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Do Not Leave Your Cares At the Door (Norman V. Naylor)
SATB a cappella, soprano solo - SEA-071-00 - $1.75/copy3 minutes - E "Another Elizabeth Alexander Hit. The choir was rocking as it got into singing this." - Steve Finner, Music Director, Unitarian Universalist Church of St. Johnsbury, VT
This "call to worship" song has its roots in old-time gospel and popular American folk song, with a message of welcome and acceptance, and an embracing "Amen."
Do Not Leave Your Cares At the Door - Score
Do Not Leave Your Cares At the Door
Do not leave your cares at the door.
Do not leave them there when you come into this place.
Be open to forgiveness and transformation -
Come on in; you are welcome here;
And do not leave your cares at the door.
Bring your pain and sorrow and joy,
There's a place for them upon the altar of life.
Be open to forgiveness and transformation -
Come on in; you are welcome here;
And do not leave your cares at the door.
This is a place of grace,
Of losing and finding the way upon the winding road,
Meeting and parting,
Stumbling and starting over.
Every journey is sacred here, even yours.
Do not leave your cares at the door.
Do not leave them there when you come into this place.
Be open to forgiveness and transformation -
Come on in; you are welcome here;
And do not leave your cares at the door.
Amen.
Original poem copyright © 1997 by Norman V. Naylor
Adapted text © 2006 by Elizabeth Alexander, for use in musical setting only.
(Adapted text is for musical use only, and is not to be reprinted as a poem or reading.)
Do not leave your cares at the door.
Do not leave them there when you come into this place.
Be open to forgiveness and transformation -
Come on in; you are welcome here;
And do not leave your cares at the door.
Bring your pain and sorrow and joy,
There's a place for them upon the altar of life.
Be open to forgiveness and transformation -
Come on in; you are welcome here;
And do not leave your cares at the door.
This is a place of grace,
Of losing and finding the way upon the winding road,
Meeting and parting,
Stumbling and starting over.
Every journey is sacred here, even yours.
Do not leave your cares at the door.
Do not leave them there when you come into this place.
Be open to forgiveness and transformation -
Come on in; you are welcome here;
And do not leave your cares at the door.
Amen.
Original poem copyright © 1997 by Norman V. Naylor
Adapted text © 2006 by Elizabeth Alexander, for use in musical setting only.
(Adapted text is for musical use only, and is not to be reprinted as a poem or reading.)
Do Not Leave Your Cares At the Door
Do not leave your cares at the door. Do not leave there your pain, your sorrow or your joys. Bring them with you into this place of acceptance and forgiveness. Place them on the common altar of life and offer them to the possibility of your worship. Come then, and offer yourself to potential transformation by the creative process that flows through you and all life. Amen.
Original poem copyright © 1997 by Norman V. Naylor, from UUA Worship Materials Collection.
Reprinted by permission of Betsy Grim.
Do not leave your cares at the door. Do not leave there your pain, your sorrow or your joys. Bring them with you into this place of acceptance and forgiveness. Place them on the common altar of life and offer them to the possibility of your worship. Come then, and offer yourself to potential transformation by the creative process that flows through you and all life. Amen.
Original poem copyright © 1997 by Norman V. Naylor, from UUA Worship Materials Collection.
Reprinted by permission of Betsy Grim.
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