Christ Is Here in Our Midst
Lyrics
We come together,
we need each other,
you say a prayer,
I'll bring a song.
We hear the Scriptures
and tell our stories,
we share a meal,
we grow in love.
Christ is here in our midst
when we are together;
gathered here in his name,
we are his church.
Christ is here in our midst
as we love each other;
Christ is here with us.
We are a body,
we need each other,
the eyes to see,
the ears to hear,
a heart for justice,
and hands for mercy,
a mouth to speak
and feet to go.
Open our eyes to see one another.
Open our eyes to see you are here.
© Chris Juby / Resound Worship (admin. Jubilate Hymns Ltd, copyrightmanager@jubilatehymns.co.uk)
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Featured on Community Songs Vol.II: Christ Is Here
by Resound Worship
Story
A song that uses the plainest language to describe our activities as we gather as the church, and the extraordinary reality that Christ promises that he is present when we do. We encounter him more richly and profoundly in community than any of us can by ourselves. We need each other.
I began writing it at our first Community Songs retreat in February 2025. I wrote it partly because there never seem to be enough songs that talk about the church compared to how often you need one to respond to a sermon about the church. But also because my own experience of church was in transition as I reckoned with having handed on my worship pastor role at Kings.
The tag at the end of the song was a semi-spontaneous addition as we rehearsed for the recording. I consider it optional. It switches address in a slightly non-sequitur way. But as we sang it, that prayer added a tangible extra dimension to the main idea of the song.
