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Koinonia Songs

by Andy Helmboldt

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    Koinonia Songs EP in economy jacket with original community artwork. All proceeds go to the Neighbors in Need Fund, which provides transportation support, temporary housing for trans folk/women and eviction prevention in the Battle Creek, Michigan community.

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1.
There’s a light on the ocean There’s a light on the sea And I know there’s a light That will shine on me Before I run to ground Before I run to ground Before I run to ground Oh I know there’s a light That will shine on me Before I run to ground There is one who waits for me There is one who waits for me And in her hands, in her hands Is the whole wide world She waits to lay on me Before I run to ground Before I run to ground Oh I know there are hands That will lay on me Before I run to ground Oh Oh Oh I know there’s a light That will shine on me Before I run to ground There’s a light on the ocean There’s a light on the sea
2.
Comfort me as I walk through the dark Comfort me as I walk through the dark And I will feel no evil in my heart And lay me down Lay me down In fields so green By waters oh so calm Set my table overflow my cup Set my table overflow my cup Feed my enemies with grace and love And lay me down Lay me down In fields so green By waters oh so calm And lay me down Lay me down In fields so green By waters oh so calm Follow me with mercy all my life Follow me with mercy all my life shelter me with goodness and light And lay me down Lay me down Lay me down
3.
More Love 03:31
You say more bombs I say No, more love More fear more fight more might No, more love You say go home, go home No, more love More love More more more more more more more more love You say one flag I say No, one love One light one book one look No, one love You say one day one way No, one love More love More more more more more more more more love You say my God My God says more love My God my God my God says More love We know they will know us By our love More love More more more more more more more more love
4.
Sometimes you’re running Sometimes you’re free Sometimes the distance Between you and me Is wide like a river In a hurry to the shore Sometimes you’re the ocean Sometimes you’re more And sometimes you’re a million grains of sand But each one feels alone Sometimes you’re Jonah Sometimes you’re the whale Sometimes you’re the ocean Sometimes you’re the gale Sometimes you swallow A belly full of fear Sometimes you holler Sometimes you hear And sometimes you feel like jumping But you don’t, you just hold on Sometimes you follow Sometimes you chase We are all going To the very same place Sometimes come morning There ain’t nothing left to say Sometimes come darkness Love finds a way And sometimes you just close your eyes And you cry, oh you cry, you cry Sometimes you’re the ocean Sometimes you’re the wave Sometimes you’re crashing Sometimes you’re brave Sometimes you’re thankful For all that you’ve got Sometimes you’re graceful And sometimes… Sometimes you just sit and stare at your daughters And pray they’ll be happy They’ll be happy We all shall be happy
5.
I Will 02:41
I will worry I will crawl I will build up I will fall I will hurry I will sleep I will wait up I will keep I will keep I will listen I will feel I will cry out I will kneel I will go on I will spring I will winter I will sing I will sing I will lay down I will love I’m so sorry For all I’ve done I’m so sorry For all I’ve done I will lay down I will love I will love
6.
Dry Land 03:48
The storm is Over A great rain Has come and gone Dry land I see it I can see it Birds are rising Higher Heaven I see it Like a city rising Higher And the people Are all dancing To the music rising Higher I feel it I feel it Mountain Climbing Higher Strangers in a Strange land Seeking Something Bushes burning Bring down Words of Mercy For the people of the Dry land Who are thirsty They are thirsty For the music rising Higher I can feel it I feel it Grace is rolling down on me… Cattle Lowing And a baby Hungry for his momma Who is hungry For his daddy Who is wandering the Dry land Seeking He is seeking Something from the Ancient People Follow The music rising Higher Feel it Feel it Grace is rolling down on me…

about

“Koinonia is a transliterated form of the Greek word κοινωνία, which refers to concepts such as communion or fellowship, joint participation, the share which one has in anything, a gift jointly contributed, a collection, a contribution.” (Wikipedia)

These songs aren’t church songs, necessarily. But they were born and raised there. For a few years I played and sang in the house band of the Koinonia worship service at First Congregational, an open and affirming church in Battle Creek, Michigan. It was a community of seekers, doubters, prophets. Fertile ground for songs of struggle and comfort.

Enjoy, Andy

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released March 27, 2020

All songs written and performed by Andy Helmboldt.

These songs were written in my living room, but came to life among the people of Koinonia. I am grateful to them all. All who stood. All who raised their hearts to meet the sound. All who sang harmony. I am grateful for Emily Joye, for the ground, for the nudge. And I am grateful for Tom and Oz, brothers both, for their gifts jointly contributed.

Thank you, Andy

Album Art: Communal painting by Koinonia congregational, First Congregational Church of Battle Creek

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Andy is a singer-songwriter from Battle Creek, MI, where he lives with his wife and daughters.

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