What is the Church?

May 2010 Newsletter

May this old children’s hymn touch our hearts, and may we always remember the faith we held as children.

I am the church! You are the church! We are the church together!
All who follow Jesus, All around the world! Yes, we're the church together.

The church is not a building, The church is not a steeple;
The church is not a resting place, The church is a people!
And when the people gather, There's singing and there's praying;
There's laughing and there's crying; sometime All of it saying:

I am the church! You are the church! We are the church together!

All who follow Jesus, All around the world! Yes, we're the church together.

We're many kinds of people, With many kinds of faces,
All colors and all ages, too, From all times and places.
I count if I am ninety, Or nine, or just a baby;
There's one thing I am sure about, And I don't mean maybe:

I am the church! You are the church! We are the church together!
All who follow Jesus, All around the world! Yes, we're the church together.

One of Many Faces for Jesus,

-bill