Hymn: | Let Us Build A House (All Are Welcome) |
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Tune: | Two Oaks |
Words: | Marty Haugen (b 1950) |
Music: | Marty Haugen (b 1950) |
Verse 1
Let us build a house where love can dwell
And all can safely live
A place where saints and children tell
How hearts learn to forgive
Built of hopes and dreams and visions
Rock of faith and vault of grace
Here the love of Christ shall end divisions
Chorus
All are welcome, all are welcome
All are welcome in this place
Verse 2
Let us build a house where prophets speak,
and words are strong and true,
where all God’s children dare to seek
to dream God’s reign anew.
Here the cross shall stand as witness
and as symbol of God’s grace;
here as one we claim the faith of Jesus.
Chorus
All are welcome, all are welcome,
all are welcome in this place.
Verse 3
Let us build a house where love is found
in water, wine and wheat:
a banquet hall on holy ground
where peace and justice meet.
Here the love of God, through Jesus,
is revealed in time and space;
as we share in Christ the feast that frees us.
Chorus
All are welcome, all are welcome,
all are welcome in this place.
Verse 4
Let us build a house where hands will reach
beyond the wood and stone
to heal and strengthen, serve and teach,
and live the Word they’ve known.
Here the outcast and the stranger
bear the image of God’s face;
let us bring an end to fear and danger.
Chorus
All are welcome, all are welcome,
all are welcome in this place.
Verse 5
Let us build a house where all are named,
their songs and visions heard
and loved and treasured, taught and claimed
as words within the Word.
Built of tears and cries and laughter,
prayers of faith and songs of grace,
let this house proclaim from floor to rafter.
Chorus
All are welcome, all are welcome,
all are welcome in this place.