Awake, O Sleeper

Send us Fan MailWords by Jon SwalesVoice by Jon & Sarah SwalesMusic from Chris Sayburn, 'It Pours' Used with PermissionFather of Creation,God and Father of our Lord Jesus ChristWith ConfidenceWe Approach your throne of graceTo receive mercyAnd find graceAnd help in our time of need.To you be all praise and glory.Our need is great,For we face shipwreck in the storm of climate breakdown.Our need is great,As the winds of unrestrained capitalism,And the waves of consumerism,Have charted a course to ruin.Lord have mercyOur need is great,For your church has fallen asleep at the wheel,Lord have mercy.Our need is great,But your grace is greater,And your mercy ever sweet.To you be praise and gloryFather of Creation,Remember your great mercy and love, for they are from of old. Do not remember the sins our arrogant youth and our rebellious ways;We have drank deep from the wells of empire,Our vision is blurred,We stagger about as though blind,Unaware of what befalls,As temperatures rise,Remember us.For you O Lord are good.As sea levels rise,Remember us,For you O lord are goodOur need is great,But your grace is greater,And your mercy ever sweet.To you be praise and gloryFather of CreationOut of the depths we cry to you, Lord; Lord, hear  our voice. Let your ears be attentive to our cry for mercy.And, perhaps Lord you have a word for us,A word for your sleeping churchPerhaps, O Father, you would say‘Awake O Sleeper and Rise from the DeadI have called you to be the hands and feet of my Son.’For a such a time as this,I have called my church to compassion,I have called my church to justice.‘Awake O Sleeper and Rise from the DeadI have called my church to look and love like Jesus’.To welcome the climate refugee,Feed the Hungry,Live as PeacemakersEmbody mercySpeak Truth to Power,Build Community,Live  humbly,Flip Tables of injustice.Do JusticeTo live lives of self giving sacrificial love.Father of Creation,God and Father of our Lord Jesus ChristWith ConfidenceWe Approach your throne of graceTo receive mercyAnd find graceAnd help in our time of need.To you be all praise and glory.Our need is great,For we face shipwreck in the storm of climate breakdown.Our need is great,As the winds of unrestrained capitalism,And the waves of consumerism,Have charted a course to ruin.Lord have mercyOur need is great,For your church has fallen asleep at the wheel,Lord have mercy.Our need is great,But your grace is greater,And your mercy ever sweet.To you be praise and gloryAmen, Amen Amen