{"id":2520,"date":"2016-11-19T10:53:19","date_gmt":"2016-11-19T15:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/?p=2520"},"modified":"2016-11-20T07:10:44","modified_gmt":"2016-11-20T12:10:44","slug":"a-new-communion-hymn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/?p=2520","title":{"rendered":"A New Communion Hymn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I share the words of a new communion hymn written by my good friend, John McGarvey, pastor of the Cochranton Alliance Church in Cochranton, PA. They are to be sung to the tune of <em>Come All Christians Be Committed<\/em>. May your heart be warmed for your next celebration of the Lord&#8217;s Supper.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/communion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2521\" src=\"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/communion-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"communion\" width=\"676\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/communion-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/communion-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/communion-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/communion-676x451.jpg 676w, https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/communion.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gather at the Table<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have come to give attention<br \/>\nTo the story of the cross<br \/>\nWhere our Savior laid His life down,<br \/>\nWillingly for all the lost.<br \/>\nBut our minds are so distracted,<br \/>\nAnd our hearts are drawn to sin,<br \/>\nSo we gather at the table<br \/>\nTo remind ourselves again.<\/p>\n<p>Come and see God\u2019s gracious working<br \/>\nOn behalf of sinful man<br \/>\nCome and give your full attention<br \/>\nTo the gospel truth again.<br \/>\nWhen our hearts become complacent<br \/>\nAnd our worship has grown dull<br \/>\nWe will gather at the table<br \/>\nTill our hungry hearts are full.<\/p>\n<p>We have come to share the supper,<br \/>\nCome to hear the truth retold,<br \/>\nCome to see and taste and handle<br \/>\nThese reminders from of old,<br \/>\nFor our senses are bombarded<br \/>\nWith the vain pursuits of men<br \/>\nSo we gather at the table<br \/>\nTo remind ourselves again.<\/p>\n<p>Turn aside, for God is calling;<br \/>\nCome and see what He has done!<br \/>\nFor His presence is among us<br \/>\nAnd we stand on holy ground.<br \/>\nCome and ponder all the mysteries<br \/>\nOf His matchless love and grace.<br \/>\nLet us gather at the table<br \/>\nFor He meets us in this place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I share the words of a new communion hymn written by my good friend, John McGarvey, pastor of the Cochranton Alliance Church in Cochranton, PA. They are to be sung to the tune of Come All Christians Be Committed. May your heart be warmed for your next celebration of the Lord&#8217;s Supper. Gather at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","post-preview"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgYGxX-EE","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2520"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2525,"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2520\/revisions\/2525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}