Hymns by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette

Come and Join the Celebration
NETTLETON (8.7.8.7 D) ("Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing")

Come and join the celebration! Praise the Lord and gladly sing.
Hear the gospel proclamation: God in Christ changed everything!
Tell again the wondrous story; let your praises rise above.
God, we sing and give you glory for your everlasting love.

Sing with joy, for on a Sunday friends of Jesus went to grieve.
Soon they found his tomb was empty; telling others, they believed.
God of miracle and wonder, Jesus died and lives again.
Death has lost, for you are stronger; all creation sings, "Amen!"

God, we sing, for there is nothing that can keep your love away —
Not oppression, hardship, famine, things to come or things today.
Heights and depths cannot defeat us; death will never be the same.
Christ is risen! So you promise: we have life in Jesus' name.

Sing with joy, each generation! Sing with those who've gone before.
Join the kingdom celebration, old and young, both rich and poor.
We have life, for we're forgiven; where, O death, is now your sting?
Born of dust, we're claimed for heaven, so let all God's people sing.

Biblical References: Genesis 2:7; Luke 24:1-12; Romans 8:26-39; 1 Corinthians 15; Philippians 2:9-11
Tune: John Wyeth's Repository of Sacred Music, 1813 ("Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing")
Alternate tune: ANN'S TUNE, Hal Hopson, copyright 2010 Hope Publishing Company
Text: Copyright © 2010 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. All rights reserved.
Please contact Carolyn at bcgillette@comcast.net for permission to use this hymn text.
New Hymns: www.carolynshymns.com/


Hymn Note for "Come and Join the Celebration"

This new hymn was commissioned by Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church in memory and honor of Ann Gettys Nash and was sung for the first time in their worship service on April 18, 2010 in Asheville, North Carolina.

The gifted composer Hal Hopson has written the new music for this hymn titled "Ann's Tune." You can listen to an online recording of the hymn with this beautiful tune (4.1 megabyte MP3 file) from the April 18th worship service.

A copy of the new tune is available from Hope Publishing Company (phone 800-323-1049). Please contact Carolyn if you would like to use the hymn text to the tune of NETTLETON. (NETTLETON is in the public domain, and can be found in many standard hymnals.)

David Nash would appreciate hearing from churches that use this hymn. David's email is dwnash@charter.net.

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