa
Amen (Themba)/ South Africa
God welcomes all/ South Africa
How good and pleasant it is (Hineh Ma Tov)/ Israel
Let us praise the Lord our God (Chayawen Tak Ay Enkata)/ Philippines
Let all nations praise the Lord/ Taiwan
Come and worship God with songs of praise (Maa Thoed Rao Rong Phleng)/ Thailand
Come, bring your burdens to God (Woza Nomthwalo Wakho)/ South Africa
This is God’s world
Dance for joy, all the earth
B. RELATING
Silently we look with God
Come, O Lord, and set us free
As the eyes of a servant
We worship Christ (Nzamuranza)/ Mozambique
Kyrie (Maurs)
God of peace and justice (Ya Rabba Ssalami)/ Palestine
Wash me in the water
The Lord will listen
Veni, veni (Lansdowne)
God beyond all names
C. ENGAGING
Listen to the Word/ Canada
Magnificat (Lansdowne)
Our Father, who is in heaven/ Cambodia
Come to me
I heard the voice of Jesus calling
Take these words to heart
God has chosen me
I was hungry
We will be fed with finest wheat
Alleluya/ El Salvador
D. RESPONDING
Lord, hear our cry
Kyrie eleison/ Guatemala
Baptised in water
God, fill our lives
May God bless you
Set me as a seal
Never give up (Bambelela)/ South Africa
This we shall do
Hallelujah (Lansdowne)
To you, O God, be given the glory/ El Salvador
E. COLUMBA SETTING
Kyrie (Columba)
Sanctus & Benedictus (Columba)
Agnus Dei (Columba)
Riichard Adams –
I bought the “We Walk His Way” CD & music book, and it’s gone down a bomb in school assemblies here. Teachers tell me that they hear children humming ‘Come, bring your burdens to God’ in the corridors. Amazing! – RICHARD ADAMS, Vicar, Fence & Higham