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We Belong to One Another
Hymn composed by
John WyethContextual information
“We Belong to One Another” was written for a UU service on interdependence. I set it to the traditional hymn tune NETTLETON to make it immediately singable by the congregation.
“We Belong to One Another” was written for a UU service on interdependence. I set it to the traditional hymn tune NETTLETON to make it immediately singable by the congregation.
Tune Name
NETTLETON
Tune Name
Text Meter
8.7.8.7.D.
10.9.10.9
Song Composer
John WyethHymn Arranger
Composer Background information
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Lyricist Background information
Amanda Udis-Kessler (she/her) is a hymnwriter, songwriter, and sacred music composer with over 150 free-use pieces on her website. Amanda also writes progressive liturgy and trains congregations in deepening liturgical inclusiveness; she has three traditionally published books on sociology, religion, and ethics. An antiracism trainer and creativity trainer, Amanda delights in expanding joy and working against suffering. She is the Transitional Pastor at Vista Grande Community Church UCC in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Arranger Background information
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We belong to one another. To each other we are bound
As we build a world together full of joy that we have found.
What we are, we owe to others; when they need us, we respond.
We belong to one another and we hold a common bond.
We rely on one another at the dawning of our days,
When we learn from those around us how to live in loving ways.
As we grow, we need each other and the gifts that we can share.
As our lives come to their ending, how we need each other’s care!
We give thanks for one another, for each heart and hand and face.
We are grateful for the blessings that infuse our lives with grace.
May we offer our abundance; as we’re given, may we give.
In our thanks for one another, may we help each other live.
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