Hymns by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette

We Gather At Your Table, Lord
TALLIS' CANON (8.8.8.8) ("All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night")

We gather at your table, Lord:
We humbly lift our hearts to you!
Here all are welcomed, all restored,
And all are given work to do.

We share this meal and we are fed.
Such basic gifts become your sign:
We see you broken in the bread;
We know your love in common wine.

God, pour your Spirit on us all,
And on these gifts that we receive;
For in Christ's presence we recall
His life and death, and so believe.

From North and South, from West and East,
Now reconciled, we gather near;
We taste your Kingdom's banquet feast,
So finding strength to serve you here.

Biblical References: 1 Corinthians 10:16-17, 11:26; Matthew 26:26-29
Tune: Thomas Tallis, 1561 ("All Praise to Thee, My God, This Night")
Text: Copyright © 1999 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. All rights reserved.
Copied from Gifts of Love: New Hymns for Today's Worship by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette (Geneva Press, 2000).
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Hymn Use Permission: Gifts of Love: New Hymns for Today's Worship by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette (Geneva Press, 2000) includes a permission note for those who own this book to use this hymn (along with the 44 other new hymns in the book) in their local church's worship services. People who do not own Gifts of Love are asked to contact Carolyn (bcgillette@comcast.net) for permission to use the hymn and to get a copy of the hymn formatted for worship bulletin use.