As We Gather at Your Table

Carl Daw's text speaks of the power of gathering communally in worship for the celebration of word and sacrament. Eleanor Daley sets the words to original, hymnlike music: tune in unison, unaccompanied SATB, and tune with descant. The anthem was originally commissioned by the Mississippi Conference on Church and Liturgy to celebrate the rebuilding of St. Peter's-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church (Gulfport) after its destruction by Hurricane Katrina.