Great God of all time, this moment we claim to sing of your love, to honor your name -- the Presence who breathed us, gave life to our void, a bush ever burning, yet never destroyed. Great God of our land, the Christ Spirit known -- our flaxroots of faith in staunch seed were sown, through strong men and women, your agents of good, the heartwood of forests sure-planted, has stood. Great God of our Church, our home, our *marae, the place where we learn to live and to die, here gathered at table, our hungers are fed, one family thankful and sharing the bread. Great God of all time, our land and our Church, your Presence our life, your vision our search: by new generations, your love be enjoyed, a love that's forever, and never destroyed! *marae = meeting place (Maori word, rhyming with "die")