"ALL ARE WELCOME"
Chorus:
All are welcome, friend and stranger
at the banquet of the Savior
All are welcome, all are welcome here

From the woman who comes crying
leaving tears at Jesus feet
To the man who knows the right way
but cannot see (Chorus)

From the ones who feel forgotten
those who sense their place is gone
To the ones who live in hunger,
here you belong (Chorus)

Go into the streets and cities
to the farms and families
Tell about the splendid table
God's mercy (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson and Larry Olson
Š1999 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"ALL MY RELATIVES"
Listen my sister, listen my brother,
so many features, so many colors
I have not loved you like I should love you
If I believe that God is love

Chorus:
Every face, all my relatives
Every race, all my relatives
Every place, all my relatives
Hear creation sing
One with everything

Where there is hurting, we share the hurting
Where there is justice, we share the justice
Where there is mercy, we share the mercy
if we believe that God is love (Chorus)

Where there is suff'ring, we share the suff'ring
Where there is praising, we share the praising
Where there is freedom, we share the freedom
If we believe that God is love (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson & Karol Baer
Š1991 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"ALL OF MY LIFE"
My heart is hopin' and my eyes are open,
there is a hunger inside me
I want to do right, walk in the holy light
to live my days abundantly

Some say I've got to have all of the answers,
Some say I need all this money,
I hear the world is just mine for the taking,
oh how I long to be released

Chorus:
All of my life, I want to lose myself and be faithful
All of my life, I want to live forgiven and grateful
All of my life

Help out my neighbor, welcome a stranger,
offer my shirt to an enemy
Dance in the moonlight, cry by the firelight,
to live my days abundantly (Chorus)

Bridge: O God you know me, my every heartbeat
is a word of grace from you (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1996 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"ALL THANKS TO YOU"
Chorus:
All thanks to you O Love and Light
for all the blessings of the night

Throughout all time the stars have shown
that without dark light is not known (Chorus)

Within the earth dark soils surround
Here life takes root and circles 'round
(Chorus)

Stillness of sleep, promise of peace
for weary souls that love does keep (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š2007 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"ALL THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE"
All that we have to give,
we received it first from God
Let no one's needs be lost when I have some
All that we have to give is acceptable
All that we have to give

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1992 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"ALLELUIA (to whom shall we go)"
Alleluia, to whom shall we go? 
You have the words of eternal life.
 Alleluia, Alleluia.   

Words-traditional/Music by Sara Thomsen 
Š1994 Dakota Road Music.
 All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"ALLELUIA(I am the light...) "
Alleluia, Alleluia! I am the light of the world.
 Alleluia, Alleluia! I am the light of the world. 
Those who follow me will not walk in darkness.
 Those who follow me will have the light of life.   

Words and Music by Larry Olson
 Š1990 Dakota Road Music. 
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"ALLELUIA(Lord to whom...) "
Alleluia, Lord to whom shall we go? 
Alleluia, Lord to whom shall we go? 
You have the words of eternal life. 

Words-traditional/Music Š1997 Jeff Kjellberg 
Administered by Dakota Road Music. 
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"ALWAYS REMEMBER"
Marriage is a gift, a gift from God 
Two lives alone come together 
Bound by a patient and lasting love
 Always remember  

Chorus: 
At the start God had a plan 
creating woman, creating man 
called and joined, no longer apart 
God smiles on a united heart  

We both have gifts we want to bring 
A story unfolds: "come together
" Care for each other as you face the world 
Always remember (Chorus)  

Bridge: 
When storm clouds roll right through our home 
God's promise stands; we are not alone 
Always remember (Chorus)   

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
 Š1995 Dakota Road Music. 
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"BE COMFORTED"
All of you be comforted 
Rest your weary troubled head 
Let your soul live peacefully 
in God's care completely  

Wait, be still you lonely one 
Know that God as Parent, Son
 and as Spirit will be there
 to guide, to love and care  

Blest are you who weep for peace
 Working to make oppression cease 
Some day all will gladly stand
 one great family as God has planned   

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
 Š1992 Dakota Road Music. 
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. 

"BE STILL"
Chorus:
 Be still and know that I am God. Be still and know that I am God.

Amidst the chaos of the daily hear the small voice. (Chorus)

Above the raging of the nations you weep for peace. (Chorus)

Just as a hen cares for her young ones, your wings, our home. (Chorus)

   Words and Music by Hans Peterson 
Š2001 Dakota Road Music.
 All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"BETHLEHEM HIGHWAY"
Chorus: 
There is hope on Bethlehem highway 
for the ones who will journey there 
and the hope is a child in a manger 
bringing us love beyond compare

It's a lifeline for the needy 
It's sight to those who can't see 
It's a freedom for the faithful 
in a child of prophecy (Chorus)

Let the angels go before us
 Let the darkness become light 
Now the Savior lives among us 
Now truth has come to life (Chorus)   

Words and Music by David Lee Brown and James Hersch
 Š1992 Dakota Road Music.
 All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"BLESSED ARE THOSE"
Chorus: (2X)
 Blessed are those who do believe
 Blessed are those who do believe 
Though they have not seen they trust God faithfully

Some people doubt what they have not seen 
They will not blindly follow what is said 
Others view this as a weakness 
But it can authenticate instead 
See my nail pierced hands, 
come touch my wounded side 
I give what you need for faith
 And as you give your trust completely
 My Spirit will guide (Chorus)

As I've been given so I give you 
To the world forgive the sins of all
 Bringing hope to doubting faces 
Tearing down where hatred builds a wall 
And as you bring life to places near and far 
Always keep in mind You are not loved for what you do 
But for whose you are (Chorus)

   Words and Music by Hans Peterson
 Š1994 Dakota Road Music.
 All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"BOUNDLESS LOVE"
Chorus:
Boundless love touches and changes the heart of us
Boundless love touches and changes the heart of us

Oh Spirit of Jesus you sit at our table
and call us to a radical meal
of boundless love that climbs over barriers
so nothing can keep us apart (Chorus)

We structure injustice that keeps some from eating
you prepare us for a different feast
of boundless love that climbs over barriers
so nothing can keep us apart (Chorus)

Oh Spirit of life come and move through the people
confronting the powers of death
'cause boundless love climbs over barriers
so nothing can keep us apart (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š2001 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"BREAD FOR THE WORLD"
We need bread, bread,
bread for the world;
bread, bread,
bread for the world;
bread, bread,
bread for the world today.
Chorus:
Sing it loud! Sing it loud!
Additional verses: "We need: love, peace, grace, hope, truth.."

Words and Music by Larry Olson and Karol Baer
Š1989 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"BREAD IN A BASKET"
Bread in a basket risen with care;
gift of the Dancer, bringing life, brought to us to bear.

Fresh rain on wheat fields, quenching the thirst;
seeds full of promise, offering, from the soil, new birth.

Fields ripe to harvest, plenty to spare.
Have we the courage for this world, hungry now to share?

Bread in a basket risen with care;
gift of the Dancer, bringing life, brought to us to bear.

Words and Music by Hans Peterson and Larry Olson
Š1998 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"BREAK THESE CHAINS"
Wrapped in confusion, trapped in life's cage
tied to the cradle and grave
Captive to questions, shackled with fear
touching the edge of faith

Chorus:
Only love can break these chains
Only love can break these chains
In this whole world
only love can break these chains

I hear you calling, calling my name
Why do I turn from you
I keep on running, running away
far from your grace and truth (Chorus)

Bridge:
Break these chains
Break these chains
Break these chains (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson and Scott Jibben
Š2007 Dakota Road Music/Scott Jibben.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"BRING YOUR MERCY"
Chorus: (2x)
Bring your mercy, bring your mercy, bring your mercy Lord.

To those who are distant, to those who are here,
to those with resistance, those who live in fear. (Chorus)

To our hidden places only you can see,
to the many faces yearning to be free. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson and Karol Baer
Š1992 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"BUILD UP - Isaiah 57, 58"
Chorus:
Build up, prepare the way
Remove the obstructions from my people's way
Build up, prepare the way
God is near, God is here today

Break the chains of injustice
Let the oppressed go free
Share our homes with the homeless
and our bread with the hungry (Chorus)

God sees all our destruction
How we get in love's way
Still God comes and meets us
with a steady, healing embrace (Chorus)

Bridge:
Then your light will break forth like the dawn
and your healing will break into song (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson and Hans Peterson
Š1995 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"CHILD OF THE WATER"
Chorus:
You're a child of the water, child of the word,
guided by promise and stories you've heard.
God of the wounded knows you by name
and carries you home ev'ryday.

From your first breath
to the last step,
all of the dance;
down deep in your laughter,
whatever your fears,
try to remember... (Chorus)

Life is a gift,
time carries on,
and you will grow;
amidst your believing
and throughout your doubt,
something is sure... (Chorus)

Bridge:
We journey together as children of God,
sealed by the cross... (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson,
Larry Olson and David Lee Brown
Š1998 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"CHRISTE"
Cantor: Let us pray to God, have mercy

Refrain: Christe Eleison, (have mercy) Christe Eleison

Cantor: For your peace to come to a troubled world, have mercy

Refrain: Christe Eleison, (have mercy) Christe Eleison

Cantor: For unity among all who seek the truth, have mercy

Refrain: Christe Eleison, (have mercy) Christe Eleison

Cantor: For strengthening the threads of our lives, have mercy

Refrain: Christe Eleison, (have mercy) Christe Eleison

Cantor: Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen

All: Amen, Amen

Words and Music by Sara Thomsen
Š1995 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"COME"
Chorus:
Come worship the Christ,
lift up your hearts with a new living praise.
Come join in the marvelous song
sung by those who live in God's embrace.

By the word of the maker the heavens came alive,
the waters were placed in the dance of the sea.
So let us stand in awe of creation
and the one who called it to be. (Chorus)

No one can be saved by their own might or make
their lives more secure by the strength of an army.
Wait for the Lover who offers guidance
and life abundantly. (Chorus)

The eyes of the one, our designer watch over
us like a mother who nurtures her children.
Blessed are you, a chosen people.
Rejoice, live the Amen! (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š1997 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"COME AND SEE"
The song of a wren, the flight of a hawk
a baby's first bond with her mother
first flowers of spring arise and sing
The world is filled with wonder

Chorus:
Come and see what God has done
The earth is alive; thanks to the sun
Every plant that grows
every river that flows
what a miracle gift of creation

Ponder the vastness of the night sky
The distance you see is amazing
The light travels over thousands of years
before you see it stargazing (Chorus)

Look at a seed it knows what to do
New life will spring forth from its falling
And we as people of the Divine
can listen as we know our calling (Chorus)

People of Faith, Grace beckons you home
to Eden in all of its splendor
Do you hear the call? Renew the earth
With care now garden and tend her (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š2007 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"COME TO THE WATERFALL"
Chorus: (4X)
Come to the waterfall

All who are weary, I will give you rest
For the hell that you're living now you shall be blest
You searching in the desert will no longer faint
Old tired souls will find new strength (Chorus)

Take courage now my children for you shall be restored
And you who weep for justice, the kingdom shall be yours
Poor ones, victims of all this world's hate
Beloved, your reward awaits (Chorus)

Words and Music by Richard Colligan
Š1990 This Here Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"COMMUNION RESPONSE"
Lord make me like your bread, your body,
break and bless my life for you.
From this cup of love and suffering,
make our lives poured out for you.
Take not your presence oh, Lord
and restore your salvation.

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š1992 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"CROSS OF CHRIST"
Hearts on fire with hope and grief
There is doubt and there's belief
Some will trust, a blessed faith
Others need to touch the wounds of grace

Chorus:
Looking through the cross of Christ
we die and rise again
New creation, gift of life
love that has no end

Someone has a heavy load
stranger hurt along the road
Some will walk right by this place
Who will stop to be the hands of grace? (Chorus)

Rivers filled with mystery
flowing for eternity
Every child of every race
Welcome to God's abounding grace (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š2006 Dakota Road Music. 
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"CRY MERCY"
Eyes of want and depths of need.
Creeds of hate and piles of greed.
Loss of truth and groans of pain.
Voices cry for change.

Worlds of hunger, miles of waste.
Hearts of stone and lives of haste.
Crimes of war and tears of grief.
Voices of belief.

Chorus:
Cry mercy, your touch I need.
Cry mercy, oh hear my plea.
Cry mercy, oh, oh, oh, oh
Cry mercy.

From the hurt we can't escape.
We're connected, bound by grace.
Ev'ry color, young and old,
voices on the road. (Chorus)

Bridge:
We need your love, now is the time.
We need your bread, your living wine. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson and Hans Peterson
Š1997 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"DANCE WITH ME"
Chorus:
Come on everybody,
take a chance, dance with me
Grab your sister, tell your brother,
celebrate life dancing free

Painful tears, shattered dreams,
darkness on our left and right
But with the dawn joy breaks loose,
Dispersing sorrow and fright (Chorus)

Life's a dance where we learn
to move our feet creatively
We may slip as we move
but God still leads gracefully (Chorus)

Bridge:
Mourning turns to dance
when we give the Lord a chance to say
(Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š1992 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"DARKNESS, COVER ME"
Darkness cover me like a
blanket of night, oh
cover me lightly
Shadows gather around me
deepening darkness
whispering softly
Holy Maker of Moonlight
singing through starlight
Keeper of all life

Hidden seed, deep in the dark
soil of the earth
fertile ground, womb of the night
bring us new birth

Š1997 Sara Thomsen
Administered by Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"DO JUSTICE"
Racing around, chasing idols
unfulfilled empty vessels
World on the edge, out of control,
will we survive, God only knows

Chorus:
Do justice, love mercy,
walk humbly with our God,
with our God

People broken, falling pieces,
dignity lost, loving ceases
Hopeless eyes, lonely faces,
yearning hearts, hurting places (Chorus)

Deadly hunger, desperate crying,
wounded living , children dying
Nails in the flesh, piercing fear,
why can't we see Christ hanging here (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson and Julie Hennies Clark
Š1991 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"DRAW NEAR"
Woke up one day as the rain came down
Brand new day, all I could do was frown
Looked to the skies, so many things gone wrong
Looking for God, found me in a song

Chorus:
Something in the rain said, "Children don't despair
I'm with you now, know my loving arms of care
I am here, in the rain is a tear with your name, draw near"

What about bombs bursting in the sky
What about children sighing as they die
What about people losing hope today
What about friends who just can't see their way (Chorus)

I am here even as it rains
I am here, I can feel your pain
I am here through the toughest fight
I am here in the darkest night (Chorus)

Words and Music by Julie Hennies Clark/Larry Olson
Š1997 Julie Hennies Clark/Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"DREAM GOD'S DREAM"
Chorus:
Dream God's dream
Holy Spirit help us dream
of a world where there is justice
and where everyone is free
to build and grow and love
and to simply have enough
The world will change
when we dream God's dream

I'm dreaming of a world where the color of one's skin
will mean less than what's within that person's heart
A world where water's clean and where air is safe to breathe
and where ev'ry child born has enough to eat (Chorus)

I'm dreaming of the call God is offering to me
how to use my energy and my best gifts
to do the work of Christ, to say God please use my life
to spread your healing love and to live your truth (Chorus)

I'm dreaming of the way that I want my life to go
I've got hopes and I've got goals I'd like to meet
I'll reach high for the stars but I won't forget the scars
of Christ who died to show that the dream's for all (Chorus)

Words and Music by Bryan Sirchio
Š1991 Cross Wind Music Music.
Administered by Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"EARLY MOURNING MARY"
Early mourning Mary went to the tomb but found no one.
Stone was rolled, tomb was cold, oh Mary didn't know.
She sought the living among the dead;
she had to look in the world instead.

Chorus:
He is living! He is living! He's the ever living Lord!
He's among us, he's inside us, he's the ever living Lord
and we have been restored.

Mary wept at the tomb. Angels wondered why she would cry.
Turn around, see his face, the teacher is alive.
She spread the news about what she'd seen,
but not all who heard would believe. (Chorus)

Disciples hid frightened by what their enemies would do.
Jesus came quietly; Peace be with you.
God has sent me now I send you.
Go in the world and spread the news. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson and Karol Baer
Š1989 Dakota Road Music.
All rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"EARTH AND EVERYTHING, THE"
Chorus:
The earth and everything that lives in it,
The earth and everything that lives in it,
belongs to the Lord.

Who are those that truly love
their God faithfully?
It is they with hearts and hands
who do God's will joyfully. (Chorus)

God is present in our midst;
Lift your hearts, look up and see.
We are his work, and through our lives
God's love and glory we will be. (Chorus)

If everything belongs to God,
all the people, all the land,
can we agree to work together
one another understand? (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š1992 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"EVER LOVING GOD"
Chorus:
Ever loving God
how splendid is your name
Ever loving God
how splendid is your name
in all the earth

Awed by the work of your hands
the moon and the stars in their place
Oh, who are we that you would care for us
Each of us is held in your grace (Chorus)

Each person fashioned with care
made in the image of love
All of the earth, the land, the sea the air
points to your great goodness, O God (Chorus)

How will we walk in this world
Will we have the vision to see
your sacred touch throughout the universe
Every person filled with dignity (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson and Larry Olson
Š2007 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"EVERYBODY HAS A PART"
Emma lives alone in a small house
Adam mows her lawn every week for free
Now his eyes are open wide
He sees the bike at Emma's side
She says, "This is for you
'cause you've been a friend to me"

Chorus:
Everybody has a part
all of us are important
To find out who we are
and how we fit with one another
hidden in their heart
everybody has a part

Nelson farms some land in Africa
but the cocoa price has fallen oh so low
Now when the times are tough
he believes he has enough
to give of what he has
to give because he knows (Chorus)

Bridge:
Whatever it is we have to give
beyond ourselves is where we live (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson and James Hersch
Š1997 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMETHING TO OFFER"
Chorus:
Everybody's got something to offer
Young and old, the prince and the pauper
Everybody's got something to offer
in the name of the Lord

To the lost and the lowly ones
the message it is clear
we have all got a gift to give
our hands, our hearts, our tears (Chorus)

To the believers gathered here
the message it is true
we have all got a gift to give
in all we say and do (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1989 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"EVERYDAY IS THANKSGIVING"
Sometimes it's hard to be thankful.
Sometimes it's hard to be me.
Sometimes there's too much trouble here to handle.
But then your love breaks through my fear.
I know I'm blessed just to be here.

Chorus: Ev'ryday is Thanksgiving
Ev'ryday is worth living 'cause I know you care.
Ev'ryday is Thanksgiving when I remember that you love me.
(when I remember who died for me.)

Sometimes it's hard to be giving.
I'm afraid there'll be none left for me.
I do not give thanks in how I'm living.
But then your love breaks through my greed.
I know I'm blessed for those in need. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1991 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"EVERYTHING IS GRACE"
Chorus:
Everything is grace
as we see in others God's loving face
Grateful people embrace
even the pains in life
with God they turn and face
Every moment we live by faith
Every breath that we breathe is grace
Everything that we live is grace

Can we live with sorrow and with joy
With conflict and also peace
Must a shade be only dark or light
for us to keep our sanity
Could it be that night and day
and dancing and mourning are all a part
part of the same movement (Chorus)

In the darkness there will be light
Amidst despair you will find hope
In your weakest moment there'll be strength
and out of death new life is born
When you see the face of pain find a home
trust the promise you already know
'cause you know (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š1993 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"FROM GOD'S HEART"
May our words and what we do
be lived in gratitude to you
Emmanuel, Love has come
in an unexpected lowly one

Into this hungry, violent place
your word's for every tribe and race
Let love increase, let hatred fall
Be peace on earth good will to all

Grace revealed for humankind
good news for poor of every kind
The low raised up, the rich brought low
so abundant life the world may know

From God's heart a child arrives
Here hope abounds and joy abides
God with us in the night
Glory to the One who brings the light

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š2004 Dakota Road Music
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"FROM NOW ON"
Chorus:
From now on (I'll be with you 'til the end of the age)
From now on (Your kingdom come for this we'll live and we'll pray)
From now on (We'll work for peace until the final day)
From now on

God's near (God won't forsake you)
God's here (and knows the pains that face you)
Now we're (called to go out in the world)
Teach and heal and meet every need,
help the lame to walk and the blind to see (Chorus)

Christ cares (giving his life for all people)
We share (the love of his that's eternal)
Go there (for he has asked us to follow)
Spread the word that God's in our land,
spread the message that will always stand (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š1993 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"GET INTO THE RIVER"
I see you standing on the shoreline
watching life rush on by
Muddy water, raging current
you can't see 'round the bend
so you safely swim inside your head

I know you're lookin' for the answers
and a place where you belong
Take your shoes off, risk the moment
there's no time to fret
'cause the world needs you to get wet

Chorus:
Get into the river with me
feel the spirit flowing free
Below the surface
you'll find your purpose
Get into the river, youšll see

Waves of hunger, floods of fighting
all those tears could fill a sea
Feel the beat of all the people
Hear the holy one
sayin' there is work here to be done (Chorus)

Bridge:
You might get cut or you might sink down
but this water, this water of life will lead you on (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š2001 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"GIVER OF THE HEARTBEAT"
Chorus:
Giver of the heartbeat
Lover of the unclean
Singer of freedom for the wounded
You're the song of all life

We come blessed by your hand
tied to the pulse of the land
for all the breath of creation
we give thanks to you (Chorus)

We are longing for truth
courage to follow you
all of our hurts and our failings
we bring them to you (Chorus)

Open our lives to hear
the word to unwrap our fears
Free us to love all our neighbors
we pray this to you (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson and Larry Olson
Š1999 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"GLORY TO THE LOVE"
Chorus:
Glory to the Love
Glory to the Life
Glory to the child of Light
From heaven to earth across the universe
Glory to the peace of Christ

Moving, reaching into our lives
seeds of promise stirring inside (Chorus)

Teaching, healing, seeking the lost
turning tables, bearing the cross (Chorus)

Guiding Spirit open us wide
to see Christ in each others' eyes (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson and Hans Peterson 
Š2006 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"GLORY, GLORY"
It was in the night, the darkest of nights,
that a baby cry came giving light to the darkness
of this sinful world of ours.
It was in the plains, the prettiest of plains,
that the angels came to tell the good news to the shepherds,
that a Savior is born today on this earth for you.

Chorus:
Glory, glory, alleluia, peace on earth.
Glory, glory in excelsis Deo
Glory, glory, alleluia, peace on earth.
Glory, glory in excelsis Deo

The came from far, far, far from the east
with all their gifts; gold, perfume and silver
to welcome the baby boy.
Why don't you go with them? Open up your heart
and praise the one, Jesus the newborn Savior
who has come on this day to save your soul from death. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Daouda
Š1999 Daouda, administered by Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"GO IN PEACE"
(Go In peace and serve the Lord)
Go in peace and serve the Lord
(Let your life shine out in the world)
Let your life shine out in the world
(Christ is calling you to follow him)
Christ is calling you to follow him
(Make your lives a living sacrifice)
Sacrifice

Š1997 Jeff Kjellberg
Administered by Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"GO NOW"
Filled with the Holy Spirit
Go now with God, go now with God
Into the world as a servant
Go now with God, go now with God

Chorus:
Go now, go now, go now with God
Go now, go now, go now with God

Offering a hand to a stranger
Go now with God, go now with God
Trusting in the risen savior
Go now with God, go now with God (Chorus)

Waters of mercy have found us
Go now with God, go now with God
Grace on the journey surrounds us
Go now with God, go now with God (Chorus)

Crossing every boundary, every nation
Go now with God, go now with God
Dancing in the gift of liberation
Go now with God, go now with God (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson and Larry Olson
Š2006 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission

"GOD ARE YOU TIRED"
Oh God, are you tired of our empty days
our calloused hearts, our broken ways
How long till we wake up and heed your call
How long till we see that we don't know it all

Chorus:
May we lose ourselves for you
May we lose ourselves for you
For the least and the lost
may we take up our cross
and humbly follow you

Oh God, are you tired of our bombs and guns
the reasons we give to kill someone
How long till we stand up and stop this race
How long till we see you in every face (Chorus)

Oh God, are you tired of our endless greed
our mindless chase of luxury
How long till we cry out that something's wrong
How long till our praise is more than a song (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š2008 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"GOD OF THE HARVEST"
Chorus:
You are God of the seed, God of the soil
God of the hope, God of the toil
You are God of the rain, God of the sun
God of the harvest with blessings for everyone

From the fields and the gardens
come your blessed gifts of life
Colors blossom, vines are dancing
roots uplifted with our thanks (Chorus)

From the womb of all creation
springs the fruit, the living light
Grace abundant, mercy flowing
nourishing and bringing life (Chorus)

Bridge:
Where there is hunger
where there is need
may we share your bounty
may we always see (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson & Karol Baer
Š2003 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"GOOD NEWS"
Chorus:
Good news, there has been a Savior born
Good news, that is why we sing
Good news, dancing through the centuries
Good news, changing everything

Hear the cries, hear the sighs
hear the whys? unspoken
Feel the blame, feel the shame
and all the pain of being lost and broken (Chorus)

See the might, see the fright
See the light for living
Know the One, know the Son
and what's been done to set us free for giving (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1993 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"GUARDIAN LIGHT"
Guardian light, love so bright
Shine away for a peace-filled day

In our fears, please be near
Through our days show your ways

A world where, all people there
Together breathe in harmony

Stir our lives, make us wise
So that we may live this dream

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š2003 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"HALLELUJAH"
Hallelujah maples flow, Hallelu an acorn grows
Hallelujah there is hope we know, Hallelujah

Hallelujah graces green, Hallelu with everything
Hallelujah wherever beauty is seen, Hallelujah

Hallelujah daffodil, Hallelu come drink your fill
Hallelujah where oh heart is your will, Hallelujah

Hallelujah you give sight, Hallelu the moon shines bright
Hallelujah we make it through the night, Hallelujah

Hallelujah breath you bring, Hallelu death lose your sting
Hallelujah to the one we sing, Hallelujah

Hallelujah life has come, Hallelu warmth of the sun
Hallelujah peace for everyone, Hallelujah

Hallelujah the world sighs, Hallelu Christ is alive
Hallelujah from ashes we all arise, Hallelujah

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š2003 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"HE CAME TO SET US FREE"
Chorus:
He came to set us free, to set us free,
to set us free from oppression.
He came to set us free, to set us free,
to set us free from oppression.

To bring good news to the poor in the world;
to grant release to the captives in the world,
to restore sight to the blind in the world.
We are captured by the world, captured by the world. (Chorus)

To break the chains of sin that hold us tight;
To conquer death so that all may have new life,
to be our light in our darkness like the night.
We are captured by the night, captured by the night. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson and Karol Baer
Š1991 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"HE HAS BEEN RAISED"
Lost and frightened, feeling sadness
someone you loved has gone away
Seeking answers; finding questions
Could it be true, what the people say?

Chorus:
He has been raised.
He is not here.
Can you believe your ears?
Let go of all your hurts and fears.
Jesus is alive!

We are struggling, we are wond'ring
Can we walk the streets of faith?
We are loved and we're forgiven
Why don't we trust in these arms of grace? (Chorus)

Bridge:
Our mourning and weeping has turned to rejoicing,
the stones from our tombs have been rolled away
life has come from death today, now.... (Chorus)

Words by Larry Olson/James Desai, Music by Larry Olson
Š1997 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"HEALER"
Chorus:
Healer, healer, come and heal this world
Healer, healer, come and heal this world

May we all offer up our hands
May we all, all together stand (Chorus)

May we all lay our weapons down
May we all find our common ground
(Chorus)

May we all offer up our hands
May we all, altogether stand (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š2009 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"HEART OF THE PEOPLE"
Hear the sounds of tragedy,
the tears are falling on our hearts.
Is anybody left with love inside there?
Suffering has no name
but the people living it they do.
Is anybody left with love inside their heart,
their heart?

Chorus:
I'm looking to the heart, the heart
the heart of the people.
One heart on fire can change the world
Oh with the heart, the heart,
the heart of the people
we can change the world.

What are the reasons why
we don't hear God calling in our hearts?
Is anybody left with love inside there?
Frightened or unaware,
too tired, just no time to care?
Is anybody left with love inside their heart,
their heart? (Chorus)

I believe that just one heart
can touch the face of human pain
and the world will never be the same.
If one more tear is dried,
if one less child has to die,
the world will never be the same again,
again. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1991 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"HELP US O LORD"
Help us, O Lord, to hear your word.
Open our hearts to feel your word.
Give us the strength to live your word each day.

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1989 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"HELP US OH LORD"
Help us, oh Lord, to do what is right and wise
Help us to see our brothers' needs that are in disguise
Help us, oh Lord, to feel the pain in our sisters' eyes

Teach us to live your kingdom come here on earth
Open our lives to treat each person with equal worth
Remind us we're family, we're bound by baptismal birth

We offer in joy what you first to us gave
Ourselves, our time, the very things that our hands have made
Receive them all now, this is our prayer in Jesus' name

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š1997 Dakota Road Music
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"HERE'S HOPE"
Chorus:
Here's hope given for you
gift of life full and true
Jesus comes to make us each his own
Beloved, we are made new

My grace is sufficient for you
for pow'r is made perfect in weakness
Give witness to the truth (Chorus)

We are the body of Christ
here to be food for each other
in joy, in suffering (Chorus)

Rise then as servants of God
Follow the light of freedom
to walk the way of love (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š2003 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"HOLY LORD"
Holy Lord, Holy Lord
who was and is and is to come
Holy Lord, Holy Lord
who was and is and is to come

You, O Lord are most worthy to receive
glory and honor and power
For you made all things and by your will
they came into being

Holy Lord, Holy Lord
who was and is and is to come
Holy Lord, Holy Lord
who was and is and is to come
Holy Lord, Holy Lord
who was and is and is to come

Words and Music by Mark Douglass
Š1993 Dakota Road Music
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"HOLY, HOLY (is the story)"
Holy, Holy is the story.
At creation begun
and carried through history by the word.

We are woven by the story and in turn we weave it more.
We are working with each other to see our tapestry made whole.

Holy, Holy is the story.
At creation begun
and carried through history by the word.

Words and Music by Allison Schuette and Sara Thomsen
Š1995 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"HOLY, HOLY (tender, gentle God)"
Holy, holy, holy, tender, gentle God.
Heaven and earth are full of you.
Hosanna, hosanna in the highest
and in the low ones.
Blessed is the one who comes in your name.

Words and Music by Sara Thomsen
Š1997 Sara Thomsen, administered by Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"HOW LONG"
Chorus:
How long will you hide from me, oh Lord? How Long?
How long will you hide your face from me? How long?

How long till the lion lies with the lamb? How long?
We long to see you great I am (Chorus)

When will swords become that which plows the land? How long?
When will all as one together stand? (Chorus)

When will justice flow like a river running wide?
We long for you to come and sit and be close by our side (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š1992 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"I AM"
Chorus:
I am the light to lead you
the lamb, born to release you
I am, I am

Oh Herod's cold, cold heart
could never stop the spark
that turned into the flame
that's burning still the same (Chorus)

The wonder of God's love,
the healing saving Son
is with us everywhere
to follow if we dare (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson, Karol Baer and David Lee Brown
Š1992 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permssion.

"I BELIEVE IN THAT LOVE"
I believe in a love that is born in the song of a baby's cry.
I believe in a love that lives on and on even when we die.
I believe in a love that reaches out, embracing all our pain and doubt.

Chorus:
I believe in that love, I believe
I believe in that love
I believe in that love, I believe
I believe in that love

I believe in a love that is felt in the touch of a helping hand.
I believe in a love that sees differences and seeks to understand.
I believe in a love that has no bounds, no class or race to hold it down.
(Chorus)

I believe in a love that is here at the heart of a mystery.
I believe in a love that forgives, forgets, heals and sets us free.
I believe in a love that loses self for the sake of life for someone else.
(Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1993 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"I LIFT MY EYES"
Chorus:
I lift my eyes to the mountain from where does my help come?
My help comes from our God who made heav'n and earth.

In the scorching sands of dessert there's promise of shade.
In your deepest night a still small voice says don't be afraid. (Chorus)

In your going and your coming a Guardian is near.
In the face of death the open arms of love appear.(Chorus)

When it all seems so confusing alone in despair
the cross reveals new hope for life to rise from there. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š2002 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"I WAS HUNGRY "
I was hungry and you gave me bread
Homeless, you gave a place to lay my head
I was naked, you clothed me
I was imprisoned and you set me free

Chorus:
And the prison doors are opening
and the prison walls are falling down
And the prison doors are opening
and the prison walls are falling down

I was parched and dry and you gave me rain
Sick and tired and you eased my pain
I was cold as ice and your warmth melted me
I was imprisoned and you set me free (Chorus)

I was crying, you kissed my tears
Frightened, you relieved my fears
I was unheard, you listened to me
I was imprisoned and you set me free

Bridge:
As you've done it to the least of these
my brothers and my sisters,
you've done it unto me (Chorus)

(Last Chorus)
And the prison doors are opening
and the prison walls are falling down
And our eyes and ears are opening
and the walls that divide are falling down
And our hearts and hands are opening
and the chains that held them are
falling down, falling, falling down

Words and Music Š1994 Sara Thomsen
Administered by Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"I WILL BE YOUR GOD"
Chorus:
I will be your God and you will be my people
I will be your God and you will be my people

A day of comfort is a comin'
suffering has no chance
Sin and greed will have no stronghold
and the mourning turns to dance (Chorus)

There may be times that you seek me
when I seem far
Know that I am very near you
hearing struggles of your heart (Chorus)

A new cov'nant I will give you
wear it on your hearts
From the youthful to the wisest
all will know that from the start that (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š1992 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"I'M ON MY WAY"
There's a place where I know I belong
where the hills and breezes know me
where the land and the trees and view
gently whisper, "How are you?"

Chorus:
I'm on my way, on my way
to the one who knows my name
to the voice that calls me home everyday
I'm on my way, I'm on my way

There's a home that has borne me this song
where the arms lift up and hold me
where the laughs and the tears ring true
simply saying, "I need you" (Chorus)

There's a love that remembers no wrong
one that knows me and still loves me
one that feels all that I go through
always saying, "I'm with you" (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1993 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"IF I BELIEVE IN JESUS"
Chorus:
If I believe in Jesus do I need to follow him?
If I believe in Jesus do I need to follow him?
'cause if I'm gonna follow him
some things are bound to change

Time to go and love my neighbor
Time to get down on my knees
Time to step out on the water
but I'm having some trouble
letting go of all of my things...(Chorus)

Time to break some bread with sinners
Time to weep for broken dreams
Time to help a wounded stranger
but I'm having some trouble
with loving my enemies...(Chorus)

Time to help my homeless sister
Time to wash my brother's feet
Time to speak against injustice
but I'm having some trouble
confronting the powers that be....(Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š2003 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"IN GOD'S EYES"
Outside my window, right across the street
there is someone new living next to me
They might look different, they might talk strange
Do I really care to know their name?

There is a brother working on wall street
and a sister who needs bread to eat
Now truth keeps calling, we have family ties
we're all the same in God's eyes

Chorus:
In God's eyes there must be rivers of tears
for all the pain love has endured
In God's eyes there must be mountains of hope
to keep sending babies into our homes
with God's eyes

I am no better, I am no worse
than a drunk who's lying down in the dirt
Now truth keeps calling 'til we hear the cries
we're all the same in God's eyes (Chorus)

Bridge:
So quick to judge each other
so slow to love another
Oh can our hearts ever see? With (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1994 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"IN THE BEGINNING"
In the beginning God spoke the world
and said it is good
In the beginning God breathed all life
and said it is good

Chorus:
For creation and the power
and the glory are yours
now and forever, forevermore

In the beginning there was the word
That word came alive
The word is Jesus, Emmanuel
Through him we have life (Chorus)

Bridge:
You showed the way of sacrifice
For us you suffered loss
You showed the way of strength and might
by hanging upon the cross (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1999 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"JOURNEY OF PRAISE"
We are all on a journey
from the cradle to the grave
We are given life through the price
our Savior had to pay

Chorus:
Oh let our hearts praise the Lord
Oh let our hands praise the Lord
Oh let our voices praise the Lord
Oh let our lives praise the Lord

We can feel suffering
there is someone near in need
We are given choice, heart, hands, voice,
they are within our reach (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson, David Lee Brown and Karol Baer
Š1989 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"JUBILEE"
Chorus:
Jubilee, a time of our Lord's favor,
all debts are freed, forgotten, do you hear the call?
Meet ev'ry need, share your bread and your table
in this year of Jubilee.

There's hope in a day we've been promised,
no more tears rivals forgive
God will bind up the broken-hearted,
those with property will share their harvest yield
so that together all will joyfully live. (Chorus)

"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me"
Christ speaks Isaiah's prophecy
To announce the now of God's saving mercy;
bring captives liberty and sight to those who don't see
so that together all will joyfully live. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š1997 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"JUSTICE MEANS"
Chorus:
May, Oh God, your Reign come.
May, Oh God your Reign come.

Justice means that all are fed;
Everyone will have their bread
and a place to lay their head (Chorus)

Justice means that work will pay,
what it takes to live that day
and that children will laugh and play (Chorus)

Justice frees us from the clutch
of too little or too much
It's God's liberating touch. (Chorus)

With all people we can grow.
God's abundance all can know.
No one's high and no one's low. (Chorus)

Justice means the slaves go free;
Debts all end with Jubilee.
The Land is God's own property. (Chorus)

Justice means that rulers care,
to keep people from despair,
building systems that are fair. (Chorus)

Justice ends our fears and wars.
Ploughs are hammered from our swords.
Vine and fig tree at each door. (Chorus)

Justice is what God requires
More than hymns and lofty spires
It's the praise that God desires. (Chorus)

(can be sung as a descant with the Chorus)
May your Kingdom come. May your will be done.

Words and Music by Cathy Brechtelsbauer & Hans Peterson
Š2002 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
(Our hope is that congregations connected with Bread for the World would use this song free of copyright charge).

"KYRIE ELEISON"
Chorus:
Kyrie Eleison on our world and on our way
Kyrie Eleison ev'ryday

For peace in the world, for the health of the church, for the unity of all,
for this holy house, for all who worship and praise,
let us pray to the Lord, let us pray to the Lord (Chorus)

That we may live out your impassioned response to the hungry and the poor,
that we may live out truth and justice and grace,
let us pray to the Lord, let us pray to the Lord (Chorus)

For peace in our hearts, for peace in our homes, for friends and family,
for life and for love for our work and our play,
let us pray to the Lord, let us pray to the Lord (Chorus)

For your Spirit to guide, that you center our lives in the water and the word,
that you nourish our souls with your body and blood,
let us pray to the Lord, let us pray to the Lord (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1989 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"LAMB OF GOD"
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, grant us your peace,
grant us your peace.

Words-traditional/Music by Sara Thomsen
Š1995 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"LET JUSTICE ROLL"
As you seek your fame the meek are left trampled beneath your feet.
As you hoard your wealth the poor from whom you steal wail in the street.

Chorus:
So let justice roll on like a river
and righteousness like an always present
everflowing stream.

Your worship comes as empty noise clanging in my ears.
What good, to me, your fancy feasts? Dry your brothers' tears. (Chorus)

The voice of God cries out to us, you have so much to give.
Seek good and flee from evil. How else can you live? (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson, Paula Williams and Miriam Larsen
Š1997 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"LET THE CHILDREN COME"
Watching people pass by one more time,
scared to face tomorrow.
Filled with questions, wanting to live free.
Yet a teen, sometimes wondering
what the future holds.

Chorus:
Let the children come, let the children come.
For to such belongs the kingdom of heaven,
let the children come.

Staring blankly at his bare office wall,
scared to face tomorrow.
A checkered past wanting to come clean.
Though he's grown, needs to be held to know
what the future holds.

Gazing eyes framed with wrinkled lines,
scared to face tomorrow.
Long life lived, still children in God's care.
Growing old, know that they've been told
what the future holds.

Words and Music by Hans Peterson and Julie Hennies Clark
Š1996 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"LET'S GO OUT"
Let's go out into the world and make it a loving place to live.
Let's go out into the world and tell ev'ry one the Savior lives.
Let's go out (Let's go out) Let's go out (Let's go out)
and make it a loving place to live.
Let's go out (Let's go out) Let's go out (Let's go out)
and tell ev'ry one the Savior lives! Let's go out!

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1989 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS"
Chorus:
Oh the light shines in the darkness
and the light will not be overcome
In this world broken and scattered
the light will not be overcome

As our lives are turning
and our hearts are yearning
through the days of hurting
deep in the night
still the flame burns bright (Chorus)

Tears throughout creation
torn apart relations
wounds across the nations
hope may seem gone
but the flame burns on (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson and Hans Peterson
Š2007 Dakota Road Music
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"LISTEN"
PART 1: Listen to the Word of the Lord...
PART 2: Listen... Listen... Listen...

Words and Music by David Lee Brown and Larry Olson
Š1990 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"LITTLE LIGHT, A"
From you oh Bethlehem, the son of righteousness
shall rise up from the earth to heal our brokenness
A little light is born to shine throughout the land
humility brings strength, the love that God had planned

There's life for everyone, Yahweh has come near
Our hunger will be fed and laughter will appear
But all the world's wealth will not guarantee
this everlasting love, a gift from Galillee

The Christ comes as a child to comfort all the earth
to challenge those with might to trust a lowly birth
and so we pray that life which comes as love fulfilled
would enter all our hearts for peace on earth to build

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š2002 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"LORD IS MY DEFENSE, THE"
When my heart is weary, the Lord is my defense.
When I can't see clearly, the Lord is my defense.
When my friends don't understand, the Lord is my defense.
When fear weakens my hand, the Lord is my defense.

Chorus:
The Lord is my defense, the Lord is my defense.
Here no harm can come to me, the Lord is my defense.

When somebody slanders me, the Lord is my defense.
When a mem'ry hinders me, the Lord is my defense.
When I cannot hide my heart, the Lord is my defense.
When the condemnation starts, the Lord is my defense. (Chorus)

Words and Music Š1991 by Kathy Duncan
Administered by Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"LORD LET YOUR SERVANT"
Lord let your servant go in peace
Your promises have been fulfilled
My eyes have seen your Chosen One
Which you prepared for all to see

Your Christ is light for all the world
a light for everyone to see
revealing glory from above
bringing hope, bringing peace

Lord let your servant go in peace
Your promises have been fulfilled
My eyes have seen your Chosen One
Which you prepared for all to see

Words and Music by Mark Douglass
Š1993 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"LORD OF JUSTICE"
Chorus:
Lord of justice, Lord of life
help us to do what you know is right, oh, oh, oh
Lord of justice, Lord of life
guide us through the day and night

To the stranger may we give welcome
To the hungry may we give bread
To the naked may we give clothing
To the homeless, a place to lay their head (Chorus)

To the wounded may we give healing
To the voiceless may we give words
To the captives may we give freedom
To the tortured, release from all the hurt (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1989 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"LORD OF LIGHT"
Chorus:(2X)
The Lord of light is my salvation
Whom shall I fear?
God's the source of life

Though wars may rage and pain surrounds you
your heart will hope
God's the source of life(Chorus)

Wait, be still God's strong arms keep you
Wait, be strong
God's the source of life (Chorus)

For in the day of trouble
God will keep me safe
Though enemies surround me
I will sing to the Lord (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š1993 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"LORD'S PRAYER-Creator Of All Life"
Creator of all life, Maker of the Light

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins as we forgive.
Creator of all life, Maker of the Light
Save us from the time of trial.
Creator of all life, Maker of the Light -- deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, and the power, and the glory are yours.
Creator of all life, Maker of the Light -- Amen. Amen.
Creator of all life, Maker of the Light -- Amen. Amen. Amen.

Words and Music by David Lee Brown and James Hersch.
Š1990 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"LOVE CAN BREAK THROUGH"
Little child can you hear me
I believe you are the one
who can heal, who can change us
who gives life to everyone

Chorus:
I'm waiting on love
I'm hoping for love
I'm counting on love to break through
In this miracle life, in our joy and strife
I know that your love can break through
Your love can break through

Little child in the stable
stars and angels hail your birth
Hear the voice of the ages
praying for your peace on earth (Chorus)

Love can break through
Love can break through
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh

Little child gift of mercy
light and grace for all to see
in a friend or a stranger
anyone who is in need (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson and Scott Jibben
Š2006 Dakota Road Music/Scott Jibben.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"LOVE TO THE WORLD"
Chorus:
Light the path, shine the way, send your word
through our lives show your love to the world

Many roads up ahead, hard to see
Where is truth to be found?
Can I trust and believe? (Chorus)

Every nation and tongue, every tribe
All Are children of God
for each one there is life (Chorus)

To the ends of the earth bring your light
Justice, mercy and love
let them shine through the night (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson & Larry Olson
Š2002 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"MADE FOR LOVE"
Chorus:
We've been molded by the Creator's hand
Here in Jesus we have grace to stand
Moving by the Spirit
We are made for love

Sun and starlight, sparkling waters
morning birds that serenade
In the image of the maker
we are wonderfully made (Chorus)

In the water's holy blessing
Spirit coming like a dove
We're a witness to the wonder
We are loved and so we love (Chorus)

Live out justice, treasure kindness
journey humbly everyday
We are called here into service
a forgiving, loving way (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson, Larry Olson, Mary Olson
Š2002 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"MAKE ME AN INSTRUMENT"
Chorus:
Make me an instrument of your love;
let me be a channel from above.
Make me an instrument of your love,
an instrument of your love.

When a friend is in need of an open heart,
let me be there, oh, let me be there.
When a friend is lost with nowhere to go,
let me be there. (Chorus)

When someone is hungry, when someone is cold,
let me be there, Oh, let me be there.
When someone needs help to carry their load,
let me be there. (Chorus)

If someone should wonder, "Is God still alive?"
let me be there, oh, let me be there.
If someone should wonder, "Does God really care?"
let me be there. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson and Karol Baer
Š1989 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"MAY GOD BE WITH YOU"
(May God be with you)
And also with you
(Lift up your hearts)
We lift them up to our God
(Let us give thanks to God)
It is right to give God thanks and praise

Words and Music by Sara Thomsen
Š1995 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"MAY LOVE RISE ABOVE"
The beauty and the bloodshed
runs deep and wide
from the center of the city
to the rolling countryside
The healing and the suffering
runs far and near
There is hope for each tomorrow
but still so many fears

Chorus:
Oh may love rise above the mountains
May love rise above the plains
May love rise above the hatred
May love rise above all the pain
rise above it all, oh
rise above it all, oh

The courage and the caution
it fills the air
from the children on the playground
to the woman on the stairs
There's a calm upon the water
but down below
oh the anxious hearts are beating
Will this peace ever hold? (Chorus)

The promise and the passion
rings loud and strong
as a generation searches
for a freedom loving song
Still the memories are haunting
Will they block the way?
What can bring us all together
to start a brand new day? (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š2007 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"MERCY"
Chorus:
Mercy, oh mercy, ever loving kindness
that sees beyond our blindness.
Mercy, oh mercy,
we're calling on you Lord
for us to be restored.
Oh mercy.

I know I hurt you
with things I do and say.
I want to love you
but I lose my way.
Anger and hatred
speak too loud on earth,
stealing the sacred,
tearing at our worth. (Chorus)

Sunset brings darkness,
a chance to rest our hearts.
Sunrise brings daylight
and a brand new start.(Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1994 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"MERCY ON THIS FALLEN WORLD"
Chorus:
Have mercy on this fallen world
Have mercy on us
Have mercy on this fallen world
Mercy, Lord have mercy on us

For all of the days that have fallen apart, have mercy
For every life, for every heart, have mercy
For all those who hunger and struggle each day, have mercy
For all of the times that we turn away (Chorus)

For all who have fears that come with the night, have mercy
For all those who need to be held in the light, have mercy
For all of creation through famine or feast, have mercy
For all of the world to live in your peace (Chorus)
Lord have mercy on us

Words and Music by Larry Olson and Hans Peterson 
Š2009 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"MESSIAH"
Someone's shouting from the desert
Someone's shouting from the sea
Someone's shouting from the mountain
Someone's shouting from the valley

Chorus:
Messiah, come and be our King
Messiah, come and be our King

Someone's shouting from the city
I am young, I am cold
Someone's shouting from the country
I am lonely, I am old (Chorus)

Someone's shouting I am broken
Someone's shouting make me whole
Someone's shouting come and change me
Someone's shouting save my soul (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1989 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"MOVE ME"
Spirit of God move me from death into life

Words and Music Š1997 Sara Thomsen
Administered by Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"MY GOD - Psalm 22"
Chorus:
My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
My God, my God, I have cried so desperately
still there is no help for me.

I call out to you each night and day.
You don't answer anything I say.
It was you who brought me here at birth.
Now where are you on this troubled earth? (Chorus)

My strength is gone like water on the ground.
My bones cry for flesh that can't be found.
My throat is dry. My tongue sticks to my mouth.
I am dying, there is no way out. (Chorus)

I am helpless before my enemies.
Come now quickly, come and rescue me.
I will tell my people what you've done,
that your love can save us ev'ryone. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1993 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"MY SOUL PROCLAIMS"
Chorus:
My soul proclaims your greatness O God,
my Spirit dances in your sight.
You look with loving kindness on me
and bless my life with ceaseless light.

Your mercy pours upon the ones
who give you glory all their lives.
You show your strength and scatter the proud
in the midst of their hearts. (Chorus)

You send the mighty from their thrones
and put the lowly in their place.
You fill the hungry with good things
and the rich get no part. (Chorus)

You help your servant Israel,
from age to age you show your love.
As you had promised long ago,
make us whole, make us one. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Mark Douglass
Š1993 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"MY SOUL WILL REST"
When there's bread for all people then my soul will rest
oh my soul, oh my soul
When there's bread for all people then my soul will rest
oh my soul will rest, oh..., oh...
When there's bread for all people then my soul will rest
oh my soul will rest

When we all have safe shelter then my soul will rest
oh my soul, oh my soul
When we all have safe shelter then my soul will rest
oh my soul will rest, oh..., oh...
When we all have safe shelter then my soul will rest
oh my soul will rest

When there's peace on this planet then my soul will rest
oh my soul, oh my soul
When there's peace on this planet then my soul will rest
oh my soul will rest, oh..., oh...
When there's peace on this planet then my soul will rest
oh my soul will rest

When I'm laid in the soil then my soul will rest

Words and Music by Larry Olson and Karol Baer
Š2004 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"NO HANDS BUT YOURS"
Chorus:
Christ has no body now but yours
no hands but yours, no feet but yours
Christ has no body now but yours
no hands but yours, no feet but yours

Yours are the eyes through which Christ's compassion
must look out on the world, must look out on the world (Chorus)

Yours are the feet with which to go about doing good
Yours are the hands with which to bless us now (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson based on text from Teresa of Avila
Š2003 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"NO LONGER STRANGERS"
Chorus:
Through God's grace we are sisters and brothers,
no matter what color, we are no longer strangers.
Through God's grace we can all work together
to make our world better where there's no longer strangers.

I should not be frightened
by someone who's not the same as me.
Celebrate the difference!
Our lives could be fuller
if we learn from our diversity.
Celebrate the difference! (Chorus)

I should not believe that
God created all things just for me.
Celebrate the difference!
There should be no reason that
all people cannot live in peace.
Celebrate the difference! (Chorus)

Words and Music by David Lee Brown and Larry Olson
Š1991 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"NO ROOM"
Chorus:
There's no room at the inn.
Is there no room within
our busy lives for Christ to enter in?

Guests are coming, there are meals to make.
Gifts to wrap and things to bake.
Are you ready? Time is drawing near.
Lines are long, no time to wait.
Go on now and don't be late.
Do you think you'll find the message here? (Chorus)

It's been many years since that simple birth;
Emmanuel has come to earth
to live to die, to rise and lead the way.
Still today Christ wants to heal;
to show to us his love is real.
May that love be born in us each day. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson and Meg Sander
Š1994 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"NOT BE AFRAID"
I will not be afraid, I will not be afraid
I will look upward as I travel onward
I will not be afraid

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š2003 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"NOW LET YOUR SERVANT GO IN PEACE"
Now let your servant go in peace
Your word has been fulfilled
Now let your servant go in peace

Words and Music by Sara Thomsen
Š1995 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"OH SPIRIT GUIDE ME"
Oh, Spirit guide me now
Oh, Spirit guide me now
Oh, Spirit guide me now
In your way, guide me

Words and Music Š1997 Sara Thomsen
Administered by Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"ON A QUIET NIGHT"
Hearts are missing, harsh words spoken,
children wand'ring, fam'lies broken.
We need someone to heal our ways,
to give new hope to ev'ry day.

Races fighting, people stumbling,
nations drifting, lives are crumbling.
We need someone to show us how
love can break apart ev'ry wall. (Chorus)

(Chorus) O God of heaven, O God of earth,
we celebrate the Savior's birth.
Lead us in living Your sacrifice,
like the Baby born on a quiet night.

Earth decaying, hope is falling,
to all living, death is calling.
We need someone who won't let go,
whose arms out-stretched can save our souls. (Chorus)

Bridge:
Angels we have heard on high
singing joy to the world,
saying what child is this
born to save this silent night. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson and Karol Baer
Š1991 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"ONE MAKER"
Leaf falling, river running,
flower dying in the fall.
Dead of winter, spring is coming,
who can understand it all.
Time moving, earth spinning,
another new beginning.

Chorus:
One Spirit, one Savior, one Maker for them all.
One Spirit, one Savior, one Maker for them all.
One Spirit of the earth surrounds us.
One Savior with his arms around us.
One maker with a promise for them all.

One suffering, one crying,
one back against the wall.
One living, one dying,
one learning how to crawl.
Some given in sorrow,
some praying for tomorrow. (Chorus)

Words and Music by James Hersch and David Lee Brown
Š1990 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"ONE SPIRIT"
Chorus:
One Spirit leads us
One Spirit guides us
One Holy Spirit binds us all

In God's fami'ly we all belong
Two together are better than one
One gives a hand to one who's down
A cord of three strands is so strong (Chorus)

There is nobody just like you
Do what you do best and I will too
This world is big and deep and broad
There's more than one way to serve God (Chorus)

Jesus showed us the way to love
by never putting himself above
And though we walk on different streets
We ought to wash each other's feet (Chorus)

Words and Music Š1985 Glen Berg Moberg
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"OPEN MY HEART TO YOUR LOVE"
Open my heart to your love, oh God
Open my eyes to your grace
Open my life to receive your word
Send wisdom and courage to follow your way

Healer of nations and broken hearts
you are the pathway to peace
Singer of life in the face of death
may we be your vessels so love will increase

Open my heart to your love, oh God
Open my eyes to your grace
Open my life to receive your word
Send wisdom and courage to follow your way

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š2007 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"OPEN OUR DAYS"
Open our days, open our nights
to see the way and the truth and the life

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1992 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"OUR GOD REIGNS"
Chorus:
Our God reigns! She is robed in majesty.
Our God is robed in majesty.
Our God reigns! God is robed in majesty.
Our God is robed in majesty and disarms with strength.

Mightier than the armies of our warring lands;
mightier than the power of a few;
our God on high is mighty, mighty. (Chorus)

We see God in faces of the suffering.
We see God in faces of the poor.
When we join hands, we are one family, family. (Chorus)

There is a struggle now in many lands.
There are wrongs we seek to turn around.
Our God on high seeks justice, justice. (Chorus)

Music Š1987 Rachel Trelstad. Words Š1990 Pam Johnson.
Administered by Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"PEOPLE OF HOPE"
Chorus:
We are people of hope
alive in the mystery
growing in faith
learning to love
We are people of hope
throughout all of histšry
held by the one
who will never let go

We are dead in our striving
for wealth and for might
But God rich in mercy
has loved us to life (Chorus)

We are what God has made us
created in Christ
for justice and mercy
to be our way of life (Chorus)

In the journey everyday
we're led by the word, saved by grace. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson & Hans Peterson
Š1998 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"PEOPLES CHURCH"
It's a worn out church
with a broken down steeple
It's filled with poor
and homeless people
kids in trouble and the unemployed
gather there for hope and joy

Rosa lost her son
Jimmy found his freedom
Nikala has a place that needs him
There's a baby in her grandpa's arms
There's a woman seeking shelter from harm

Chorus:
It's a people's church for folks in need
It's a people's church where the word meets deed
It's a people's church for every race
At a people's church come and see Jesus' face

You know a living church
can make a Christian nervous
it carries risk
and leads to service
It calls us all to get involved
and lose our comfort, to live God's love (Chorus)

Bridge:
I'm praying for the poor and rich
to share the blood and body gifts
I'm praying that in every place
there's a people's church living out there faith (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š2001 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"PRAISE TO YOU"
Chorus:
Praise to you O Great Creator
Maker of the land and sky
Praise to you O Living Water
Hope and breath of every life

We are lost and we are longing
wandering in the wilderness
searching for your holy presence
and the reason we exist (Chorus)

Hear the cries of all creation
how the tears like rivers flow
for your touch of grace and healing
and the love that leads us home (Chorus)

May we live your way of justice
May we walk your way of peace
May we see your sacred vision
May we know your sweet release (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š2007 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"PREPARE THE WAY"
Prepare the way, prepare the way
prepare the way of the Lord.
The grass it withers and the flowers fall
but the word of our Lord stands forever.
Prepare the way, prepare the way,
prepare the way of the Lord.

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š1993 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"PSALM 139"
Chorus:
You have looked deep into my heart Lord
and you know all about me
When I work, when I rest my head Lord
you are there all around me

Everything I do, everywhere I go
Before I speak, my words you know
Your arms protect from every side
Your knowledge is far, far beyond my mind (Chorus)

Where could I hide? Where could I go?
Your eyes they see, your spirit knows
From highest heavens to depths of death
Lord you will be there for my every breath (Chorus)

Bridge:
You knit me together in my mother's womb
I praise you Lord for all you do (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1997 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"REACH OUT"
Chorus:
Reach out with hands of hope
Reach out with love
Reach out with hands of hope
Reach out, reach out with love

To a brother out on the street
To a sister who needs bread to eat
To a stranger lost on the road
To a neighbor who has a heavy load (Chorus)

To a friend or enemy
To every person that we meet
To every heart to every home
To every one everywhere we go (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š2009 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"REIGN OF HEALING"
God be near us as we travel and help us when we fall;
in the chaos that surrounds us send your hope through it all.
Be mercy for our madness at the world and ones we love,
a gentle rain of healing from above.

In the bread of life that's broken and sacred wine that flows
may we honor you the mystery and how we've come to know
you gather us together at the banquet of your love,
a gentle rain of healing from above.

Throughout history we're surrounded by travelers in the faith
giving witness to the struggle and wonder of God's grace
to strive each day for justice and point us to release,
a gentle reign of healing, hope and peace.

Words and Music by Hans Peterson and Larry Olson
Š1999 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"REJOICE AND CELEBRATE"
Chorus:
Rejoice in the Lord always!
Celebrate what God has done!
Rejoice and celebrate, we are one!

Some days we're gonna feel lonely;
some days we're gonna feel blue;
some days we're gonna feel helpless;
we've gotta let God's saving grace shine through! (Chorus)

We were baptized into the promise;
God's fam'ly we'll always be.
We're born each day through the Savior,
who humbly gave his life for you and me! (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1989 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"REMEMBERING THE PROMISE"
Chorus:
We are remembering the promise of God's love. Oh...
we are remembering the Savior's dying love. Oh...
we are remembering the promise of God's love
and we know that we will never be alone.

Through the years and through the wonder,
we will never be alone.
Through the tears and through the laughter,
God is here with us. (Chorus)

Through the fear and through the silence,
we will never be alone.
Through the life and through the dying,
God is here with us. (Chorus)

Through the word and through the water,
we will never be alone.
Through the cross and the risen Savior,
God is here with us. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1989 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"REST YOUR HEAD"
Chorus:
Rest your head on the heart of heaven
know the peace which we can't understand
feel the love that will live forever
in the touch of a loving hand

There is hope and there is wonder
as we live everyday
Always growing, never knowing
will this be the day (Chorus)

There is beauty all around us
there is struggle and strife
there's a season, there's a reason
but I don't know why (Chorus)

Bridge:
Oh I can't be certain through all of life's hurtin'
but somehow I still believe (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson & Karol Baer
Š2001 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"RESTORE TO LIFE"
The nations rage and the earth quakes in fright
where are you maker, where is your might
The cry goes up to the heav'ns above
hear us now source of love

Chorus:
Restore to life oh God all creation
Restore to life oh God all creation

The world groans as it waits for you
hunger, disaster, the next tyrants rule
lovers quarrel and widowers mourn
when will new life be born (Chorus)

From ages past the promise is found
you tear open heaven for love to come down
You stir in hearts and you change our lives
from your touch we cannot hide (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š2002 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"RIGHT BY THE WATER"
You are a tree right by the water
with roots that came from a small seed
Drink deep from the source
sons and daughters
Bear fruit, reach for who you can be

Come one and all, lost, lonely, poor
Blest are you; God's realm is yours
All hungry souls you will be fed
All you who weep will laugh instead (Chorus)

Christ stands beside, calls out your name
"I am with you in your pain"
May living waters make you whole
May you find peace for your soul (Chorus)

The river brings a prophet's dream
"Let justice flow like a stream"
Love has come so all may live
Inspired we joyfully give (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson 
Š2007 Dakota Road Music. 
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"ROUND THE TABLE"
Chorus:
Come together 'round the table
come and taste the wonder
A healing touch and a deep connection
from the living center of it all

Seeking meaning on the run
you try and save the day
but all is ready, will you come?
love invites the way (Chorus)

Bring a friend or enemy
or one you hold or blame
With each other we are one
here is Jesus' name (Chorus)

Hear creation groan for life
will hate and hunger cease?
In the roar of violence
the world cries for peace (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson & Hans Peterson
Š2002 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"SAVIOR'S SONG"
Chorus:
Sing to the one who has known us forever
Dance to the rhythm of freedom and love
Rest and be sure in the arms of forgiveness
Join in the Savior's song

I'm hoping for a brand new day
where we stop all the fuss and the fighting
long enough to look in each others eyes
and see the precious gift of every life (Chorus)

There's nothing that can take away
all the love of the one who has saved us,
we may walk, we may run or fall
but God is right here with us through it all (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson and Karol Baer
Š1995 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"SECURE IN YOUR ARMS"
Before I close my eyes, I look up to the skies
knowing you are there protecting me unaware

Chorus:
You brought me through the day
guiding along the way
Now I rest secure in your arms

God, I pray for peace, fighting and war to cease
Remind me of your plan that one day love will rule the land (Chorus)

Christ, you are my light through the dark of night
I sense your presence near as you calm my deepest fear (Chorus)

Words and Music by Meg Sander and Hans Peterson
Š1993 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"SEED OF LIFE"
Chorus:
Seed of Life arise anew

Darkness covers and quiet hovers, we wait in wonder (Chorus)

Water flowing and roots growing you nourish us, Oh, (Chorus)

Breaking soil you push and toil with strength unknown. (Chorus)

Ground of promise to sky around us you beautify (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson & Maia Twedt
Š2001 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"SEND US OUT"
We have be called by the Lord
We have been saved by the Word
Now let the Word be restored
Now let the Gospel be heard

Chorus:
Send us out to teach what God has done
Send us out to reach ev'ry single one
Send us out, send us out

We who were bound by our shame
Ruled by our fears within
Stand and declare by the name
Freedom from all of our sin (Chorus)

Bridge: (2X)
Teach what God has done, reach ev'ry single one (Chorus)

Words and Music by James Hersch
Š1994 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"SOMEWHERE IN THE NIGHT"
Chorus:
Somewhere in the night I hear your voice calling
like a light to be a guide, to help when I'm falling
I long to be held tight and to know that you're near me
through my life, somewhere in the night

A tear drops from my eyes as I stop and realize
how blessed I am to hear "your mine"
It's hard to think of a time without you there right by my side
your gentle presence helps me shine (Chorus)

Your spirit's song, a joyful strain, helps release inside of me
a sense of all I'm called to be
In this world of pain and chance it comforts me to know you're near
you turn my sorrow into dance (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š1993 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"SPIRIT INTERCEDES FOR US, THE"
The Spirit intercedes for us
with sighs to deep
for words to express, oh oh oh...

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1989 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"STEADFAST LOVE"
Oh God you are my God and I, I seek you
My soul thirsts for you and my, my flesh faints for you
As in a dry and weary land where there is no water
So I've looked upon you in the the sanctuary
Beholding your power, your power and glory
'Cause your steadfast love is better than life
and my lips will praise you
your steadfast love is better than life
and my lips will praise you

Words and Music by Christel Lankhorst
Š2002 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"STIR US LORD"
Chorus:
Stir up in our hearts oh Lord
what you want us to do.
You showed your love up upon the cross,
we want to give of our lives to you.

Show us the faces of all of those in need.
Move us to action, giving with a joyful heart,
loving is the place to start.
Let your Spirit plant the seed. (Chorus)

With gifts we've been given, help us see where we fit in.
We're part of one fam'ly, knowing that we have a place,
serving by your gift of grace.
Keep your Spirit stirred within. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson/Meg Sander
Š1993 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"TAKE UP YOUR CROSS"
In a world of many voices calling at me
it's hard to hear the one that's true.
Even when I hear it, when my heart discerns it,
I lack the will to see it through.

Chorus:
Though I'm falling, falling the voice is always calling
Take up your cross. Take up your cross.
Take up your cross and follow me, and follow me.

The call is hard to swallow:
Take up your cross and follow;
the words reach deep inside of me.
I find myself so troubled to lose my life; be humble,
the sins within refuse to see. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson and Karol Baer
Š1989 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"TEAR DOWN THE WALLS"
Chorus:
We are creation, called to freedom
called to freedom, freedom for all

We've got to lose all the greed
earth is in need
earth is in need from the heart
We've got to tear down the walls
rise from the fall
live out the call from the heart (Chorus)

We've got to look everywhere
take time to care
take time to care from the heart
We've got to tear down the walls
rise from the fall
live out the call from the heart (Chorus)

Oh, Jesus tore down the wall
tore down the wall
tore down the wall from our hearts
Yes, Jesus tore down the wall
rose from the fall
gave us a call from the heart (Chorus)

Words and Music by David Lee Brown and Larry Olson
Š1990 Augsburg Fortress. Reprinted by Permission from Called To Freedom.

"THERE IS A MOUNTAIN"
There is a mountain where every tribe meets
There is rich food here and plenty to drink
Love's already there pointing the way
A banquet for all on that day

There is a cover that mourners all wear
It keeps them from giving each other care
The greatest of lovers will take fear away
Swallowing death on that day

Here will be laughter and wiping of tears
The hand of God on the mountain is near
Everyone's burden the other will bear
Fullness of life waiting there

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š2003 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"TO BE ALIVE"
Chorus:
To be alive is to live the love
that is alive in God's saving Son
who brought us back from a life of death
to be alive

There is nothing I can do to save me
Only God carries us home
So we live mercy, hope and freedom
Loving another to be whole (Chorus)

Join the singing, join the celebration
Jesus lives, we are restored
Love alive, giving and forgiving
Loving another to be whole (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson & David Lee Brown
Š1993 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"TO LIVE ON"
Chorus:
To live on in grace and wonder
To reach out and to love each other
To live on, to live on, to live on

We don't always know
where we're going,
we don't always know
what to believe
but we stand inside
this hope of freedom
holding to the faith we have received. (Chorus)

Some days we are in
life's dark valleys
Some days we are on
life's mountain tops
Everywhere we go
in all creation
We walk in the promises of God. (Chorus)

Bridge: God who made us,
claims and saves us,
lead us in your love. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1995 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"TOGETHER IN CHRIST"
Chorus:
Alone we are incomplete
together in Christ we are somebody.
Alone we are incomplete
together we are the family of God.

To start, the world alive, it beats to the rhythm of peace
each part different but coming from the heart. (Chorus)

We stand on hills like trees in awe of all that we see.
Your hand unites us and gives us to the land. (Chorus)

The truest you behind the mask is a glorious gift.
Break through, Love is here and lives in you. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson & Linda Breitag
Š2002 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"TRAVELERS ON THE JOURNEY"
Chorus:
We are travelers on the journey
yearning to believe
Hearts are burning, eyes are opened
We are travelers on the journey of love

What is life really all about
in the struggle of faith
Hear the word reaching out to you
Jesus is alive today (Chorus)

Do we walk in our foolishness
with our hearts ever slow
to the touch of the Holy One
who is with us on this road (Chorus)

We are blessed in the gathering
At the table of grace
Free to see in another's pain
The face of Jesus here today (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson and Hans Peterson
Š1999 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"VOICE OF THE SOUL"
Chorus:
Voice of the soul, lead on
Speak your truth, lead on

Voice of the soul cry out with power rare
your sweetest revelation
brings out the sorrow there
Voice of the soul you are so very near
break through the shaming silence
take power out of fear (Chorus)

Voice of the soul be not afraid to share
the passion of your spirit
breathes hope into the air
Voice of the soul that yearns to tell the truth
let dreams and childhood passions
reveal your tender youth (Chorus)

Voice of the soul that knows the mystery
as long as we keep hiding
our spirits can't be free
Voice of the soul within there is a light
as brilliant as the daybreak
challenging the night (Chorus)

Words and Music by Julies Hennies Clark/Larry Olson
Š1992 Julie Hennies Clark/Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"WASHED IN THE PROMISE"
Chaos rages, tears run dry,
painful laughter, a sea of selfish cries
Gifting waters on your head,
words of welcome, you are born again

Chorus:
You(we) are washed in the promise,
the cross of forgiveness, the mystery of grace.
You(we) are held in the hope and
wrapped in the reach of the Savior's embrace.

The Spirit's pouring joy and light,
understanding, liberty and sight. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson and Hans Peterson
Š1997 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"WATER AND DIRT"
So many people living on this earth
everyone needing some water and dirt
How did we get here, what should we do
six point eight billion, plus me and you

I love my country, a place to be free
I have been blessed here, with food and family
But how can abundance turn to thoughtless waste
while so many struggle for just a taste

Chorus:
Way down deep in my soul
these are the questions that won't let go
I don't have the answers so I say
oh Lord can you show us another way

I love the soldiers and their sacrifice
but the death and destruction just never seems right
How come the leaders who get to decide
don't have to fight on the front lines (Chorus)

I read the good book but I don't understand
is hunger and violence a part of the plan
Oh won't you help us, turn our hearts to see
Oh Lord, will we ever know your peace (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š2003 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"WATER OF CHANGE, THE"
Chorus:
I've been washed by the water,
I've been cleansed by the sea,
I've been touched by the river of eternity.
Though I don't understand it,
I have never been the same.
I can't turn back the water,
the water of change.

The rivers they run,
the rivers they roll away.
The voice of life whispers ev'ryday.
At the heart of it all
ev'ryone wants to be free
free to live, free to love for eternity. (Chorus)

I wonder aloud
where in the world I might be
had the cross not been shown to me.
It's opened my heart,
made me look outside and see.
I can no longer live for only me. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1989 Dakota Road Music
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"WE ARE A CHOSEN PEOPLE OF GOD"
Chorus:
We are a chosen people of God;
called into light and gathered in love,
redeemed and held by the holy one.
We are a chosen people of God.

Look around you and see people in your neighborhood,
endless variety; God has created good.
We're a part of it all, chosen and called. (Chorus)

Look around you and see the blessings given us.
Earth, sky and sea, they're all placed in our trust.
We're a part of it all, chosen and called. (Chorus)

Look around you and see not all is going right.
In this mystery we're called to be a light.
We're a part of it all, chosen and called. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
David Lee Brown and Karol Baer
Š1990 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"WE ARE CALLED"
(We are called) we are called
(We are claimed) we are claimed
(We are loved) we are loved by the holy name.
(We are healed) we are healed
(We are whole) we are whole
the Savior ransomed our souls and we're singing

Chorus:
Glory, Glory, Glory Hallelujah!
Glory, Gloria! Oh...
Glory, Glory, Glory Hallelujah!
Glory, Gloria!

(We are here) we are here
(to proclaim) to proclaim
(God is here) God is here calls us each by name.
(We are here) we are here
(to give praise) to give praise
the love of God will not change and we're singing (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1989 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"WE ARE GATHERED HERE"
We are gathered here in the name of the Maker.
We are gathered here to sing God's praise.
We are gathered here in the name of the Maker,
chosen by God's grace.

Additional verses: "...of the Savior", "...of the Spirit"

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Karol Baer and David Lee Brown
Š1990 Dakota Road Music.
All Right Reserved. Used by Permission.

"WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE"
Chorus:
We can make a difference in ev'rything we do.
We can make a difference, it's up to me and you.
Children of the light, the Spirit shows us how.
We can make a difference now.

Some say we shouldn't be heard,
we've got something to say.
Some say we are lost,
we can find the way.
Some say we don't care,
we've got love today.
We can make a difference. (Chorus)

He needs someone to lean on,
it just takes one shoulder.
She has a lonely heart,
just takes one to hold her.
They're afraid to take a chance,
just takes one who's bolder.
We can make a difference. (Chorus)

Words and Music by David Lee Brown
Larry Olson and Karol Baer.
Š1989 Dakota Road Music.

"WE GATHER"
We gather in your name today
to honor you and call you Lord
We gather in your name today
to worship you and pray
You are (you are)
you are our God (you are our God)
We are (we are)
we are your people (we are your people)
You are (you are)
you are our God (you are our God)
We are (we are)
we are your people (we are your people)
Amen

Words and Music by Richard Colligan
Š1997 This Here Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"WE HAVE SEEN THE MESSIAH"
Chorus:
We have seen the Messiah, here for all the world.
We have seen the Messiah, here for all the world.

Shepherds came to see the sight
a baby born to be the light.
Then they went and spread the word,
'cause they had to tell all they had heard. (Chorus)

Mary came with tears of grief
but she found life beyond belief
She found joy where she had hurt
when the risen Lord appeared to her. (Chorus)

Have you seen the aching hearts,
the human hurts, lives torn apart?
When we see the least of these
do we really know who we have seen? (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson and Hans Peterson
Š1993 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"WE WILL REMEMBER"
In a world full of broken hearts
crying out for life
on a day that feels oh so dark
we all need some light

Chorus:
I want you to know we will remember
the seeds of love you have sown
I want you to know we will remember
we will remember

There's a part of us that is gone
nothing can replace
but I have hope we will live as one
through the Savior's grace (Chorus)

Bridge:
Your love will be with us
everywhere we go
we will feel your presence
stirring in our souls (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson and Karol Baer
Š1991 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"WE WILL WAIT"
We will wait with ever watchful eyes.
We will wait with ever serving lives.
We will wait with ever open hearts.
We will greet You.

We will greet You with ever thankful tears.
We will greet You with ever lessening fears.
We will greet You with ever hopeful joy.
We will welcome You.

Chorus: We will welcome You! We will sing!
We will welcome you! We will sing!

We will welcome you as prophesied.
We will welcome you into our lives.
We will welcome lessons that you teach.
We will sing for you.

We will sing while we wait here on earth.
We will sing to greet you at your birth.
We will sing to welcome you, the gift.
We will follow you. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Julie Hennies Clark
Larry Olson and David Lee Brown
Š1992 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"WE WILL WALK ON"
Chorus:
Though we may be weary and we can't see clearly,
there is strength for the journey. We will walk on.

Sometimes the road is long, caught between right and wrong;
but when our hope is gone, the Lord will lead us on.
Take a look at the earth bleeding for all its worth.
We all feel the hurt. The Lord will give new birth. (Chorus)

Though we don't understand where all the pieces land,
Christ stretched out his hands and gave us strength to stand. (Chorus)

On and on (the Spirit holds us). On and on (keeping us strong).
On and on (we wonder how long). On and on. (Chorus)

Words and Music by David Lee Brown and Larry Olson
Š1991 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"WEAVER'S HANDS"
Chorus:
All around me are the wonders of the Weaver's hands
In God's tapestry, each one a woven strand
All around me are the wonders of the Weaver's hands

You are there when I open my eyes
to welcome the new day,
unrav'ling the tangled threads
and giving strength where they fray
(Chorus)

You are there when I close my eyes
to dream through the night,
ev'ry color, ev'ry shape and size
in one pattern unite
(Chorus)

Oh God my heart is full,
it's spilling over,
all the words that I possess
cannot express who you are
(Chorus)

Words by Paula Williams, Music by Sara Thomsen
Š1995 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"WEEPING OVER JERUSALEM"
He journeyed there for the last time.
Jerusalem, you were still so blind.
He was the message of truth,
but you just would not believe
so you hung him on a tree.

He journeyed there for the last time.
Jerusalem could not see the sign.
He brought you healing and life,
but you just turned him away
and you screamed out "Crucify!"

Chorus:
He was weeping over Jerusalem.
He was crying, tears were running down his face.
He was weeping over Jerusalem,
because they could not see God's grace.

He journeys to us ev'ryday.
Jerusalem, do we walk your way?
He wants to give us new life,
but do we turn him away
and do we scream "Crucify?" (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1989 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"WELCOME TO THE WONDER"
Most every morning I look deep into your eyes and I can see
all the beauty of creation, all the mystery
And when I see your face I feel God's living grace right here with me
and it lifts me up and leads me on when I am weak

Chorus:
Welcome to the wonder my child
You give us life with every smile
I hope you feel our love is real
as you live the wonder of it all

Oh when I hear you cry I don't need reasons why, I just hold you
'cause there's nothing more important than to see you through
And when I hear your laugh I know I could not ask for something more
than to share with you the love that we are living for (Chorus)

I know I can't explain all of the senseless pain that falls so near
though I greive I still believe we should not live in fear
I'm hoping as you grow, with everything you know that you will see
It's in giving to another that you will be free (Chorus)

Tag:
I hope you feel God's love is real
as you live the wonder of it all

Words and Music by Larry Olson & Karol Baer
Š1992 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"WELL NOW MAMA"
Well now mama, it's the future that we face
Well now mama, moving forward by God's grace
What better way to honor
the one we love who first loved us
than to heed the sun of mourning
that gives us joy and calls us forth

Christ invites us to follow him, leave all behind at any cost
to proclaim the amazing love of God given to the hurt and lost
This our task the kingdom to increase
to weep with those who now do mourn
Let's make our lives a simple offering
to praise the One who first called us

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š1992 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"WHAT SHALL I GIVE"
Chorus:
What shall I give to you?
What shall I give to you?

Oh, that we could give like the rain,
pouring out on rich and poor the same.
Oh, that we could give like the sun,
shining light on everyone. (Chorus)

Teach us how to give we pray,
offering our work and play.
Oh, that we could learn how to care,
every breath we breathe a prayer. (Chorus)

Oh, that like the bread we become,
scattered grains all gathered in one.
With this cup of blessing you give,
fill us and teach us how to live. (Chorus)

Words and Music by Sara Thomsen
Š1996 Sara Thomsen, administered by Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"WHOSE BODY"
Part 1:
Whose body? Whose blood?

Part 2:
Whose body, whose blood was given in the name of love?
Jesus' body, Jesus' blood was given in the name of love.

Words and Music by David Lee Brown and Larry Olson.
Š1990 dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"YOU ROLLED AWAY THE STONE"
How can we look in anyone's eyes
and not see the beauty there?
How can we know someone's pain
and just leave it there?

How can we take more than we need
when so many bellies growl?
How can we not share our roof
when a homeless baby howls?

Chorus:
ou rolled away the stone from the tomb.
Can you roll away the hardness from our hearts?
You rolled away the stone from the tomb.
Can you roll away the hardness from our hearts?

How can we hurt our fam'ly and friends,
the ones that we love the most?
How can we not live your love
when you saved our souls? (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson
Š1991 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"YOUR KINGDOM COME"
Chorus:
Your kingdom come, your kingdom come
your kingdom come, your kingdom come

Do I really want your kingdom come,
when I see the light I turn and run
from the truth, from the life, from the sacrifice,
from the will that must be done (Chorus)

It is you and I in a troubled land
We can close our doors or reach our our hands
to the high, to the low, to the in between,
feel the nail scars we donšt see (Chorus)

I can see the light in a child's eyes
It is shining still in the old and wise
It's the hope, it's the love stirring deep within,
it's the love that conquers sin (Chorus)

Words and Music by Larry Olson and Julie Hennies Clark
Š1992 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"YOUR LOVE IS EVERLASTING"
Since time began, through centuries
God's love is everlasting
To distant unknown galaxies
God's love is everlasting
Splendor springs forth 'cross the land
God's love is everlasting
Abundance, sharing hand in hand
God's love is everlasting

Chorus:
Your love (your love) is lasting
Your love is everlasting
Your love (your love) is lasting
Your love is everlasting

A mothers womb, a brand new life
God's love is everlasting
An empty tomb, the risen Christ
God's love is everlasting
Weeping may last for the night
God's love is everlasting
But joy breaks forth with morning light
God's love is everlasting (Chorus)

Signs of hope, a voice of peace
God's love is everlasting
The prophet's cry for war to cease
God's love is everlasting
For the down and out, for the high and proud
God's love is everlasting
Come all you people shout out loud
God's love is everlasting (Chorus)

Words and Music by Hans Peterson and Larry Olson
Š2007 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"YOUR RIVER O GOD"
Chorus:
Your river, O God, is full of water
water alive with justice and grace
Your river, O God, it flows with mercy
for every child through every time and place

Every birth on this earth speaks the mystery
Every heart, from the start, light for all to see (Chorus)

Come and hear all who fear, you are not alone
Come and see, be set free, rest here in your home (Chorus)

As we grow, may we know, waves of hope surround
As we live may we give love that has no bounds (Chorus)

Words and music by Larry Olson and Hans Peterson
Š2007 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"YOUR TOUCH IS ON US"
Your touch is on us God of day and of night
Inspire our living to do what is right
Move in our hearts with your Spirit that we
may bring hope to places of hurt and of need

Help us to know who we are deep within
though voices demand and temptations press in
Give us the courage to hear the Christ
"Follow me now to be children of light"

Creatures and plants move and breathe in the land
The mountains they sing and the trees clap their hands
Lead the way home to be peace in this place
where there is abundance of food and your grace

Words and Music by Hans Peterson
Š2007 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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