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After Pentecost      Pentecost 7     Luke 10:1-11, 16-20, particularly verses 1-11

Disciples are sent out (YC No 204)

When Jesus sent disciples out

The harvest was extensive;

But workers who would gather in,

Were few; their work intensive.

When Jesus sent disciples out

As lambs, they would be fragile;

He knew the world had many wolves;

Some people could be hostile.

 

When Jesus sent disciples out

He said, “Do not take money,

Nor shoes nor purse; but heal the sick;

Do not disrupt your journey.”

When Jesus sent disciples out

“Remain where you are welcome;

But when rejected say to those,

‘We tried to share God’s Kingdom.’ ”

 

We too are sent, ‘Proclaim the Christ.’

In our own time and culture;

We need to seek new strategies

To feed the spirit’s hunger.

We too are sent, ‘Proclaim the Christ.’

In ways that lead to freedom;

The Jesus story has the power

To bring us near God’s Kingdom.


Tune  Bishopgarth  Not in AHB or TiS  Methodist Hymnbook 964(ii)  Presbyterian Hymnary 370    
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