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                                                                                  Voices  Found  #72, Verse 2 Mothering God you gave me birth  In the bright morning of this earth.  Creator, source of every breath,  You are my rain, my wind, my sun .  Mothering Christ, you took my form, offering me your food of light,  grain of life,  and grape of love ,  your very body for my peace. Mothering Spirit, nurturing one, in arms of patience hold me close,  so that in faith, I root and grow  until I flower, until I know .   Words: Jean Wiebe Janzen after Julian of Norwich (ca1342-ca.1416) Music: Ana Hernandez Ana's music brings Julian to life!   Using  an ancient tune  O fillii et filiae,   Hernandez created ...

Voices Found #108, verse 1 To God be the glory, great things he has done! So loved he the world that he gave us his son, who yielded his life an atonement for sin and opened the life-gate that all may go in. Refrain Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! Let the earth hear his voice! Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! Let the people rejoice! O come to the Father, through Jesus the son, and give him the glory! Great things he has done! Words: Fanny Crosby (1820-1915) Music: W. H.  Diane (1832-1916) Fanny Crosby's rousing chorus is a powerful  opening hymn or  song of praise, perhaps especially appropriate at Eastertide.  Blind from birth, she became the most important Protestant hymn writer of the Nineteenth Century. She is remembered as the mother of congregational singing in America.   In addition to writing over 8.000 hymns she lobbied for education for the blind and was the first woman to speak to a joint session of Congress.  An American mission wor...

Voices Found  # 79 Jesus lives again, earth can breath again,  pass the word around: loaves abound! Let us talents and tongues employ,  reaching out with a shout of joy: bread is broken and wine is poured,  Christ is spoken and seen and heard: Jesus lives again, earth can breath again,  pass the word around: loaves abound! Christ is able to make us one,  at his table he sets the tone, teaching people to live and bless,  love in word and in deed express: Jesus lives again, earth can breath again,  pass the word around: loaves abound! Jesus calls us in, sends us out  bearing fruit in a world of doubt, gives us love to tell, bread to share:  God Emmanuel everywhere: Jesus lives again, earth can breath again,  pass the word around: loaves abound! Words: Fred Kaan  Music:  Linstead,  Jamaican folk song; adapt. Doreen Potter (1925-1980) "Loaves abound" is a lively Communion calypso that  is especially exciting during E...

                                            Voices Found #46 Emmanuel! The angel's ancient chorus today unfolds before us, The final triumph starts! Emmanuel! Within that name a treasure, announces God's good pleasure to dwell within our hearts. Emmanuel! He laid aside his splendor, and paradise surrendered  that we might be set free. Emmanuel! He rises now victorious,  to live forever glorious, and reign eternally. Emmanuel! This Jesus meek and lowly, has made us sinners holy,  by his almighty blood. Emmanuel! Forgiveness has been spoken, the kingdom now is open, and we behold our God! Emmanuel! Our God in us is dwelling, our God within us telling that he has come to save. Emmanuel! The angels sing their story, of Christ our hope of glory, the King is risen today! Words and Music: Betsey Mulloy    "Emmanuel,"  an energetic song of pr...

  Voices Found #75 Jesus living word incarnate;  of Mary virgin mother born. Lifted on the cross, most holy,  for us crucified and scorned. Cleanse us by the true obedience  of thy holy life outpoured, feed us with these holy mysteries,  Christ eternally adored. Words: Beverly Easterling Music: Carl Haywood "Jesus, living word," is a metrical paraphrase of the Latin hymn, Ave verum Corpus.    Mozart's choral setting of the Latin text is memorable; familiar to anyone who has sung in church choirs. Carl Haywood's simple setting  of the English words gives all worshippers the opportunity to sing of the holy mysteries. It may serve as the Fraction Anthem, appropriate especially during Lent, Palm Sunday, Holy Week, and Corpus Christi. The original Latin chant dates to the 13th century, first notated in an Italian manuscript.  One 14th century manuscript attributes it to Papa Innocent.  It has been set by many composers throughout the age...