Hymns by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
Faithful God, You Sent Your Spirit
NETTLETON 8.7.8.7 D (Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing)
Faithful God, you sent your Spirit
Long ago at Pentecost.
You gave life and said to share it,
All as one, beneath your cross.
May we see your wondrous blessing
When your people everywhere
Work together, all confessing
Faith that binds us, faith to share.
God of hope, you daily nurture
Those who seek to follow you.
You're not bound by any culture;
You love rich and poor ones, too.
In an ever-changing nation,
May your churches welcome in
Every child of your creation,
Giving hope to all again.
God of love, may we in worship
Welcome our diversity.
May we reach in trust and friendship
To the poor and refugee.
May we see Christ in the stranger,
Breaking bonds of race and fear.
By your Spirit, may we offer
Glimpses of your kingdom here.
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Other Hymns on Diversity, Welcoming and Unity
- Abraham Journeyed to a New Country
BUNESSAN (5.5.5.4 D) (Morning Has Broken)
A hymn for immigrants in the Bible and today
"Mary and Joseph feared Herod's order; Soldiers were coming! They had to flee.
Taking young Jesus, they crossed the border; So was our Lord a young refugee." - God Bless the Poet's Heart and Hand
TALLIS' CANON (8.8.8.8) (All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night)
Book: Songs of Grace
The Mystery and Wonder of God
"God, bless the ones who boldly dare to let the scriptures be their guide" - God, With Joy We Look Around Us
REGENT SQUARE (8.7.8.7.8.7) (Angels, from the Realms of Glory)
Book: Songs of Grace
Racial justice, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and celebrating diversity - Hear My Prayer For Unity
(John 17)
ABERYSTWYTH (7.7.7.7 D) (Jesus, Lover of My Soul; Watchman, Tell Us of the Night)
Book: Gifts of Love
Christian Unity and Jesus' Prayer in John 17 - No Longer
(Galatians 3:23-29)
LEONI (6.6.8.4) (The God of Abraham Praise)
Book: Songs of Grace
This hymn, based on Galatians 3:23-29, celebrates "Here men and women, called by God, serve side by side." - O God of Creation, We See All Around Us (PDF file)
ASH GROVE (6.6.11.6.6.11 D) (Let All Things Now Living)
Racial Justice - Welcoming God
ASSURANCE (9.10.9.9 with Refrain) (Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine!)
Book: Gifts of Love
This hymn celebrates Jesus' reaching out and calling the Church to do the same; it includes this verse:
"Outcasts are welcome; sinners are, too,
Eating with Jesus and being made new:
Some like Zacchaeus turned right around" - Who Is My Neighbor?
LOBE DEN HERREN (14.14.4.7.8) (Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty)
Book: Songs of Grace
Jesus' Parable of the Good Samaritan - You've Called Us Together
TO GOD BE THE GLORY (11.11.11.11 with Refrain) (To God Be the Glory)
Book: Songs of Grace
January 20, 2002 Inaugural Celebration of Churches Uniting In Christ
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- Check out A Dozen Ways to Support Carolyn's Hymn-writing (including hymn use permission).