O love your God

O love your God with all your heart,

            With all your power to love;

Now show that love to all around

            As to your Lord above.

O love your God with all your soul,

            With all your power to feel; 

Give to the world your greatest gifts

            To show your Lord is real.

O love your God with all your strength,

            With all your power to do;

Show deeds of holy service now

            To serve your Savior true.

O love your God with all your mind,

            With all your power to know;

In word and thought be full of grace,

            The power of God to show.

With mind and strength and soul and heart

            The love of God proclaim,

That all the world may know that love

            And call on Jesus’ name.

TEXT: CSF, June 2019, Gainesville, FL

MUSIC: Suggested tune AZMON, Carl Gotthel Glaser, 1828;

            arr. Lowell Mason, 1839 (many other tunes are possible)

CREDO hymn

Who we are in God’s great service, who we all are called to be,

What our lives are still becoming in our call to ministry:

This we seek to learn and follow, as our Lord would have us see

What we value, what we cherish: what is our identity?

How do we come to this knowledge? How do we know what to say?

Which the path that truly shows us our call for God’s new-born day?

In our search for God’s vocation let us watch and learn and pray;

So we always seek discernment, so we always find our way.

How then shall we claim our calling? How shall we find what to do?

What the work that finally helps us come to our vocation true?

Not mere flash of inspiration, nor lone bolt out of the blue;

Only through devoted practice shall we truly be made new.

This our quest to live God’s service, yearning still to be made whole,

Always learning to give over; yielding life to God’s control;

Living shaped in God’s true image; always drawn toward God’s true goal,

That our God might bring upon us transformation, mind and soul.

TEXT: CSF, June 2019, CREDO, Solomon Episcopal Conference Center

MUSIC: Suggested tune BEECHER, John Zundel, 1870