Gather us in - Marty Haugen

Translated into ASL by David Bar-Tzur

Created 9 January 2006, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

EXPLANATION OF THE GLOSSING SYSTEM
(to understand how I describe the signs in this translation).

1. HERE (2h)THIS PLACE, NEW LIGHT SHINE-DOWN.
NOW OUR DARK DISSOLVE GO-AWAY.
LOOK-DOWN-ON-us LORD, SEE (<) FEAR, (>) alt.DREAM.
WE BRING-TO YOU, HELP-us US TODAY.
GATHER US GROUP-TOGETHER:
FEEL (<) LOST, (>) IGNORED.
GATHER US GROUP-TOGETHER:
(<) SOME BLIND, (>) SOME LAME.
SUMMON-us US NOW. WE WAKE-UP WILL.
HAPPEN alt.HEAR OUR NAME, WE GET-UP WILL.

2. PEOPLE THEY-lf YOUNG, LIFE STILL BIG-QUESTION.
PEOPLE THEY-rt OLD, REALLY-WANT SEE YOUR FACE.
OUR STORY LONG, PASS-DOWN UP-TO-NOW.
GOD SUMMON-us US BECOME LIGHT FOR (2h)#ALL.
GATHER US GROUP-TOGETHER:
(<) SOME RICH, (>) SOME STUCK-UP.
GATHER US GROUP-TOGETHER:
(<) WE PROUD, (>) WE STRONG.
GIFT-TO-us US HEART (<) HUMBLE, (>) LOWLY.
GIFT-TO-us US COURAGE JOIN YOUR SONG.

3. HERE WE TAKE (<) WINE, (>) WATER.
HERE WE TAKE BREAD FOR NEW BIRTH.
HERE YOU SUMMON (<) YOUR SON, (>) YOUR DAUGHTER.
SUMMON AGAIN BECOME SALT, LIFE TASTE NEW.
GIVE-us US WINE, SHOW-us US HOW KIND.
GIVE-us BREAD, SELF-ON-INDEX YOUR BODY.
FEED US WELL, TEACH-us US CHANGE++.
OUR LIFE BECOME HOLY, OUR HEART KNOW TRUTH.

4. NOT ONLY IN CHURCH, BUILDING LIMIT.
NOT ONLY IN HEAVEN FAR-AWAY THERE-Heaven.
BUT EVERY PLACE YOUR LIGHT SHINE-DOWN,
YOUR KINGDOM SUCCEED. CAN HAPPEN TODAY.
GATHER US GROUP-TOGETHER:
LOVE US FOREVER.
GATHER US GROUP-TOGETHER:
MAKE US YOUR #OWN.
GATHER US GROUP-TOGETHER:
(2h)#ALL PEOPLE TOGETHER.
LOVE IDEA~LIKE FIRE INSIDE-SELF OURSELVES.


Notes: (2h)THIS - (2h)[1^], POs donw, FOs away, hands descend slightly twice.

LIGHT - Same sign as BRIGHT and CLEAR, that is, (2h)[O^], POs away, FOs up, open to (2h)[5], while separating. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Light - 1.

SHINE-DOWN - [O^] is held high PO > signer; hands open to [5^] while moving > signer.

GET-AWAY - (2h)[B^], POs down, FOs away, start with wrists bent and straighten wrists to become (2h)[B].

LOOK-DOWN-ON-us - (2h)[V^], PO > signer, FO up, hands are held high and FT tip down to face signer as if God were looking down on us.

FEAR - (2h)[5], POs away, FOs up, hands are held far from body and move back to body in a wavy pattern.

GATHER - [5:], PO down, FO away, scrapes material into palm of upturned [B] while sweeping > NDS.

GROUP-TOGETHER - (2h)[C], POs ><, FOs away, hands are brought together as if pushing people/things together into a group.

IGNORED - Index finger of [4], PO away, FO up, touches nose and then hand suinates and touches midchest with little finger.

LAME - (2h)[1^], POs down, FOs away, move in alternate vertical circles at right angles to the chest, with a sideways motion of the body as if limping.

GET-UP - (2h)[B], POs down, FOs away, lower slightly, supinate, and rise up.

BIG-QUESTION - like the sign QUESTION-MARK but both hands and all fingers (not the thumb) form a symmetric shape that is a question mark in the right hand and a reversed question mark in the left hand.

REALLY-WANT - WANT but shaken back and forth to show intensity.

UP-TO-NOW - (2h)[1^], POs down, index fingers travel up the chest on the DS until they end (2h)[1], POs > singer, FOs up.

(2h)#ALL - (2h)[A], POs ><, FOs up, are held at shoulder height and move away while opening to (2h)[L].

GIFT-TO-us - (2h)[X], POs ><, FOs up, hands tip back towards signer to show that something is given as a gift.

LOWLY - (2h)[B^], POs ><, FOs up, move downwards arcing towards the signer. This is the opposite of the sign ADVANCED. For an animated gif of ADVANCED, see Animated dictionary of religious signs - Deaf Missions: Exalted.

SELF-ON-INDEX - [A], PO > signer, FO away, taps against [1], PO > DS, FO up.

FAR-AWAY - [1], twists while moving away with tongue shuttling from side to side. For a QuickTime file of this sign, see ASL Pro: Far.

KINGDOM - KING + [5], PO down, FO away, circles horizontally. For an animated gif of this sign, see Valley Bible Church - ASL dictionary: Kingdom.

#OWN - Fingerspelled but it twists > signer when the "W" is produced.

INSIDE-SELF - The FT of [C] are held against the chest and stuff the FT of [O^] into the [C] twice.

Lyrics:

1. Here in this place, new light is streaming,
Now is the darkness vanished away.
See, in this space, our fears and our dreamings,
Brought here to you in the light of this day.
Gather us in - the lost and forsaken,
Gather us in - the blind and the lame.
Call to us now, and we shall awaken,
We shall arise at the sound of our name.

2. We are the young - our lives are a mystery,
We are the old - who yearn for your face.
We have been sung throughout all of history,
Called to be light to the whole human race.
Gather us in - the rich and the haughty,
Gather us in - the proud and the strong.
Give us a heart so meek and so lowly,
Give us the courage to enter the song.

3. Here we will take the wine and the water,
Here we will take the bread of new birth.
Here you shall call your sons and your daughters,
Call us anew to be salt for the earth.
Give us to drink the wine of compassion,
Give us to eat the bread that is you.
Nourish us well, and teach us to fashion
Lives that are holy and hearts that are true.

4. Not in the dark of buildings confining,
Not in some heaven, light years away,
But here in this place, the new light is shining;
Now is the Kingdom, now is the day.
Gather us in - and hold us forever,
Gather us in - and make us your own.
Gather us in - all peoples together,
Fire of love in our flesh and our bone.

treble clef as a symbol for musicTo hear the music (without words), go to Here in this place. This is a different title, but the same hymn.

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