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The church is not a buildingAuthor: Richard K. Avery (1972); Author: Donald S. Marsh (1972)Tune: PORT JERVIS Published in 7 hymnals Printable scores: PDF, SibeliusAudio files: MIDI |
Refrain:
I am the church! You are the church!
We are the church together!
All who follow Jesus, all around the world,
yes, we're the church together!
1 The church is not a building,
the church is not a steeple,
the church is not a resting place;
the church is a people! (Refrain)
2 We're many kinds of people,
with many kinds of faces,
all colors and all age, too,
from all times and places. (Refrain)
3 And when the people gather,
there's singing and there's praying;
there's laughing and there's crying
sometimes, all of it saying, (Refrain)
4 At Pentecost some people
received the Holy Spirit
and told the good news through the world
to all who would hear it. (Refrain)
Source: Sing With Me #246
| First Line: | The church is not a building |
| Title: | We Are the Church |
| Author: | Richard K. Avery (1972) |
| Author: | Donald S. Marsh (1972) |
| Meter: | 7.7.8.7 wiht refrain |
| Refrain First Line: | I am the church! You are the church |
| Copyright: | © 1972 Hope Publishing Co. |
| Instances (7) | First Line | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Meter | Scripture | Tune Title | Tune Key | Incipit | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition #521 | I am the church, you are the church | 2000 | |||||||||||||||
| Church Hymnary, Fourth Edition #204 | The Church is not a building, the Church is not a steeple | I am the church! You are the church! | Donald Stuart March (b. 1923); Richard Kinsey Avery (b. 1934) | Richard Kinsey Avery (b. 1934); Donald Stuart Marsh (b. 1923) | Irregular | WE ARE THE CHURCH | G Major or modal | English | 2005 | ||||||||
| Sing With Me #246 | The church is not a building | We Are the Church | I am the church! | Richard Avery; Donald Marsh | Richard Avery; Donald Marsh | Acts 2:1-4; Ephesians 1:22-23; Ephesians 2:11-22; Ephesians 5:19-20; 1 Peter 2:4-10 | We Are the Church | G Major | English | 2006 | |||||||
| Songs for Life #236 | The church is not a building | We Are the Church | I am the church! You are the church | Richard Avery; Donald Marsh | Richard Avery; Donald Marsh | Acts 2:1-4 | [The church is not a building] | G Major or modal | English | 1995 | |||||||
| The United Methodist Hymnal #558 | The church is not a building | We Are the Church | I am the church! You are the church | Richard K. Avery; Donald S. March | Richard K. Avery; Donald S. Marsh | 7.7.8.7 wiht refrain | PORT JERVIS | G Major | English | 1989 | |||||||
| Together in Song: Australian Hymn Book II #467 | The church is not a building | I am the church! You are the church! | 1999 | ||||||||||||||
| Worship and Rejoice #550 | The church is not a building | We Are the Church | I am the church! You are the church! | Richard K. Avery, 1934-; Donald S. Marsh, 1923- | Richard K. Avery, 1934-; Donald S. Marsh, 1923- | 7.7.8.7 with refrain | 1 Peter 2:5; Acts 17:24; Acts 2:1-4 | PORT JERVIS | G Major or modal | English | 2001 |
