Author: Richard K. Avery, 1934-; Donald S. March, 19230 Hymnal: Together in Song #467 (1999) Topics: Anniversary of a Church First Line: The church is not a building 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 people gather
there's singing and there's praying,
there's laughing and there's crying sometimes
all of it saying: [Refrain]
4 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] Languages: English Tune Title: PORT JERVIS
I am the church! You are the church!