Welcome to Mission u We Have Come to

Welcome to Mission u!

We Have Come to Seek You Words and Music: Anita Haigh © 2001 Anita Haigh. Northumbria Community Trust Ltd. , Nether Springs, Croft Cottage, Acton Home Farm, Felton, Northumbria NE 65 9 NU UK. www. northumbriacommunity. org. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission. anita@thehaighs. org. uk. ita Haigh. Northumbria Community Trust Ltd. .

We have come to seek you O God, just as we are we come. We have come to be sought by You, just as we are we come.

You are Good Words & Music: Israel Houghton. © 2001 Integrity’s Praise Music, admin. by Capitol CMG Publishing (IMI). All rights reserved. Reprinted under CCLI 11221925

Lord, you are good, and your mercy endureth forever. (repeat)

People from every nation and tongue, from generation to generation:

We worship you, Hallelujah! We worship you for who you are! We worship you, Hallelujah! We worship you for who you are……. And you are good!

Lord, you are good, and your mercy endureth forever. (repeat)

People from every nation and tongue, from generation to generation:

We worship you, Hallelujah! We worship you for who you are! We worship you, Hallelujah! We worship you for who you are……. And you are good!

You are Good! All the time! You are Good!

People from every nation and tongue, from generation to generation:

We worship you, Hallelujah! We worship you for who you are! We worship you, Hallelujah! We worship you for who you are……. And you are good!

Hamba Nathi Words: Garhard Cartford. Music: arr. Anders Nyberg. © Peace of Music Publishing, admin Walton Music, Corp. All rights reserved. Reprinted under One. License. net A-709087

Ham-ba na-thi, mku-lu-lu we-thu (repeat) Mku-lu-lu, mku-lu-lu, mku-lu-lu we-thu (repeat)

Come walk with us, the journey is long (repeat) The journey, the journey is long (repeat)

Woyaya Words & Music: Amoa, Amarfio, Bailey, Bedeau, Osei, Richardson & Tontoh. © 1993 Chappell & Co. , represented by Hal Leonard Corporation. All rights reserved. Reprinted under One. License. net A-709087

We are going, heaven knows where we are going, we’ll know we’re there. We will get there, heaven knows how we will get there, we know we will.

It will be hard we know, and the road will be muddy and rough but we’ll get there, heaven knows how we will get there, we know we will.

Woyaya

Artifact Experience Meet someone new and tell them how your artifact, drawing or quote represents your sense of community. When you hear the chime, meet someone else new and share with them! When you hear Hamba Nathi again, dance back to your seat!

Hamba Nathi Words: Garhard Cartford. Music: arr. Anders Nyberg. © Peace of Music Publishing, admin Walton Music, Corp. All rights reserved. Reprinted under One. License. net A-709087

Ham-ba na-thi, mku-lu-lu we-thu (repeat) Mku-lu-lu, mku-lu-lu, mku-lu-lu we-thu (repeat)

Come walk with us, the journey is long (repeat) The journey, the journey is long (repeat)

Amen, Amen!

WELCOME, ANNOUNCEMENTS, OPENING REMARKS

Opening Worship

How Great Thou Art The United Methodist Hymnal #77 Words & Music: Stuart K. Hine. © 1949, 1953 Stuart K. Hine Trust. All rights reserved. Reprinted under One. License. net A-709087

O Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder consider all the worlds Thy hands have made. I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder Thy power throughout the universe displayed.

Then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee; how great thou art, how great thou art!

OPENING LITANY Adapted from Act of Repentance Liturgy by Rachel Ann Morse and John 1, NRSV : • :

Then sings my soul, my Savior God to thee; how great thou art, how great thou art!

LEADER: Both seen and unseen, Where the door between the world And the next is cracked open for a moment And the light is not all on the other side. God shaped space. Holy. (Sharlande Sledge, unpublished. Used with permission. ):

LEADER: “God saw everything God had made. And said…” ALL: “Wow! It is very good!

When Hands Reach Out and Fingers Trace Glory to God #302 Words: Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, © 2001 Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission. www. carolynshymns. com. Email: bcgillette@comcast. net. Music: harm. John Weaver, © 1990 Hope Publishing Co. All rights reserved. Reprinted under One. License. net A-709087

When hands reach out and fingers trace the beauty of a loved one’s face, we thank you, God, that love relies on gifts of grace not seen by eyes.

When fingers spell and signs express our prayer and praise and thankfulness, we thank you, God, that hands can sing; you bless the silent songs we bring.

When broken bodies will not mend, we thank you, God, for Christ our friend. In him, our healing can begin: he welcomes all the wounded in.

And when the ways we learn and grow are not the ways that others know, we thank you, God, that we have learned your love’s a gift, and never earned.

Your Spirit gives us differing ways to serve you well and offer praise. When all are joined as one, we’ll be your able, strong community.