John 17: And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. 4 I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do. 5 And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. 6 “I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. 7 Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You. 8 For I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me.

9 “I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours. 10 And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them. 11 Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are. 12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. 13 But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves.

The Church’s One Foundation The Church’s one foundation Is Jesus Christ her Lord, She is His new creation By water and the Word. From heaven He came and sought her To be His holy bride; With His own blood He bought her And for her life He died.

Elect from every nation, Yet one o’er all the earth; Her charter of salvation, One Lord, one faith, one birth; One holy Name she blesses, Partakes one holy food, And to one hope she presses, With every grace endued.

Our God has made us one In Him our hearts unite When we His children share His love Our joy is His delight Our God has made us one His glory is displayed For as we build each other up Our love becomes His praise Our God Has Made Us One

Our God has made us one In sorrow and in joy We share the cross of Christ our Lord In Him we now rejoice Our God has made us one One Church to bear His name One body and one Bride of Christ And with Him we shall reign

Bind Us Together Bind us together, Lord, bind us together with cords that cannot be broken. Bind us together, Lord, bind us together, bind us together in love.

There is only one God. There is only one King. There is only one Body. That is why I sing: Bind us together, Lord, bind us together with cords that cannot be broken. Bind us together, Lord, bind us together, bind us together in love.

We are God’s people, the chosen of the Lord Born of His Spirit, established by His Word Our cornerstone is Christ alone And strong in Him we stand O let us live transparently And walk heart to heart and hand in hand We Are God’s People

We are the Body of which the Lord is Head Called to obey Him, now risen from the dead He wills us be a family Diverse yet truly one O let us give our gifts to God And so shall His work on earth be done

Behold the Lamb Behold the Lamb who bears our sins away, slain for us And we remember the promise made that all who Come in faith find forgiveness at the cross So we share in this bread of life, and we drink Of His sacrifice as a sign Of our bonds of peace Around the table of the king

The body of our Savior Jesus Christ, torn for you Eat and remember the wounds that heal the death That brings us life paid the price to make us one So we share in this bread of life, and we drink Of His sacrifice as a sign Of our bonds of love Around the table of the king

The blood that cleanses every stain of sin, shed for you Drink and remember He drained death’s cup that all May enter in to receive the life of God So we share in this bread of life, and we drink Of His sacrifice as a sign Of our bonds of grace Around the table of the king

And so with thankfulness and faith we rise to respond And to remember our call to follow in the Steps of Christ as His body here on earth As we share in His suffering, we proclaim Christ will come again and we’ll join In the feast of heaven Around the table of the king

Blest be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like that to that above. Blest Be The Tie That Binds