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Jesus, Where'er Your People Meet

Author: William Cowper Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 515 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 18:20 First Line: Jesus, where e'er your people meet Lyrics: 1 Jesus, where'er your people meet, There they behold your mercy-seat; Where'er they seek you, you are found, And ev'ry place is hallowed ground. 2 For you, within no walls confined, Are dwelling in the humble mind; Such ever bring you where they come, And going, take you to their home. 3 Dear Shepherd of your chosen few, Your former mercies here renew; Here to our waiting hearts proclaim The sweetness of your saving Name. 4 Here may we prove the pow'r of prayer To strengthen faith and sweeten care, To teach our faint desires to rise, And bring all heav'n before our eyes. 5 Lord, we are few, but you are near; Nor short your arm, nor deaf your ear; O rend the heav'ns, come quickly down, And make a thousand hearts your own. Topics: Election; The Church The Lord's House; Christ Abiding with Believers Used With Tune: WARRINGTON

Draw Us in the Spirit's Tether

Author: Percy Dearmer, 1867-1936 Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Appears in 24 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 18:20 Topics: Holy Communion Used With Tune: UNION SEMINARY

To be sung between Prayer and Sermaon

Author: Dr. S. Stennett Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 246 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 18:20 First Line: There two or three, with sweet accord Lyrics: 1 There two or three, with sweet accord, Obedient to their sovereign Lord, Meet to recount his acts of grace, And offer solemn prayer and praise; 2 "There," says the Savior, "will I be, "Amid this little company; "To them unveil my smiling face, "And shed My glories round the place." 3 We meet at thy command, dear Lord, Relying on thy faithful word: Now send thy spirit from above, Now fill our hearts with heavenly love. Topics: Worship Hymns Before Sermon; Presence of God promised; Public Religion

Claiming the promise

Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 180 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 18:20 First Line: Jesus, we look to thee Topics: Introductory to Worship

Jesu, tawa pano (Jesus, we are here)

Author: Patrick Matsikenyiri (b. 1937) Meter: 6.6.6.9 Appears in 29 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 18:20 Topics: Short Songs; Dedication of people; Multi-cultrual and World-church Songs Used With Tune: JESU TAWA PANO

Built on the Rock

Author: Nikolai F. S. Grundtvig; Carl Doving Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.8 Appears in 73 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 18:20 First Line: Built on the Rock the Church doth stand Topics: Church Nature; Proclamation; Worship; Changing Year Used With Tune: KIRKEN DEN ER ET

God Is Here!

Author: Fred Pratt Green Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 47 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 18:20 First Line: God is here! As we his people meet Lyrics: 1 God is here! As we his people meet to offer praise and prayer, may we find in fuller measure what it is in Christ we share: here, as in the world around us, all our varied skills and arts wait the coming of his Spirit into open minds and hearts. 2 Here are symbols to remind us of our lifelong need of grace; here are table, font and pulpit, here the cross has central place: here in honesty of preaching, here in silence, as in speech, here in newness and renewal God the Spirit comes to each. 3 Here our children find a welcome in the Shepherd's flock and fold; here as bread and wine are taken, Christ sustains us as of old; here the servants of the Servant seek in worship to explore what it means in daily living to believe and to adore. 4 Lord of all, of church and kingdom, in an age of change and doubt, keep us faithful to the gospel, help us work your purpose out; here, in this day's dedication, all we have to give, receive; we who cannot live without you, we adore you! we believe. Topics: Dedications of Possessions; Art and Artists; Church Nature; Dedications of Life; Dedications of Possessions; Worship Used With Tune: BEECHER

There's a Quiet Understanding

Author: Tedd Smith Appears in 14 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 18:20 Lyrics: 1 There's a quiet understanding when we're gathered in the Spirit, It's a promise that He gives us, when we gather in His name. There's a love we feel in Jesus, there's a manna that He feeds us; It's a promise that He gives us, When we gather in His name. 2 And we know when we're together, sharing love and understanding, That our brothers and our sisters feel the oneness that He brings. Thank You, thank You, thank You, Jesus, for the many ways You lead us, for the many ways You lead us, Thank You, thank You, Lord. Topics: Choir; Fellowship of Believers; Choir; Fellowship of Believers Used With Tune: [There's a quiet understanding]

Jesus calls us here to meet him

Author: John L. Bell (b. 1949); Graham Maule (b. 1950) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 13 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 18:20 Topics: Our Response to Christ In Discipleship; Our Response to God in the worship of God's house; Church Worship; Holy Communion; Unity of Humanity Used With Tune: LEWIS FOLK MELODY

Where Charity and Love Prevail

Author: Omer Westendorf Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 41 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 18:20 Topics: The Sacraments and Rites of the Church Marriage; The Nature of the Church United in Christ; The Sacraments and Rites of the Church Marriage; Christian Year Holy Week; Church Community in Christ; Home and Family; Love; Reconciliation; Weddings Used With Tune: ST. PETER Text Sources: 9th cent. Latin

"Two or three"

Author: Thomas Hastings Appears in 19 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 18:20 First Line: Wherever two or three may meet Lyrics: 1 Wherever two or three may meet, To worship in thy name, Bending beneath thy mercy-seat, This promise they may claim;-- 2 Jesus in love will condescend To bless the hallowed place; The Saviour will himself attend, And show his smiling face. 3 How bright the assurance! gracious Lord, Fountain of peace and love, Fulfill to us thy precious word, Thy loving-kindness prove. Topics: Prayer and Invocation Used With Tune: SOUTHPORT

The King of Love My Shepherd Is

Author: Henry Williams Baker, 1821-1877 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 677 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 18 Lyrics: 1 The King of love my shepherd is, Whose goodness fails me never; I nothing lack if I am his, And he is mine forever. 2 Where streams of living water flow With gentle care he leads me, And where the verdant pastures grow, With heav'nly food he feeds me. 3 Perverse and foolish I have strayed, But yet in love he sought me, And on his shoulder gently laid, And home, rejoicing, brought me. 4 In death's dark vale I fear no ill With you, dear Lord, beside me; Your rod and staff my comfort still, Your cross before to guide me. 5 You spread a table in my sight, Your saving grace bestowing; And O what joy and true delight From your pure chalice flowing! 6 And so through all the length of days Your goodness fails me never: Good Shepherd, may I sing your praise Within your house forever. Topics: Comfort; Comfort; Comfort; Good Shepherd; Love of God for Us; Petition/Prayer; Retreats; Trust; Service Music for Mass Entrance Song (Gathering of Processional); Rites of the Church Order of Christian Funerals: Funeral Liturgy; The Liturgical Year Lent (Sundays and Weekdays); The Liturgical Year Easter (Sundays and Weekdays); The Liturgical Year The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus; The Liturgical Year The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day) (November 2) Used With Tune: ST. COLUMBA

The promised blessing

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 95 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 18:20 First Line: See, Jesus, thy disciples, see Topics: Introductory to Worship

¡Bienvenido!

Author: Enrique S. Turrall Appears in 15 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 18:20 First Line: Con gran gozo y placer Refrain First Line: ¡Bienvenido! ¡Bienvenido! Lyrics: 1 Con gran gozo y placer nos volvemos hoy a ver; nuestras manos otra vez estrechamos. Se contenta el corazón, ensanchándose de amor; todos a una voz a Dios gracias damos. Coro: ¡Bienvenido! ¡Bienvenido! Los hermanos hoy aquí nos gozamos en decir: ¡Bienvenido! ¡Bienvenido! Al volvernos a reunir, ¡Bienvenido! 2 Hasta aquí Dios te ayudó, ni un momento te dejó, y a nosotros te volvió: ¡Bienvenido! El Señor te acompañó, su presencia te amparó, del peligro te guardó: ¡Bienvenido! [Coro] 3 Dios nos guarde en este amor, para que de corazón, consagrados al Señor, le alabemos. En la eterna reunión, do no habrá separación, ni tristeza, ni aflicción: ¡Bienvenido! Topics: Apertura del Culto; Opening of Worship; Bienvenida; Welcome; Compañerismo Cristiano; Fellowship; Llamamiento a la Adoración; Call to Worship; Música Litúrgica; Liturgical Music Used With Tune: OVER JORDAN Text Sources: Spain

I am the church! You are the church!

Author: Richard Kinsey Avery (b. 1934); Donald Stuart March (b. 1923) Meter: Irregular Appears in 12 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 18:20 First Line: The Church is not a building, the Church is not a steeple Lyrics: [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 colours and all ages, 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] 5 At Pentecost some people received the Holy Spirit and told the good news through the world to all who would hear it. [Refrain] 6 I count if I am ninety, or nine, or just a baby; there's one thing I am sure about and I don't mean maybe: [Refrain] Topics: Our Response to God in the worship of God's house; The Holy Spirit The Coming of the Spirit; Christian Year Pentecost; Church Body of Christ; Church images of Used With Tune: WE ARE THE CHURCH

Oh, it is joy for those to meet

Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 11 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 18:20 Topics: The Christian Fellowship; Angels; Brotherly Love; Christ Advocate; Union of Saints To each other; Union of Saints In Heaven and on Earth

As we are gathered, Jesus is here

Author: John Daniels Meter: 9.9.9.9.9.9 Appears in 6 hymnals Scripture: Matthew 18:20 Topics: The Living God Our Response to God - in the worship of God's house; Church Body of Christ; Gathering Used With Tune: [As we are gathered, Jesus is here]

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