1 As we gather at your table,
as we listen to your word,
help us know, O God, your presence;
let our hearts and minds be stirred.
Nourish us with sacred story
till we claim it as our own;
teach us through this holy banquet
how to make Love’s victory known.
2 Turn our worship into witness
in the sacrament of life;
send us forth to love and serve you,
bringing peace where there is strife.
Give us, Christ, your great compassion
to forgive as you forgave;
may we still behold your image
in the world you died to save.
3 Gracious Spirit, help us summon
other guests to share that feast
where triumphant Love will welcome
those who had been last and least.
There no more will envy blind us
nor will pride our peace destroy,
as we join with saints and angels
to repeat the sounding joy.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | As we gather at your table |
| Title: | As We Gather at Your Table |
| Author: | Carl P. Daw, Jr. (1989) |
| Publication Date: | 1996 |
| Meter: | 8 7 8 7 D |
| Topic: | The Church at Worship: Holy Communion; Christian Experience; Justice3 more... |
| Language: | English |
| Copyright: | Words © 1989 Hope Publishing Company |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | BEACH SPRING |
| Harmonizer: | Ronald A. Nelson (1978) |
| Composer (attributed to): | Benjamin Franklin White (1844) |
| Meter: | 8 7 8 7 D |
| Key: | F Major or Modal |
| Copyright: | Harmony copyright © 1978 Lutheran Book of Worship, reprinted by permission of Augsburg Fortress. |