What Gifts?

The hymn that is the theme for this gifts quarter is What gift Can We Bring. This is a pretty new hymn having come into the Methodist hymnal in the last edition. It is credited, both words and music, to Jane Marshall in 1980. I only remembered the first verse and had to look up the rest in the hymnal. I liked them so much I'm sharing them here now so you can have them through the remainder of the gifts quarter.

What gift can we bring, what present, what token
What words can convey it, the joy of this day?
When grateful we come, remembering, rejoicing,
What song can we offer in honor and praise?

Give thanks for the past, for those who had vision
Who planted and watered so dreams could come true.
Give thanks for the now, for study, for worship,
For mission that bids us turn prayer into deed.

Give thanks for tomorrow, full of surprises,
For knowing whatever tomorrow may bring,
The Word is our promise always forever,
We rest in God's keeping and live in God's love.

This gift we now bring, this present, this token,
These words can convey it, the joy of this day!
When grateful we come, remembering, rejoicing
This song we now offer in honor and praise!