Music for Liturgies

In Christ Alone 

Verse 1
In Christ alone my hope is found;
He is my light, my strength, my song;
This cornerstone, this solid ground,
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My comforter, my all in all—
Here in the love of Christ I stand.
Verse 2
In Christ alone, Who took on flesh,
Fullness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness,
Scorned by the ones He came to save.
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied;
For ev'ry sin on Him was laid—
Here in the death of Christ I live.
Verse 3
There in the ground His body lay,
Light of the world by darkness slain;
Then bursting forth in glorious day,
Up from the grave He rose again!
And as He stands in victory,
Sin's curse has lost its grip on me;
For I am His and He is mine—
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.
Verse 4
No guilt in life, no fear in death—
This is the pow'r of Christ in me;
From life's first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.
No pow'r of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand;
Till He returns or calls me home—
Here in the pow'r of Christ I'll stand.

Psalm 
Be merciful, O Lord, have mercy on us, for we have sinned. We come before you, cleanse us from within, have mercy on us, Lord.

To the Desert Follow Me

Refrain 1
To the desert follow me, 
for I am God, who is your hope. 
To the desert, follow me. 


Verse 1
Return to me with all your heart
Let go the world and come to me
Rend your heart and not your clothes
For I am kind my name is mercy

Verse 2
Slow to anger is my way
My cup is filled with love for you
I will not send you to the foe
Nor scorn the ones I come to rescue

Verse 3
Gather my people says the Lord
Oh let them come to healing peace
Elders and children lost and found
Into this place of love’s revealing

Verse 4
A blessing I will give to you
All you who wander and who thirst
The desert soon will bear a spring
Forgiving water shall restore you


In This Place 
Verse 1
We are all hungry people
We need shelter and strength
We are one in our hurting
We are one in our pain
In our suffering and sadness
We are saved by the grace
Of the power and the Spirit
That is here in this place

Refrain
We are gathered at together 
As one in the Lord
We are gathered as people
Who are living the Word
Our hearts and our spirits
Are nurtured by grace
It is Jesus who fills us
He is here in this place

Verse 2
All our lives are a mystery
We see not where they lead
We are asked now to trust You
And we know we must believe
As our feet become Christ′s feet
We go forth with the grace
Of the power and the Spirit
That is here in this place

Verse 3
Though the world may tell us
To look at ourselves
We reach out to another
Where suffering dwells
As our hands become Christ's hands
We are healed by the grace
Of the power and the Spirit
That is here in this place

Verse 4
In the bread that is broken
Is the Christ that restores 
As we take, now receive Him 
We find love evermore 
As the bread becomes body
We are filled with the grace 
Of the power and the Spirit 
That is here in this place

40 Days 

Verse 1
Forty days to wander
Forty days to die to self
Forty days to grow stronger
As faith breaks open the gates of hell
The jubilee is over
But grace is far from gone
In the hearts of the faithful
Broken on the wheels of love

Chorus 1
'Cause in the desert of temptation
Lies the storm of true conversion
Where springs of living water
Drown and refresh you
And as the Jordan pours out change
Your true self is all that remains
Where springs of living water
Bind and break you
(Bind and break you)

Verse 2
Forty days to remember
The Paschal sacrifice
Forty days to discover
His passion calls us to new life
The jubilee is over
But mercy's far from gone
In the arms of the Father
As the wayward child comes home