entrance hymns

All Things Are Thine All things are thine, O Lord: we offer thee what we receive from thy hand. Blessed art thou, O Lord, Israel’s God, for all ages. Thine is the power and glory and splendor. Thou art the ruler, Lord, over the earth and the heavens, only the hand gives greatness and strengthens. Therefore this day, O Lord, praises and thanks do we give thee; thy name be blessed for ever and ever.

Come Before The Table Come before the table of the Lord of hosts with all your lives in your hands. Come now, with hope and with gladness, friends of the risen Christ, all signed with his name; we have heard his word and we know that it’s joyful news. Now let us all draw near to share in his food. Come then, and bring him your sorrows, life is a road clogged with troubles and pain; Jesus was man, man who died but Lord who rose again; join in his saving meal and hope in his name.

O God, Thy People Gather O God, thy people gather, obedient to thy word, around thy holy altar to praise thy name, O Lord; for all thy loving kindness our grateful hearts we raise; but pardon first the blindness of all our sinful ways. Thou art our loving Father, thou art our holiest Lord, but we have sinned against thee by thoughts and deed and word. Before the court of heaven we stand and humbly pray our sins may be forgiven, our faults be washed away. Though sinful, we implore thee to turn and make us live; that so we...

Gather The People Gather the people! Enter the Feast! All are invited, the greatest and least. The banquet is ready, now to be shared. Join in the heavenly feast that God has prepared. Around this table we dine as kin, beloved family of God. We share the Body of Christ, the Lord. Here we become what we eat. Around this table we tell great tales, the wondrous stories of grace. We hold the memory of Christ, the Lord. So we become what we eat. Around this table God’s bounty falls on all who hunger and thirst. We drink the fullness...

How Lovely Is Your Dwelling Place, O Lord How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord. What peace and joy to feel so close to you! Our heart and soul ring out their joy, this morning. We long to meet you, God, the living God! The sparrow even here has found a shelter the shallow by your altars builds a nest. O happy those whose dwelling is your temple, who day by day your praises sing, O Lord. One day within your courts indeed is better, than thousand days elsewhere afar from you, To wait upon the threshold of your...

Joy Was In My Heart Joy was in my heart when I heard the people say: “Let us go up to the temple of the Lord.” And we are at last in the presence of the Lord, Alleluia! Alleluia! The temple of the Lord will never be destroyed; how beautiful and strong it stands. It is here that all will come to praise and worship God, singing songs that fill the heart with joy! May blessings come upon the dwellings of the Lord; to those who love her blessings too. May peace and safety stay within her mighty walls; we...

On We Go To Jerusalem On we go to Jerusalem, the city of the house of God. Pilgrim people we seek the Lord, the Lord of the house of rock. Age on age proclaims his praises, each declares him Lord of all. Countless millions sing his glory, answering his pilgrim call. Peace he promised to our fathers in the ancient desert land; peace he offers in abundance to his faithful pilgrim band. All we have is offered to him, as we come to sing his praise. Blessed is the Lord of heaven, mighty God of all our days.

You Invite Us To Your Feast You invite us to your feast, Lord, and we come to sing your praise, to proclaim your death and rising, and to share this meal of love. There is joy today and the Church is full. We have come to praise you, Lord. Soon the bread we bring and the wine we pour will become your flesh and blood. Be not mindful, Lord, of our sinfulness, do not judge us for our faults. Be compassionate, show your tenderness to the humble, contrite heart. To the Triune God let your praises go, to the Father...

To The Altar We are walking to the altar of the Lord. {2} We will all go together on the Lord’s own day. We will go to the altar of the Lord. Come, sing, come, pray. Come, hear the Lord’s holy word. We will all go together to the Lord’s own table. We will go to the altar of the Lord. We are coming near the altar of the Lord. {2} We will all come together on the Lord’s own day. We will come to the altar of the Lord. Come, praise, come, thank. Come, lift your hearts to the...