Hold the candle high, let the flame rise in the silence
Let our heartbeat fill the stillness as we lean into the dawn.
Hear the laughter rise, bringing hope and expectation
In the brightness of the morning, as the New Year comes in.
Let us offer up a welcome, as we share a cup of plenty
May we marvel at the stories and be captured by a song
That stirs up deep within us, bringing hope and expectation
In the brightness of the morning, as the New Year comes in.
O let the eyes of the stranger cover us with kindly blessings;
There’s joy in encounter, an opening door.
There are gifts for the broken, there is hope for the weary.
There is love, there is love, there is love.
Put your back to the night, leave the last year behind you,
Leave the things you can’t change and the guilt and the blame.
If there’s pain in the morning, let us hold it, together,
Let us look for the blessing of the one we let in.
O let the eyes of the stranger cover us with kindly blessings;
There’s joy in encounter, an opening door.
There are gifts for the broken, there is hope for the weary.
There is love, there is love, there is love
As Christ enters in.