by Naomi and Stephen
Together Through the Father's Love.
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Together through the Father’s love
we are one family.
His love in us, our love for him
holds all in unity.
Let us praise and sing
for he’s good and true;
love and mercy flows.
From him all things are made new.
Together on the Jesus road,
we learn his servant heart,
discovering that humility
is where true blessing starts.
Let us walk his way
raise our voice in song
to the Love, whose love
is our joy and makes us one.
Together when the Spirit leads,
her whisper like a dove,
resisting our complacency
she kindles gifts of love.
Let the breath of life
spark in us a flame
for a hurting world
to find comfort for its pain.
We stand together on this day
and make our pledge in faith,
with hope for all the future holds
and trusting in your grace.
We will journey on
guided by your Word;
voices, hearts and lives
singing “Jesus Christ is Lord!”
singing “Jesus Christ is Lord!”
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About the Hymn
This was the hymn that got Naomi and Stephen working together. Originally it was commissioned to celebrate the refomation of the Churches Together in Fromeside (South Glos). Members of the congregations from Anglican, Methodist and URC backgrounds were invited to submit words and phrases which summed up our partnership.
From this input Naomi and Stephen crafted this hymn... very quickly we realised we wanted to give it a Trinitarian (Father Son and Holy Spirit) structure... and so it emerged.
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As we worked on it the URC announced a competition to celebrate their 50th annversary... a denomination with ecumenism at it's heart... so it seemed appropriate that the final hymn should be entered into that competition... we won... in the category of new words and new music. We were chuffed, and we've had some lovely feedback from people who've used the hymn, to celebrate unity and commitment.
