CREATION SPEAKS

Creation speaks, surpassing understanding
Light in the darkness, time and space entwine
We who inherit vistas of true glory
Sense growing wonder for the works divine

Fill now our minds with wakening comprehension
Fill too our hearts, with all that love might bring
Grant that our senses tune to hidden beauty
Causing real music in the hymns we sing

Heeding the call to follow in Christ's footsteps
Offering commitment for the things we pray
Taking the challenge to be true disciples
Taking the cross to follow come what may

Teach us the way to show due care and reverence
For all we hold in trust for those to come
Planning ahead as we build for the future
Holding a vision for a world begun  

Bill Peddie (tune: O Perfect Love)

SENSING GOD  

In awe of creation and Christ's tender love
The Spirit surrounds us, its symbol the dove
The mystery may deepen as we seek His face
But still we may learn by encounter with grace

Chorus:
Giving thanks
For the gifts
Which are showered on us all
We are part of the Church
To respond to the call
We come seeking insight to how life might be
And trust to your message that all may live free

As we then encounter a world sick with sin
We sense that the answer may lie close within
The message Christ brought us is simple indeed
Place love at the centre is all that we need

Chorus:
We give thanks ...

We find in the Godhead a means to the end
With God as creator and Christ as a friend
Yet for Love to conquer, our part we must play
The Spirit of Christ must have somewhere to stay

Chorus: 
We give thanks ...

Bill Peddie (tune: To God be the glory)

THE CALL OF THE SHEPHERD

Christ calls us as disciples
To speak and act with care
To show lives of Compassion
Taking time to share
He does not come in grandeur
A simple message brings
That when we serve our neighbour
We serve the king of kings

Christ offers to be shepherd                                         
But one who leads the way
He does not force our friendship
Nor order us to stay
He leads us by example
He speaks and lives his call
His values are eternal
He shows he cares for all

 If we accept his mission
And start to live it through                                           
We also note his promise
That we might know love too
The walls of hate can crumble
Breathe life to hearts of stone
If we can share his spirit
We'll never walk alone.

Bill Peddie (Tune Aurelia)