ASHES

by Tom Conry

Verse 1
We rise again from ashes, from the good we've failed to do.
We rise again from ashes, to create ourselves anew.
If all our world is ashes, then must our lives be true.
An offering of ashes, an offering to You.

Verse 2
Then rise again from ashes, let healing come to pain.
Though spring has turned to winter, and sunshine turned to rain.
The rain we'll use for growing, and create the world anew.
From an offering of ashes, an offering to You.

Verse 3
Thanks be to the Father, who made us like Himself.
Thanks be to His Son, who saved us by His death.
Thanks be to the Spirit who creates the world anew.
From an offering of ashes, an offering to You.

CHANGE OUR HEARTS

By Roory Cooney

Change our hearts this time,
You word says it can be.
Change our minds this time
Your life could make us free.
We are the people your call set apart,
Lord, this time change our hearts.
But change our hearts this time,
You word says it can be.
Change our minds this time
Your life could make us free.
We are the people your call set apart,
Lord, this time change our hearts.

Brought by your hand to the edge of our dreams, Show us the way that leads to your side,
One foot in paradises, one in the waste; Over the mountains and sands of the soul.
Drawn by your promises, Still we are lured Be for us manna, water from the stone,
By the shadows and the chains we leave behind. Light which says we never walk alone.

But change our hearts this time,
You word says it can be.
Change our minds this time
Your life could make us free.
We are the people your call set apart,
Lord, this time change our hearts.
And change our hearts this time,
You word says it can be.
Change our minds this time
Your life could make us free.
We are the people your call set apart,
Lord, this time change our hearts.

Now as we watch you stretch out your hands,

Offering abundances, fullness of joy.
Your milk and honey seem distant, unreal,
when we have bread and water in our hands.