We have this ministry

Jim Strathdee
© 1979 Strathdee Music
CCLI License # 913763

Verse 1
We have this ministry
And we are not discouraged
It is by God’s own pow’r
That we may live and serve
Openly we share God’s word
Speaking truth as we believe
Praying that the shadowed world
May healing light receive
We have the ministry
O Lord receive our living

Verse 2
O Christ the tree of live
Our end and our beginning
We grow to fullest flow’r
When rooted in your love
Brothers sisters clergy lay
Called to service by your grace
Different cultures different gifts
The young and old a place
We have this ministry
O Lord receive our giving

Verse 3
The yoke of Christ is ours
The whole world is our parish
We daily take the cross
The burden and the joy
Bearing hurts of those we serve
Wounded bruised and bowed with pain
Holy Spirit bread and wine
We die and rise again
We have this ministry
O Lord receive our loving