Lyrics for the Music

Arise & Shine Forth (Michael McLean) – Lyrics. You can purchase this song at MP3

SINGING: ALL STAKES AND SOLOISTS

(except "Gospel Choir" on risers and stage - they do different backup)

SOLOISTS ONLY:

He did not come in glory when He first came to earth

And most the world ignored His humble birth.

But the heavens were singing in celestial harmonies,

And a star guided some souls to their knees;

Those with ears to hear and eyes to see.

And the miracles followed, but the skeptics believed

They were lies spread by those who’d been deceived.

With their appetite for power, they mocked every word He said,

While the ones truly hungering He fed;

Those who hungered after righteousness he fed.

And the light that He gave was to lift and to save

And the burdens that He came to bear

are the ones we can’t carry and need to share

I give thanks for His sweetness; I have faith in His power,

And I know He’ll strive with me every hour.

For He suffered in darkness, kneeling in Gethsemane,

So the light of His love could shine through me

So the light of His love could shine on me.

Arise! Brothers and Sisters, arise!

ALL YOUTH AND SOLOISTS: (EXCEPT "GOSPEL CHOIR")

Arise and shine forth, let us add to the flame

That burns brightly in hearts that bear His name.

And the torch that’s a standard for the nations all to see

Is the light of the world shining through me.

We are standing for something, prayerful in all things,

comforting those that mourn.

We are gathering Zion, we can rely on this refuge from the storm

We are strengthened on ev’ry side in the light that we cannot hide

We are united, spirits ignited, feeling the fire inside.

Arise and shine forth, and we’ll add to the flame

That burns brightly in hearts that bear His name.

And the torch that’s a standard for the nations all to see

Is the Light of the World that shines in you and me;

It’s the light of the world shining through me!

LET IT SHINE THROUGH ME!

Called to Serve #249 – Lyrics

YOUNG MEN ONLY

1st VERSE:

Called to serve Him, heav’nly King of glory,

Chosen e’er to witness for His name,

Far and wide we tell the Father’s story,

Far and wide His love proclaim.

CHORUS:

Onward, ever onward, as we glory in His name;

Onward, ever onward, as we glory in His name;

Forward, pressing forward, as a triumph song we sing.

God our strength will be; press forward ever,

Called to serve our King.

2nd VERSE:

Called to know the richness of His blessing–

Sons and daughters, children of a King–

Glad of heart, His holy name confessing,

Praises unto him we bring.

CHORUS:

Onward, ever onward, as we glory in His name;

Onward, ever onward, as we glory in His name;

Forward, pressing forward, as a triumph song we sing.

God our strength will be; press forward ever,

Called to serve our King.

POSSIBLE ENDING REPEAT

God our strength will be; press forward ever,

Called to serve our King.

Keepers of His Light (Jenny Phillips) – Lyrics. You can purchase this song as   MP3 

Stakes singing: BL, BH, RC, SNM -

BL as "featured choir" on risers

We were saved for these final days

And He has blessed us with the faith

To follow Him, and remember Him

In a world that’s gone astray

To rise above the darkness that’s arround us

That we might have His holy light surround us

We will stand strong in the presence of our God

Letting virtue garnish every thought

We will hold on

Always steadfast in His ways

Faithful to the promise we have made

By the way we live our lives

We are the Keepers of His Light

(YM only)*true to faith that are parents have cherished

true to the truth for which martyrs have perished*

We believe

We’re children of a King

And we will honor Him faithfully

We will lift our minds,

We will choose the light,

Living lives of purity

We can feel His mighty power inside us

We know He is reaching out to guide us

We will stand strong in the presence of our God

Letting virtue garnish every thought

We will hold on,

Always steadfast in His ways

Faithful to the promise we have made

By the way we live our lives

We are the Keepers of His Light

We are the Keepers of His Light

The Star Spangled Banner Lyrics

By Francis Scott Key 1814

Stakes singing: MS, BH, RC, SNM -

MS as "featured choir" on risers

1st VERSE:

Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?

Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,

O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?

And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,

Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.

Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave

O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

4th VERSE:

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand

Between their loved home and the war’s desolation!

Blest with victory and peace, may the heav’n rescued land

Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.

Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,

And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."

And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave

O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Walking In Sunlight (from EFY) – Lyrics. You can purchase this song at MP3

SINGING: ALL STAKES YOUNG WOMEN ONLY

BH YW featured on choir risers

1st VERSE:

It’s a beautiful day

Even though it’s dark out there

You’ve got sun on your face

You take it with you everywhere

And it warms your heart that’s beating

It comes from believing

And it’s a beautiful, a beautiful feeling

CHORUS:

It’s like walking in sunlight

When the whole world is covered in rain clouds

You’re walking in sunlight

Finding the truth and living it loud

Yeah, when you know what’s right

It’s like walking in sunlight, sunlight

2nd VERSE:

Oh, it’s amazing to meHow someone else can find

The light that they need

Radiating in your eyes

Then it warms their heart that’s beating

And suddenly your leading them

To that beautiful, beautiful feeling

REPEAT CHORUS

Oh, it’s easy to forget how blessed we are

But life’s better when we remember

When we remember

REPEAT CHORUS

Sunlight, sunlight

Sunlight, sunlight