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A New Song
January 13, 2001

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The Klan had a rally in Skokie, Illinois. A pastor there asked Carolyn Winfrey Gillette to write a hymn to be used by Christians for services that would offer a faithful response to the Klan's message. Carolyn did.

God With Joy We Look Around Us

Regent Square (Angels from the Realms of Glory)

God with joy we look around us
At your world’s diversity.
Folk of every kind surround us
And you call your church to see;
All are made in your own image!
All are people whom you love.

In the times we’ve hurt each other,
Lord, we’ve hurt the ones you bless.
Hating sister, cursing brother,
We’ve denied what you express;
All are made in your own image!
All are people whom you love!

God, you sent a Savior to us,
Breaking walls that would divide.
By your Spirit, now work through us
As we witness side by side;
All are made in your own image!
All are people whom you love!

Carolyn Winfrey Gillette is the co-pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Pitman, NJ and author of Gifts of Love: New Hymns for Today's Worship.

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