Alphabetically listed first lines of lyrics
The General Volumes are identified by V1, V2, V3 and V4 and the Lectionary Volumes are identified by YA, YB and YC.
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A baby called Jesus was born long ago V4: 63
A dream of dignity for all humanity V3: 77
A faith renewed is on the move V4: 22
A life of strong love in Jesus we find YC: 211
A master of the story line YA: 71
A prayer for blessing we all wish to say V3: 81
A student is no greater than the teacher YA: 54
A very special friend was sick YA: 32
A vine and branches are as one YB: 120
A wicked sign with us today V1: 75
Advancing in the spirit by which we can be fed V2: 32
All are welcome to our worship V2: 1
All creation sings a story V1: 13
All of creation praise with a song V2: 99
All of humanity now and for ever V1: 101
All time and space proclaim this melody V4: 60
As disciples we may struggle YB: 143
As we approach this Christmas time of year V1: 23
As we come in celebration V4: 83
As we come in celebration V4: 86
As we come together V1: 1
As we consider our world and its lavishness V3: 72
As we contemplate our future V1: 57
As we contemplate the birth of Jesus V4: 70
As we journey on, we can dwell upon V1: 31
As we move forward, we affirm V2: 36
As we worship with thanksgiving V1: 14
Before the wonder of new life we celebrate V3: 89
Born in the culture of his day YB: 91
Both man and women of his day YB: 96
By day a sower sowed good seeds YA: 58
Can peace come on earth? V3: 22
Change and chance are ever present V4: 102
Christ alive within our mind YB: 114
Christ lives in our heart and mind; Alleluia V4: 20
Coming to a place of candour V1: 102
Compassion is the sacred name V2: 8
Compassion shows the face of God V2: 47
Contemplate all nature’s beauty V3: 5
Contemplating beauty in and all around us V1: 52
Contentment and peace, the joy in our life V1: 74
Creation sings amazing songs V2: 25
Deep in my soul my longings are for peace V1: 67
Diff’rence is the language of reality V2: 89
Disciples ate with unclean hands YB: 139
Disciples here with Jesus in solidarity V3: 82
Disciples were like most of us YB: 150
Disciples were like you and me YC: 189
Divine persuasion urges us V2: 9
Do we have a picture of what God might be? V2: 20, V2:24
Dogmas, creeds, they have their day V1: 78
Each of us is welcome V4: 1
Each time I visit Calvary V3: 64
Earth is our home; its wonder so diverse V4: 61
Enhancing our life – our friends are so dear V2: 59
Faith and religion need to show V4: 35
For all the blessings in our life V1: 7
For God inherent and within V4: 9
For God surrounding all there is V1: 8
From a very different culture V2: 35
From beginning to each ending V2: 63
From Nazareth he travelled V4: 28
Fruits of the spirit give the light V1: 56
Giving respect to humankind V2: 60
God becomes a presence in this world of struggle V3: 10
God dwells within us when e‘er we love V3: 18
God in all creation, transcendent, above V2: 56
God in all galaxies beyond V4: 6
God in movement; God of process V4: 8
God in nature’s cycles, thankfully we sing V2: 39
God in process of creation V4: 5
God is a partner with us here V4: 7
God is at hand. A babe is born V2: 2
God is at hand. Our heart’s delight YA: 46
God is beyond, within, between V1: 20
God is love and ever present V2: 12
God is love. Our Gospel story V1: 15
God is the focus of our search V4: 24
God is the heart of all, the sacred core V1: 12
God is the love that feeds my soul V1: 73
God is the One in whom we all have V1: 9
God is tiny like the ants V2: 95
God is within; God is between V1: 21
God of all changes; God in all substance V4: 4
God of the day and God of every night V3: 6
God of the poor and those oppressed V2: 49
God stirs in every place V4: 3
God the question; God the answer V1: 18
God’s kingdom is within us V4: 49
God’s presence sings a joyous song V2: 42
God’s spirit, all surrounding YB: 105
God’s spirit is within our soul YB: 123
God’s word is heard in nature’s noisy roar V3: 12
Gospel stories last from a culture’s past YB: 99
Gospel stories last through a culture’s past V1: 32
Gospel writers tell us of our gracious Lord YC: 196
Gospel writers writing of their faith in Jesus YA: 49
Ground of all being – the mystery we share V3: 83
He ran away so quickly ; he found a speedy yacht V2: 91
He walked the hills in Galilee YC: 214
Hear from Jesus and his teaching V2: 76
Hear the word of God – was the pow’rful rod V1: 35
Hope is forever; it will never end V3: 20
How can we change the world we know V1: 68
How silently the gifts of love are given V4: 101
Human knowledge is increasing V4: 40
Humans are minute within the cosmic dream V2: 38
I can’t stay in a place where I’m captive V3: 79
I do remember very well V1: 29
I look about and when I do V1: 47
I look in joy each time I see V3: 19
I will mourn when thousands perish V3: 76
I will sing of love, compassion V4: 68
If I speak with skill of scholars V1: 82
If you love me then obey me YA: 48
In all of life we know God’s grace V2: 18
In community with others V2: 61
In contemplation of this day V3: 97
In God we live and move and be V4: 11
In healing, Jesus did embrace YB: 98
In his home town in Galilee YB: 129
In Jesus Christ, the un-named God is known V1: 38
In Jesus’ day the spirit world would dominate YC: 201
In Jesus we can see his words YA: 69
In Jesus we see the love we all need V4: 12
In life we meet the times that please V3: 92
In life with such uncertainty V1: 60
In love we can learn to grow V3: 15
In many ways we are the same YC: 209
In nature’s parade, when stars brightly glow V1: 11
In our human search for meaning V4: 41
In our sacred book there’s violence V4: 106
In scripture’s pages we can move V1: 79
In stories told, we can there behold V1: 34
In the mild mid-summer pleasant winds can blow V2: 4
In this old baptismal rite V1: 93
In this sacrament with water God can be seen V3: 90
It’s not fair! It’s not fair! V2: 94
James and John were so ambitious V4: 53
Jerusalem claimed Jesus’ love YC: 172
Jesus, a Rabbi, was a Jewish sage YA: 78
Jesus and the Father’s glory YA: 50
Jesus asks us to give thanks, every single day V3: 99
Jesus Christ, we know his story V1: 53
Jesus faced the growing tension YA: 65
Jesus’ great love is the way we are lifted in life V4: 21
Jesus had some close companions YB: 122
Jesus, he pointed to living in service YB: 146
Jesus, his call was clear and strong YB: 95
Jesus, in this tale said “Persevere; Don’t fail.” YC: 222
Jesus is one who always turned things upside-down V3: 45, YA: 72
Jesus is our friendly teacher V4: 76
Jesus listened to past wisdom YC: 168
Jesus lived with his human need YC: 199
Jesus said “Be good; good to everybody.” V3: 101
Jesus sat by the temple door YB: 149
Jesus teaches how we can be good V3: 102
Jesus, the man we heed, a Rabbi bold and free V4: 64
Jesus told confronting stories V4: 79
Jesus wants all girls and boys V2: 97
Jesus was a brilliant teacher YA: 22
Jesus was a Jewish teacher V3: 42
Jesus was a teacher; stories that he told V3: 103
Jesus was a teacher; stories that he told V4: 78
Jesus was one who saw beneath YA: 76
Jesus, when he went to dinner YC: 200
John was a good and holy man YB: 130
Join the singing of this song V2: 11
Joseph’s dreams and angels focus in the tale V2: 84, YA: 5
Let doctrines disappear V4: 32
Life and death are both mysterious V3: 95
Life and love is in his word YA: 28
Life comes with a search for meaning V4: 26
Life has its loveliness, passion and splendour V3: 16
Life is a gift; a journey to be trav’ling V3: 23
Living with uncertainty can create anxiety V4: 103
Look at Jesus, hear the story V1: 39
Lord our God we often ponder V1: 55
Love gives birth to happiness V4: 95
Love is a mystery – not to solve V3: 17
Love is the source of comfort and delight V4: 62
Love is where we must begin V4: 96
Love that is shared between just two V4: 98
Love when given makes a diff’rence V4: 97
Loving is the answer, loving is the way V4: 100
Many the question flood into our lives V3: 93
Matthew, when telling stories of Jesus YA: 13
Messiah was the one they sought YB: 82
Mountain tops and deep dark valleys V2: 67
Movement and colour are graces so pleasing V3: 7
My God is in Jesus; the Gospel is telling V1: 16
Mystery, glorious mystery V3: 8
Nature knows her sounds and movements V3: 4
Nature won’t be subdued V1: 99
Near by the Sea of Galilee YA: 17
Noah worked hard; family worked hard V2: 93
Not by the love of power V1: 10
Oh, when we think in depth on the reality V2: 41
Our communion with each other V1: 95
Our energy level is high when we start V2: 23
Our faith does not purport to be V4: 44
Our faith proclaims our life of worth V4: 38
Our faithful sun gives light and warmth unending V3: 9
Our hearts are full of thankful praise V3: 13
Our hope is that which brightens life V4: 89
Our life can be full and empty as well V4: 90
Our life if full of change and chance V4: 92
Our life is full of joy and sorrow V1: 22
Our memories are alive with him YC: 192
Our sacred book, from which we learn V1: 80
Our summer Christmas season V4: 14
Peace from justice – is our cry V2: 50
People are language through whom God can speak V2: 71
Praise and prayer will both begin V4: 10
Proclaim the need for faith V1: 6
Rebellion – he led; he challenged the strong V1: 37
Recorded stories Jesus told YA: 70
Rejoice when love is found V4: 71
Remember the one who brought us to birth V3: 98
Sacred – the will to live V2: 13
Searching here together V2: 90
Sharing meals can be fulfilling V3: 52
Sharing with Mary in praises of thankfulness YC: 155
Sightings of the Spirit – here V2: 15
Some stories are told of Jesus’ appeal YB: 131
Some stories told of Jesus present forceful view YC: 207
Some stories we hear – they prompt us to pause YB:104
Speeding with the stallion, swarming with the bees V2: 40
Stories that Jesus used could comfort or annoy V1: 86
Stress and anxiety can sap our energy V3: 38
Stress and anxiety can sap our energy V4: 104
Teachings of this great Jewish sage YB: 127
The authors of the Bible shared the wisdom V4: 25
The beauty of each sight and sound V2: 69
The beauty of the world around V4: 51
The beauty within us – the impulse to care V4: 55
The church commits to witness V4: 72
The colours of the sunset, the dancing of the waves V4: 58
The courage of a marvelous Jew V4: 46
The cross of Jesus, years ago V1: 43
The faith I acknowledge, beliefs that I own V1: 50
The future is for us to live YC: 226
The future lies beyond our sight YC: 210
The gospel writers looked to him YB: 119
The gospel writers shared their faith YB: 135
The gospel writers tell good news YA: 44
The greatest story ever told V1: 81
The human spirit rises and dances with the dawn V4: 57
The invitation is announced V1: 94
The Jesus challenge is to love YB: 121
The Jesus story is the one V3: 29
The Jesus story is the one V3: 30
The Jesus story of times past V4: 73
The Jesus story sheds true light YB: 100
The journey of the life we live V1: 62
The leaders of his day were right V4: 17
The life of Jesus shows a way V1: 30
The Lord a wondrous teacher, brought a challenge V1: 36
The loveliness of sea and land V1: 65
The man of Nazareth in gospel tales V4: 27
The man who lived in Galilee V4: 77
The ministry of Jesus brought him conflict YB: 125
The miracle of a baby’s birth V3: 87
The morning light speeds on its way V3: 21
The nature of ‘new being’ is manifest, unfurled V4: 29
The New Year brings another time V4: 82
The people asked for certain proof YC: 190
The sacred has so many names V2: 51
The sacred role of ministry V3: 78
The spirit Christ imparts to us YC: 197
The spirit of the living God V2: 10
The stories from the gospels tell YB: 134
The stories of disciples are those I like to hear V2: 87
The stories of the long ago YA: 77
The stories told of Jesus’ birth YB: 83
The story of the cross of woe V2: 77
The struggle in our loneliness V1: 64
The tragedy of tragedies V4: 15
The unknown future can create YC: 152
The way of love we can’t predict V4: 91
There are no words by which we catch the mystery V2: 19
There is a presence here and now V3: 11
There is a presence so profound V2: 16
There is a song of hope for us V3: 28
There was once a man, an amazing man V1: 33
There’s a sacredness in sounds of life V2: 72
These can be favoured times when life has dignity V2: 53
This wondrous universe tells of God’s glory V2: 43
Time and space are both a mystery V2: 22
To Bethlehem, a stable bare V1: 26
To live as fully as we can V2: 68
To speak in love is Jesus’ way V2: 73
Transforming is the path we take V2: 31
Trinity – God is beyond V1: 19
Under the cloak of darkness V3: 59
Walking the journey of our life V1: 66
We all are truly blest; so much to us is given V4: 69
We are a blest humanity V1: 63
We are all blest; our life is so amazing V4: 67
We are all precious; just like the rest V2: 103
We are all welcome here today V3: 2
We are blest as human species V4: 36
We are community – one with each other V3: 84
We are pilgrims on a journey V4: 65
We are thankful for a greeting V3: 1
We are thankful for all parents YB: 93
We are the stewards of this wondrous earth V2: 45
We are travelling through what is past, what is new V1: 51
We can be God’s incarnation V4: 48
We can but worship and we must adore V2: 17
We can give thanks and can value our past V4: 23
We can have life and live abundantly V4: 33
We cannot ask a god above V3: 67
We celebrate our church today V4: 84
We choose others as companions V4: 39
We come here not knowing the mystery V3: 88
We come to join with thankful hearts V3: 86
We eat with our friends, enjoying a meal V3: 53
We gather in this place today V4: 2
We have a common duty to lift humanity V3: 71
We have a common duty to lift humanity YC: 220
We have been told, ‘All things in their time V2: 58
We have come in celebration V4: 85
We have the Jesus story V2: 88
We have wisdom from past sages V3: 43
We hear today the voice of Christ V3: 75
We know and acknowledge our lives are so blessed V4: 88
We look for Christ to give us hope V3: 27
We look for signs that give us hope YB: 92
We look for strong, authentic ways V4: 31
We look to Jesus and we see YC: 194
We look towards that joyous day V1: 76
We move to visit Calvary V2: 79
We name the name of Jesus V1: 72
We need time for thinking through what it is V4: 94
We need to hear with open ears YB: 103
We pray for you, God’s loved one V3: 80
We receive the Hebrew scriptures V2: 29
We recognize the sacred is sought in many ways V2: 30
We resolve to follow Jesus V4: 56
We search for faith to give insight V4: 43
We search for faith to understand V4: 42
We see around us, every living thing V1: 48
We seek a faith community V2: 33
We seek for wisdom, that which is profound V4: 34
We share with Jesus, his insight V4: 30
We sing, we celebrate our faith V4: 37
We sing, we praise, we celebrate V1: 70
We wander through the bright starry sky V3: 3
We wish you love, like soft and kindly blessing V1: 92
We wonder if it matters V2: 57
We would honour one called Jesus V2: 28
We would see Jesus – was their wish YB: 106
What can I ask? Who can explain V4: 66
What can we do? Concerns arise V1: 77
What must I do to earn eternal life YB: 145
What would we think of Jesus now? V3: 49
When a spirit is so troubled V3: 94
When at night, the stars shine on us V2: 21
When bad laws are not questioned V1: 69
When beauty casts its glow V1: 2
When beliefs and rigid doctrines V2: 26
When common dreams are shared V2: 37
When compassion flows quite freely V2: 55
When hearing gospel stories told YC: 169
When I put my hands down low V2: 96
When I’m happy and I’m glad V2: 98
When I’m happy and I’m glad V2: 104
When Jesus came to Galilee YA: 15
When Jesus died so long ago V4: 74
When Jesus healed on Sabbath days YC: 212
When Jesus lived in Galilee V4: 18
When Jesus sent disciples out YC: 204
When Jesus taught in Galilee V2: 75
When Jesus told his stories he often was extreme V3: 44, YA: 67
When Jesus used his stories to teach YB: 126
When Jesus walked the dusty road YA: 56
When Jesus was invited by a leading Pharisee YC: 213
When looking at a gospel word V2: 86
When looking at life for sense and design V2: 46
When love, compassion, hope for peace V3: 32
When love is shared between just two V4: 93
When pain kills joy where can we turn V2: 62
When people brought their children near YB: 144
When Pilate asked, “Are you a king?” YB: 151
When searching for a better way V4: 87
When somewhere someone proves they’re kind V2: 74
When tragedy has swamped our lives V4: 105
When we battle anxious moments V2: 34
When we contemplate our neighbourhood V2: 65
When we gaze at the wealth in the cosmos V1: 3
When we, in wonder, look beyond V1: 5
When we love we shower blessings V4: 99
When we ponder on the Advent story V1: 28
When we ponder what we value V1: 61
When we probe the gospel stories YB: 128
When we strive to be much better V3: 14
When we think of Jesus’ childhood YC: 164
Where does this Jesus live? Where does he stay? V3: 47, YA: 16
Where is God? It is the yearning V1: 59
Where is our God of reconciliation V1: 17
Why? Why? Oh why did Jesus have to die? V3: 62
With formal joy and solemn thought V3: 85
With great respect and love of life we gather V1: 103
With Jesus my companion, companion, companion V3: 105
With open hearts we come this Anzac Day V3: 96
With praise and elation we greet the divine V4: 75
With thankful hearts we celebrate V4: 59
Wonder, myst’ry, awesome splendour V4: 47
Wondrous and yet common birth V1: 27
World religions foster justice V2: 52
Worship is our celebration V4: 45