OUR MISSION IN SONG

On the bank of the Wauna*

In the shade of the tall trees**

Where the smoke is on the water***

God does speak on gentle breeze.

If you listen you will hear Him

If you look you’ll see His face

All creation tells the story

Of His love and of His grace.

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So come and join us, make this aim your own

To know Christ and to make Him known

In the year of eighteen ninety

God called us to ministry

To proclaim the Lord Almighty

And in Christ the Liberty.

We thank God for all the Faithful

Who before us were Good News

By our words and by our witness

That same life we gladly choose.

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*     Native American name for the Columbia River

**   Wahkiakum means “Tall Timbers”

      ***  Skamokawa means “smoke on the water” – also the name of an early Wahkiakum Tribal Chief

© Johann Neethling, September 2003

Words and Music: Johann Neethling

Arrangement: Anne Neethling