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Text:We Enter Your Church
Author:Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
Tune:CRADLE SONG
Composer:William James Kirkpatrick

39. We Enter Your Church

We enter your church, Lord, through welcoming doors.
We enter it, too, where you claim us as yours.
It's here at the font that you offer a sign:
You tell us, "My children, you're baptized! You're mine!"

O God, you have called us, inviting us in;
You've made us your household and freed us from sin.
From youngest to oldest, we find in this place
Your waters of welcome, your family, your grace.

We've heard here your welcome and also your call;
Your Spirit inspires us to share Christ with all.
The life we receive here is life we can share;
We'll carry your message of love everywhere.

Text Information
First Line: We enter your church, Lord, through welcoming doors
Title: We Enter Your Church
Author: Carolyn Winfrey Gillette (2003)
Meter: 11.11.11.11
Language: English
Publication Date: 2003
Scripture: ; ;
Topic: Baptism; Call/Vocation; Grace of God
Copyright: Copyright © 2003 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. All rights reserved
Tune Information
Name: CRADLE SONG
Composer: William James Kirkpatrick (1895)
Meter: 11.11.11.11
Key: F Major



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