We gather in the peace of our Lord.
     We gather in the peace that joins us to one another.
The great love of God has come into our hearts.
     Divine love covers the world.
Today we respond to the mercy that has found us.
     We respond in song and prayer, in listening and offering.
Lift up your hearts.
     We lift them up to the Lord.

O God of love, enable me to look around and see
The untold millions crying out for life, so full, so free.

O God of grace, enlighten me that I may know Your will;
And using gifts which You’ve bestowed, my calling will fulfll.

O God of hope, enrich my life that joy in me may be
A faming light of Your great peace, for all the world to see.

O God of pow’r, come, strengthen me, Your message to proclaim:
That love and grace and hope are found in Jesus’ wondrous name.

Come, ye thankful people, come, Raise the song of harvest home!
All is safely gathered in, Ere the winter storms begin;
God, our Maker, doth provide For our wants to be supplied:
Come to God’s own temple, come, Raise the song of harvest home.

“You are not ministering in Christ’s name because he has set before you a need you can
meet. Your purpose is to communicate in love, kindness, and tenderness the gospel of
Jesus in your Master’s name. It is enough to be caught up in this sense of divine purpose.”
                                                                                             (Baker James Cauthen)