We Extinguish This Flame
Hymn composed by
Wesley KingContextual information
The composer writes: “At my congregation we recite these words every week, so I thought I would set them to music to help them stick in peoples’ minds in a new way. It also helped the flow of the end of service as well.“
The composer writes: “At my congregation we recite these words every week, so I thought I would set them to music to help them stick in peoples’ minds in a new way. It also helped the flow of the end of service as well.“
Tune Name
WOODMONT
Tune Name
Text Meter
Irregular
10.9.10.9
Song Composer
Wesley KingHymn Arranger
Composer Background information
Rev. Wesley King (he/him) is an ordained Disciples of Christ minister who served the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville, TN as the Director of Music Ministries. He now serves as Associate Pastor at Vine Street Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Nashville. He is a choral composer, conductor, hymn writer, and Artistic Director of the 130-voice LGBTQIA+ choir Nashville in Harmony.
Lyricist Background information
Rev. Elizabeth Selle Jones (1926-2006) was a Unitarian Universalist minister who, after graduating from Starr King School for the Ministry in 1980, went on to serve several congregations in addition to earning her D.Min. degree.
Arranger Background information
Lyrics
We extinguish this flame,
But not the light of truth,
The warmth of community,
Or the fire of commitment.
These we carry in our hearts
Until we are, until we are,
Until we are together again.
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