Here’s a great new contemporary hymn text by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette—Where is Bread?—based on the story of the feeding of the five thousand (John 6 :1 -1 5 1 4 :1 32 1 6 :32 -4 4 ; Luke 9 :1 01 7
This would be an especially appropriate song text to use in worship on July 31 , 2 01 1 1 3Eastern Africa .
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Where Is Bread?
Tune: ABBOT’S LEIGH 8.7.8.7.D. (“God Is Here!”)
Alternate tune: IN BABILONE “There’s Wideness in God’s Mercy”
“Where is bread?” the great crowd murmured--
Thousands strong, yet all in need.
“Where is bread?” your people wondered,
Faced with such a crowd to feed.
Who, Lord Jesus, could have guessed it?
One small boy brought food to share.
Taking what he gave, you blessed it;
All were fed, with much to spare.
Where is bread? We know their yearning;
Every day, we wish for more.
God, in time, we’re slowly learning:
All we own can make us poor.
Our possessions can possess us,
Leaving hunger deep inside.
Christ our Bread, come now and bless us;
At your feast, we’re satisfied.
“Where is bread?” the call is rising;
Millions cry who must be fed.
God, your answer seems surprising:
“You, my Church, you give them bread.”
Bread to fill each hungry spirit,
Bread for hungry stomachs, too!
Give us bread and help us share it.
Richly blest, may we serve you.
Text: Copyright © 2 000 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. All rights reserved.
Web site: www.carolynshymns.com
Permission for free local church use is given to congregations who support the Canadian Foodgrains Bank and the Church World Service.
This hymn is in Songs of Grace: New Hymns for God and Neighbor by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette (Discipleship Resources – Upper Room Books,2 009 ). Carolyn is also the author of Gifts of Love: New Hymns for Today’s Worship (Geneva Press, 2 000) and co-pastor of the Limestone Presbyterian Church in Wilmington , Delaware
This hymn is in Songs of Grace: New Hymns for God and Neighbor by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette (Discipleship Resources – Upper Room Books,
This hymn text, formatted together with the music, can be found in Christian Reflection, the journal of the Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University.
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