Hymns of Hope and Healing

1 HEALING IN OUR LIVES

1 We reach for a welcome that beckons us homeward Jan Berry

2 When the future’s all uncertain Anne Mott

3 Sometimes our grasp of life is frail Andrew Pratt

4 From the depths my voice had echoed Andrew Pratt

5 God, hold us, enfold us, through desolate loss Marjorie Dobson

6 When the body’s strength is failing Jan Berry

7 When days are filled with pain Jean Bright

8 We owe our lives to those who care Andrew Pratt

9 Through this day of quiet and calm Marjorie Dobson

10 Delight in what I give Anne Sardeson

11 We are who we are, the tears and the laughter Anne Sardeson

12 Looking at life: connecting with passion Anne Sardeson

13 Travel with us at a pace that you’re ready for Janet Wootton

14 I promise you, my Christa, that I will always be Jan Berry

15 Jesus is healing care Sara Iles

16 O Gracious God, your love for us is yearning Ruth Dillon

17 God, who has made us both body and soul Sue Gilmurray

18 In brokenness we bring to you Carolyn Sanderson

19 When the body’s racked with pain Stephen Linstead

20 When frustration feeds our anger Andrew Pratt

21 When loneliness oppresses me Marjorie Dobson

22 Our lives are finite yet we strive Andrew Pratt

23 Touch, without words, a silent understanding Andrew Pratt

24 Each hour marks a mighty resurrection Andrew Pratt

2 HEALING IN TODAY’S WORLD

25 God who drives our exploration Janet Wootton

26 Give thanks to God for miracles of birth Jean Wiggins

27 Virtual God, I am surfing Diane Coleman

28 Give praise for the wonder encoded in genes Jan Berry

29 Creative wisdom of our God Janet Wootton

30 Take up your cross and follow me! Graham Adams

31 There is no place in God’s household Janet Wootton

32 With bodies for sale as they numb up the mind Damian Boddy

33 When law and trust break down Jan Berry

34 Where is God when lives seem aimless Graham Adams

35 We sit with bruised and broken souls Anna Jarvis

36 The process of remaking June Boyce-Tillman

37 Compassion flows and warms in our hearts June Boyce-Tillman

38 We dream of a church that will live as a movement Graham Adams

39 Within the pulsing universe God’s Spirit gently flows June Boyce-Tillman

40 When earthquakes strike, and shake our sense of safety Graham Adams

41 Tectonic plates beneath the ocean’s surface Andrew Pratt

42 The earth calls out in hunger Anna Jarvis

43 We listen with joy to the song of the morning Jan Berry

3 CHRIST THE HEALER

44 We wait in darkness for the dawn Jan Berry

45 See, she comes in expectation June Boyce-Tillman

46 If the Word becomes flesh then our life is worth living Anne Sardeson

47 Young Mary, survivor, alone in the world Andrew Pratt

48 O troubled town of Bethlehem Graham Adams

49 God, bless us as we celebrate this strange but hopeful feast Graham Adams

50 O Jesus, calm me as you calmed the storm Anne Sardeson

51 We turn from those who fill us with disgust Marjorie Dobson

52 The touch was so light that it passed by unnoticed Marjorie Dobson

53 Walking through the town that day Janet Eldred

54 When exhausted by the crowds Graham Adams

55 Weeping woman, widowed, wailing Marjorie Dobson

56 We follow Christ, who leads the way Graham Adams

57 A towel and a basin? Marjorie Dobson

58 In the home that makes us welcome, with a door that opens wide Jan Berry

59 Holy, holy, holy God Jan Berry

60 As we gather round this table Ruth Dillon

61 Shattered people round a table Andrew Pratt

62 In the depth of human suffering Jan Berry

63 Bye, bye, bye, bye! I hear you cry June Boyce-Tillman

64 When earth is cold, and frosty ground lies sleeping Jan Berry

4 HEALING IN LIFE’S TRANSITIONS

65 We cradled you with blessing Craig Muir

66 In trust receiving all that hope offers Jan Berry

67 O God, whose tenderness shines bright Jan Berry

68 Can the parents’ tender care June Boyce-Tillman

69 When we see love contorted and embattled June Boyce-Tillman

70 We offer thanks for all life’s gifts Jan Berry

71 You have opened up for me a space Jan Berry

72 In our searching for a harbour Jan Berry

73 Articulated bony joints and flexing muscle strength June Boyce-Tillman

74 One step enough? We question what we know Andrew Pratt

75 For all we’ve known, we offer up our praise Jan Berry

76 In all the memories that our life has brought us Jan Berry

77 When we’re losing movement, sight Jan Berry

78 When our caring love wears thin Marjorie Dobson

79 With thoughts that wander, minds feel frail Andrew Pratt

80 We greet each death in peace or apprehension Andrew Pratt

81 At one with God, at one with all creation Andrew Pratt

82 We bring our gratitude to you June Boyce-Tillman

83 The lives we mourn have known their share of heartache Andrew Pratt

5 SINGING OUR PRAYERS

84 Listen, Lord, and hear our song Valerie Ruddle

85 Jesus is calling, ‘Come to me and I will give you rest.’ Valerie Ruddle

86 Touch me, Lord, with your healing hands Valerie Ruddle

87 God who will release me Damian Boddy

88 In my darkness I need you, Lord Pat Jones

89 My God is my hope and my help Damian Boddy

90 Autumn falls, but why should you mourn? Myrna Michell

91 River of healing Jean Silvan Evans

92 Balancing life in the storms that surround us with hope, not fear L. J. Counsell

93 God of the cosmos, we live within you June Boyce-Tillman

94 Blessing be yours Ruth Dillon

95 Bring wholeness, God, to those in pain Ruth Dillon