Night Turns Into Day

Night Turns Into Day

Long ago the priest had told me

how night becomes day,
How it was like a ripple affect

to everyone in any way,
If you’re quick to help and slow to judge…

always some might say,
You just might see the night turn into day.

I saw two kids running and playing, straight across the park,
I was closing up the shop, and it was getting dark,
They stopped, smiled, gave me a wave, then they ran away,
I’d soon find out how night turns into day.

We must embrace when we’re not the same.
We are here to help one another
Like footprints in the sand, lending a helping hand,

This is how the night turns into day.

Now see children young and old, together having fun,
A youth center under the church, trying to find the sun,
Civic duty, courage, leadership-never hurt anyone,
Together we make the night turn into day.

Children have some choices to make when they’re out of school,
They show up here, ready to live, that’s our greatest tool,
When they learn their work is greater together, than it is apart,
This is how the night turns into day.

We must embrace when we’re not the same.
We are here to help one another
Like footprints in the sand, lending a helping hand,
This is how the night turns into day.

This song was written and performed by Ernie Lemelin on December 2, 2009 as the Bishop and People Celebrated the Joyous Ministry that is unfolding at Trinity. Lemelin is on the staff of Family School Connections which operates the Claremont Youth Center in the basement of Trinity Church.