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Where Is Bread?
Text: Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
Tune: ABBOT'S LEIGH 87.87 D: "God Is Here!" (United Methodist Hymnal #660)
Based on: John 6:1-15, Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:32-44; Luke 9:10-17
Alternate tune: IN BABILONE 87.87 D: "Hail, Thou Once Despised Jesus" (United Methodist Hymnal #325)
This hymn may be used to promote offerings for UMCOR's work with World Hunger and Poverty. For more information about reproduction of the hymn and the photograph of the Ethiopian girl making bread, see below.
"Where is bread?" the great crowd murmured--
Thousands strong, yet all in need.
"Where is bread?" your people wondered,
Faced with such a crowd to feed.
Who, Lord Jesus, could have guessed it?
One small boy brought food to share.
Taking what he gave, you blessed it;
All were fed, with much to spare.
Where is Bread? We know their yearning;
Every day, we wish for more.
God, in time, we're slowly learning:
All we own can make us poor.
Our possessions can possess us,
Leaving hunger deep inside.
Christ our Bread, come now and bless us;
At your feast, we're satisfied.
"Where is bread?" the call is rising;
Millions cry who must be fed.
God, your answer seems surprising:
"You, my Church, you give them bread."
Bread to fill each hungry spirit,
Bread for hungry stomachs, too!
Give us bread and help us share it.
Richly blest, may we serve you.
Thousands strong, yet all in need.
"Where is bread?" your people wondered,
Faced with such a crowd to feed.
Who, Lord Jesus, could have guessed it?
One small boy brought food to share.
Taking what he gave, you blessed it;
All were fed, with much to spare.
Where is Bread? We know their yearning;
Every day, we wish for more.
God, in time, we're slowly learning:
All we own can make us poor.
Our possessions can possess us,
Leaving hunger deep inside.
Christ our Bread, come now and bless us;
At your feast, we're satisfied.
"Where is bread?" the call is rising;
Millions cry who must be fed.
God, your answer seems surprising:
"You, my Church, you give them bread."
Bread to fill each hungry spirit,
Bread for hungry stomachs, too!
Give us bread and help us share it.
Richly blest, may we serve you.
Text: Copyright © 2000 by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. All rights reserved. 305 South Broadway, Pitman, NJ 08071 Phone: (856)-589-8444 Email: Bruce.Gillette@ecunet.org.