Sun and starlight, sparkling waters
morning birds that serenade
In the image of the maker
we are wonderfully made (Chorus)

In the water's holy blessing
Spirit coming like a dove
We're a witness to the wonder
We are loved and so we love (Chorus)

Live out justice, treasure kindness
journey humbly everyday
We are called here into service
a forgiving, loving way (Chorus)


Words and Music by Hans Peterson, Larry Olson, Mary Olson
©2002 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"MAKE ME AN INSTRUMENT"
Chorus:
Make me an instrument of your love;
let me be a channel from above.
Make me an instrument of your love,
an instrument of your love.

When a friend is in need of an open heart,
let me be there, oh, let me be there.
When a friend is lost with nowhere to go,
let me be there. (Chorus)

When someone is hungry, when someone is cold,
let me be there, Oh, let me be there.
When someone needs help to carry their load,
let me be there. (Chorus)

If someone should wonder, "Is God still alive?"
let me be there, oh, let me be there.
If someone should wonder, "Does God really care?"
let me be there. (Chorus)


Words and Music by Larry Olson and Karol Baer
©1989 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"MERCY"
Chorus:
Mercy, oh mercy, everloving kindness
that sees beyond our blindness.
Mercy, oh mercy,
we're calling on you Lord
for us to be restored.
Oh mercy.

I know I hurt you
with things I do and say.
I want to love you
but I lose my way.
Anger and hatred
speak too loud on earth,
stealing the sacred,
tearing at our worth. (Chorus)

Sunset brings darkness,
a chance to rest our hearts.
Sunrise brings daylight
and a brand new start.(Chorus)


Words and Music by Larry Olson
©1994 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"MOVE ME"
Spirit of God move me from death into life


Words and Music ©1997 Sara Thomsen
Administered by Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"MY GOD - Psalm 22"
Chorus:
My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
My God, my God, I have cried so desperately
still there is no help for me.

I call out to you each night and day.
You don't answer anything I say.
It was you who brought me here at birth.
Now where are you on this troubled earth? (Chorus)

My strength is gone like water on the ground.
My bones cry for flesh that can't be found.
My throat is dry. My tongue sticks to my mouth.
I am dying, there is no way out. (Chorus)

I am helpless before my enemies.
Come now quickly, come and rescue me.
I will tell my people what you've done,
that your love can save us ev'ryone. (Chorus)


Words and Music by Larry Olson
©1993 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"MY SOUL PROCLAIMS"
Chorus:
My soul proclaims your greatness O God,
my Spirit dances in your sight.
You look with loving kindness on me
and bless my life with ceaseless light.

Your mercy pours upon the ones
who give you glory all their lives.
You show your strength and scatter the proud
in the midst of their hearts. (Chorus)

You send the mighty from their thrones
and put the lowly in their place.
You fill the hungry with good things
and the rich get no part. (Chorus)

You help your servant Israel,
from age to age you show your love.
As you had promised long ago,
make us whole, make us one. (Chorus)


Words and Music by Mark Douglass
©1993 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"MY SOUL WILL REST"
When there's bread for all people then my soul will rest
oh my soul, oh my soul
When there's bread for all people then my soul will rest
oh my soul will rest, oh..., oh...
When there's bread for all people then my soul will rest
oh my soul will rest

When we all have safe shelter then my soul will rest
oh my soul, oh my soul
When we all have safe shelter then my soul will rest
oh my soul will rest, oh..., oh...
When we all have safe shelter then my soul will rest
oh my soul will rest

When there's peace on this planet then my soul will rest
oh my soul, oh my soul
When there's peace on this planet then my soul will rest
oh my soul will rest, oh..., oh...
When there's peace on this planet then my soul will rest
oh my soul will rest

When I'm laid in the soil then my soul will rest


Words and Music by Larry Olson and Karol Baer
©2004 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"NO HANDS BUT YOURS"
Chorus:
Christ has no body now but yours
no hands but yours, no feet but yours
Christ has no body now but yours
no hands but yours, no feet but yours

Yours are the eyes through which Christ's compassion
must look out on the world, must look out on the world (Chorus)

Yours are the feet with which to go about doing good
Yours are the hands with which to bless us now (Chorus)


Words and Music by Hans Peterson based on text from Teresa of Avila
©2003 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"NO LONGER STRANGERS"
Chorus:
Through God's grace we are sisters and brothers,
no matter what color, we are no longer strangers.
Through God's grace we can all work together
to make our world better where there's no longer strangers.

I should not be frightened
by someone who's not the same as me.
Celebrate the difference!
Our lives could be fuller
if we learn from our diversity.
Celebrate the difference! (Chorus)

I should not believe that
God created all things just for me.
Celebrate the difference!
There should be no reason that
all people cannot live in peace.
Celebrate the difference! (Chorus)


Words and Music by David Lee Brown and Larry Olson
©1991 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"NO ROOM"
Chorus:
There's no room at the inn.
Is there no room within
our busy lives for Christ to enter in?

Guests are coming, there are meals to make.
Gifts to wrap and things to bake.
Are you ready? Time is drawing near.
Lines are long, no time to wait.
Go on now and don't be late.
Do you think you'll find the message here? (Chorus)

It's been many years since that simple birth;
Emmanuel has come to earth
to live to die, to rise and lead the way.
Still today Christ wants to heal;
to show to us his love is real.
May that love be born in us each day. (Chorus)


Words and Music by Hans Peterson and Meg Sander
©1994 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"NOT BE AFRAID"
I will not be afraid, I will not be afraid
I will look upward as I travel onward
I will not be afraid


Words and Music by Hans Peterson
©2003 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"NOTHING CAN, NOTHING WILL"
Chorus: (2X)
Nothing can, nothing will separate us from God's love
Nothing can take Jesus love away

It's like the light of the world touching each and everyone
He's like a merchant of pearls, selling all to make them His
and I know, I know (Chorus)

She turns the house upside down to find a penny
He leaves the ninety-nine in town to go after even me
and I know, I know (Chorus)

I've run so far from my home where love was given free
I've been the prodigal one but Dad will always welcome me
and I know, I know (Chorus)


Words and Music by Richard Colligan
©1995 This Here Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"NOW LET YOUR SERVANT GO IN PEACE"
Now let your servant go in peace
Your word has been fulfilled
Now let your servant go in peace


Words and Music by Sara Thomsen
©1995 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"OH SPIRIT GUIDE ME"
Oh, Spirit guide me now
Oh, Spirit guide me now
Oh, Spirit guide me now
In your way, guide me


Words and Music ©1997 Sara Thomsen
Administered by Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"ON A QUIET NIGHT"
Hearts are missing, harsh words spoken,
children wand'ring, fam'lies broken.
We need someone to heal our ways,
to give new hope to ev'ry day.

Races fighting, people stumbling,
nations drifting, lives are crumbling.
We need someone to show us how
love can break apart ev'ry wall. (Chorus)

(Chorus) O God of heaven, O God of earth,
we celebrate the Savior's birth.
Lead us in living Your sacrifice,
like the Baby born on a quiet night.

Earth decaying, hope is falling,
to all living, death is calling.
We need someone who won't let go,
whose arms out-stretched can save our souls. (Chorus)

Bridge:
Angels we have heard on high
singing joy to the world,
saying what child is this
born to save this silent night. (Chorus)


Words and Music by Larry Olson and Karol Baer
©1991 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

Chorus:
One Spirit, one Savior, one Maker for them all.
One Spirit, one Savior, one Maker for them all.
One Spirit of the earth surrounds us.
One Savior with his arms around us.
One maker with a promise for them all.

One suffering, one crying,
one back against the wall.
One living, one dying,
one learning how to crawl.
Some given in sorrow,
some praying for tomorrow. (Chorus)


Words and Music by James Hersch and David Lee Brown
©1990 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"ONE SPIRIT"
Chorus:
One Spirit leads us
One Spirit guides us
One Holy Spirit binds us all

In God's fami'ly we all belong
Two together are better than one
One gives a hand to one who's down
A cord of three strands is so strong (Chorus)

There is nobody just like you
Do what you do best and I will too
This world is big and deep and broad
There's more than one way to serve God (Chorus)

Jesus showed us the way to love
by never putting himself above
And though we walk on different streets
We ought to wash each other's feet (Chorus)


Words and Music ©1985 Glen Berg Moberg
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"OPEN OUR DAYS"
Open our days, open our nights
to see the way and the truth and the life


Words and Music by Larry Olson
©1992 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"OUR GOD REIGNS"
Chorus:
Our God reigns! She is robed in majesty.
Our God is robed in majesty.
Our God reigns! God is robed in majesty.
Our God is robed in majesty and disarms with strength.

Mightier than the armies of our warring lands;
mightier than the power of a few;
our God on high is mighty, mighty. (Chorus)

We see God in faces of the suffering.
We see God in faces of the poor.
When we join hands, we are one family, family. (Chorus)

There is a struggle now in many lands.
There are wrongs we seek to turn around.
Our God on high seeks justice, justice. (Chorus)


Music ©1987 Rachel Trelstad. Words ©1990 Pam Johnson.
Administered by Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"PEOPLE OF HOPE"
Chorus:
We are people of hope
alive in the mystery
growing in faith
learning to love
We are people of hope
throughout all of hist¹ry
held by the one
who will never let go

We are dead in our striving
for wealth and for might
But God rich in mercy
has loved us to life (Chorus)

We are what God has made us
created in Christ
for justice and mercy
to be our way of life (Chorus)

In the journey everyday
we're led by the word, saved by grace. (Chorus)


Words and Music by Larry Olson & Hans Peterson
©1998 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"PEOPLE'S CHURCH"
It's a worn out church
with a broken down steeple
It's filled with poor
and homeless people
kids in trouble and the unemployed
gather there for hope and joy

Rosa lost her son
Jimmy found his freedom
Nikala has a place that needs him
There's a baby in her grandpa's arms
There's a woman seeking shelter from harm

Chorus:
It's a people's church for folks in need
It's a people's church where the word meets deed
It's a people's church for every race
At a people's church come and see Jesus' face

You know a living church
can make a Christian nervous
it carries risk
and leads to service
It calls us all to get involved
and lose our comfort, to live God's love (Chorus)

Bridge:
I'm praying for the poor and rich
to share the blood and body gifts
I'm praying that in every place
there's a people's church living out there faith (Chorus)


Words and Music by Larry Olson
©2001 Dakota Road Music.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

"PREPARE THE WAY"
Prepare the way, prepare the way
prepare the way of the Lord.
The grass it withers and the flowers fall
but the word of our Lord stands forever.
Prepare the way, prepare the way,
prepare the way of the Lord.


Words and Music by Hans Peterson
©1993 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.

"PSALM 139"
Chorus:
You have looked deep into my heart Lord
and you know all about me
When I work, when I rest my head Lord
you are there all around me

Everything I do, everywhere I go
Before I speak, my words you know
Your arms protect from every side
Your knowledge is far, far beyond my mind (Chorus)

Where could I hide? Where could I go?
Your eyes they see, your spirit knows
From highest heavens to depths of death
Lord you will be there for my every breath (Chorus)

Bridge:
You knit me together in my mother's womb
I praise you Lord for all you do (Chorus)


Words and Music by Larry Olson
©1997 Dakota Road Music.
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.