VERSE 1
There’s a fire lit within us,
There’s a flame in every song
Every voice is a chorus,
Each heart where dreams belong
We arrive not empty handed,
But with sparks our hearts have grown
We are builders, dreamers, seekers
We make sacred what we’ve sown.
It’s not the walls, it’s not the steeple,
It’s the love that makes us whole
We are stories bound together,
We are embers that feed the soul
VERSE 2
We are questions, we are answers,
We are candle, we are spark.
We are embers in the morning,
We are stars that bless the dark
And when the shadows start to gather
Lean on love, we will not fall.
Each voice a torch, each word a flame
We are the light that shines for all
There’s a light that lives within us,
There’s a song we know by heart.
Every word, a sacred promise,
Every note a work of art
CHORUS
We build this house with hope and flame,
With every heart we call by name
Through open doors, the world will see
Love makes us strong, and sets us free
HOOK
We rise… together, we rise
We rise… together, we rise
Yes, we rise… together, we rise
VERSE 3
We gather not as strangers here,
But kin by will and grace
We are builders, dreamers, keepers
Of this sacred, open place
We are hands that lift the fallen,
We are arms that open wide
We are mercy in the shadows,
We are light that will not hide
And when the road has left you weary,
Here is shelter, here is peace
In this house of love unending,
Every burden finds its peace
CHORUS
We build this house with hope and flame,
With every heart we call by name
Through open doors, the world will see:
Love makes us strong, and sets us free
HOOK
We rise… together, we rise
We rise… together, we rise
Yes, we rise… together, we rise
CALL & RESPONSE
(Who are we?)
We are the welcome
(What do we bring?)
Hope without end
(Why do we sing?)
To bind us together
(What do we build?)
A world that we can mend
Builders of the dream!
CHORUS
We build this house with hope and flame,
With every heart we call by name
Through open doors, the world will see
Love makes us strong, and sets us free.
HOOK
We rise… together, we rise.
We rise… together, we rise.
Yes, we rise… together, we rise.
OUTRO
Come in from the cold, let love make you whole
There’s a place at the table where all may feed their soul.
Rest your weary bones inside, let your troubles fade
There’s always room for one more in the house that love has made.
