Christ has risen while earth slumbers (StF 296)

Christ has risen while earth slumbers (StF 296)

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Sunday 6 October, 201927th Sunday in Ordinary Time What hymns have you chosen for today, and why? Do you have a comment about the suggestions here? Just click on “see details/comment” below and respond using the box at the bottom of the new page Readings are laid out as for the continuous form of the lectionary. Alternative related readings (OT and psalm only) are below. Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading Lamentations 1: 1-6 Down the road run refugees (website only) God of my faith, I offer you my doubt (StF 629) How long, O Lord, will you forget (StF 630) It's me, it's me, O Lord (StF 523) When we are tested and wrestle alone (StF 240) YAHWEH (I cannot speak your name, O Lord) (website only) Psalm 137 Hymns reflecting the psalmist’s theme By the Babylonian rivers we sat down in grief and wept (StF 694) Give us your comfort, Lord (website only) - a sung response God who sets us on a journey (website only) O come, O come, Immanuel (StF 180) When we are living, we in the Lord (StF 485) You call us to the wilderness (website only) 2 Timothy 1: 1-14 Author of faith, eternal Word (StF 457) Dusty-footed, heavy-hearted (website only) *Have faith in God, my heart (StF 466) My God! I know, I feel thee mine (StF 390) O thou who camest from above (StF 564) Through the love of God our Saviour (StF 639) We turn to God when we are sorely pressed (StF 640) Luke 17: 5-10 A charge to keep I have (StF 658) Eternity (website only) Father, hear the prayer we offer (StF 518) In Christ alone my hope is found (StF 351) I, the Lord of sea and sky (StF 663) Teach me, my God and King, in all things thee to see (StF 668) The Kingdom of God is justice and joy (StF 255) When circumstances make my life too hard to understand (StF 641) When, O God, our faith is tested (StF 643) Alternative related readings Habakkuk 1: 1-4; 2:1-4 A bloodied child ("The boy in the ambulance") (website only) And are we yet alive (StF 456) *Have faith in God, my heart (StF 466) Have you heard God's voice; has your heart been stirred? (StF 622) We turn to you in despair (website only) When we were in the darkest night (StF 241) Psalm 37: 1-9 Hymns reflecting the psalmist’s theme Calm me, Lord, as you calmed the storm (StF 624) Deep in the darkness a starlight is gleaming (StF 625)

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Sunday 13 October, 201928th Sunday in Ordinary Time What hymns have you chosen for today, and why? Do you have a comment about the suggestions here? Just click on “see details/comment” below and respond using the box at the bottom of the new page Readings are laid out as for the continuous form of the lectionary. Alternative related readings (OT and psalm only) are below. Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading Note that this is also Homeless Sunday. See our Homeless Sunday page for more information and resources, and also the Methodist Advent Offering resources, which this year have taken the theme "Homelessness and Hospitality". General Come and see, come and see (StF 270) I'll praise my maker (StF 79) Set loose the tongues (website only) Jeremiah 29: 1, 4-7 Be still and know that I am God (StF 18) *Come build the Church - not heaps of stone (StF 679) In this house all people will be welcome (website only) Let us build a house where love can dwell (StF 409) O Lord, we are always in your presence (StF 33) There is a new heaven; there is a new earth (StF 738) There’s a spirit in the air (StF 398) Through all the changing scenes of life (StF 638) Timeless God, you hold our story (website only) You’re calling us and so we’re gathered here (StF 37) Psalm 66: 1-12 Hymns reflecting the psalmist’s theme A safe stronghold our God is still (StF 623) All my hope on God is founded (StF 455) Blessed be the name of the Lord (StF 40) Captain of Israel’s host, and Guide (StF 459) Guide me, O thou great Jehovah (StF 465) 2 Timothy 2: 8-15 Because the Saviour prayed that we be one (StF 675) *Come build the Church - not heaps of stone (StF 679) God of grace and God of glory (StF 682) God, who made the stars of heaven (StF 7) See, what a morning, gloriously bright (StF 309) When our views are varied (website only) When we are living, we are in the Lord (StF 485) Luke 17: 11-19 Give thanks with a grateful heart (StF 78) In the Lord I'll ever be thankful (StF 776) Jesus, Lord, we look to thee (StF 686) Just as I am, without one plea (StF 556) Just as we are (website only) Lord you have my heart and I will search for yours (StF 559) My troubled soul, why so weighed down? (StF 635) *O Christ, the Healer, we have come to pray for health, to lead for friends (StF 653) Summoned by the God who made us rich in our diversity (StF 689) We pray for healing and for health (website only) *When we are tested and wrestle alone (StF 240) You call us out to praise you (website only) Alternative related readings 2 Kings 5: 1-3, 7-15b God of my faith, I offer you my doubt (StF 629) My soul finds rest in God alone (StF 633) *O Christ, the Healer, we have come to pray for health, to lead for friends (StF 653) *The right hand of God is writing in our land (StF 715) Wash me clean in that cool river (StF 453) *When we are tested and wrestle alone (StF 240) Psalm 111 Hymns reflecting the psalmist’s theme Sweet is the work, my God, my King (StF 90) *The right hand of God is writing in our land (StF 715)

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Sunday 20 October, 201929th Sunday in Ordinary Time What hymns have you chosen for today, and why? Do you have a comment about the suggestions here? Just click on “see details/comment” below and respond using the box at the bottom of the new page Readings are laid out as for the continuous form of the lectionary. Alternative related readings (OT and psalm only) are below. Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading General *As the deer pants for the water (StF 544) Give voice to the prophets (website only) Jeremiah 31: 27-34 Be still and know that I am God (StF 18) God with us: Creator, Father (StF 8) Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father (StF 51) Lord, we turn to you for mercy (StF 429) O Love that wilt not let me go (StF 636) Out of the depths I cry to thee, Lord God! (StF 433) Praise to the God who clears the way (StF 183) esp.vv.1-3 Purify my heart (StF 508) Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord! (StF 186) What shall I do my God to love? (StF 436) Psalm 119: 97-104 or Psalm 119 Hymns reflecting the psalmist’s theme *As the deer pants for the water (StF 544) Help me, O Lord, to learn the truths your word imparts (StF 501) Teach me, my God and King, in all things thee to see (StF 668) *We have nothing to give that didn't first come from your hand (StF 670) Your words to me are life and health (StF 164) 2 Timothy 3: 14-4:5 A charge to keep I have (StF 658) Called by Christ to be disciples (StF 660) Deep in the shadows of the past (StF 463) Jesus you ask that we forgive (website only) Lord, you sometimes speak in wonders (StF 158) Make us your prophets Lord (StF 665) Powerful in making us wise to salvation (StF 160) *We have nothing to give that didn't first come from your hand (StF 670) Luke 18: 1-8 Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart (StF 545) Have faith in God, my heart (StF 466) Have you hear God's voice; has your heart been stirred? (StF 662) Heaven shall not wait (StF 701) Here as we kneel, here as we prayer (StF 521) If we claim to love our neighbour (website only) Jesus Christ is waiting (StF 251) Love inspired anger (StF 253) Pray, without ceasing, pray (StF 528) Seek ye first the Kingdom of God (StF 254)) Alternative related readings Genesis 32: 22-31 Come, O thou Traveller unknown (StF 461) My God! I know, I feel thee mine (StF 390) O love that wilt not let me go (StF 636) Psalm 121 Hymns reflecting the psalmist’s theme Father in heaven (StF 763) - a setting of the Lord's Prayer I lift my eyes up to the mountains (StF 631) I watch the sunrise lighting the sky (StF 469)

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Sunday 27 October, 201930th Sunday in Ordinary Time What hymns have you chosen for today, and why? Do you have a comment about the suggestions here? Just click on “see details/comment” below and respond using the box at the bottom of the new page Readings are laid out as for the continuous form of the lectionary. Alternative related readings (OT and psalm only) are below. Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading Joel 2: 23-32 Beyond impossibility (website only) Breathe on me breath of God (StF 370) Come, you thankful people, come (StF 123) Day of judgment! Day of wonder! (StF 732) Glorious things of thee are spoken (StF 748) God moves in a mysterious way (StF 104) See how great a flame aspires (StF 412) Spirit of God, unseen as the wind (StF 394) When all your mercies, O my God, my rising soul surveys (StF 97) Psalm 65 Hymns reflecting the psalmist’s theme I sing the almighty power of God (StF 107) Lord of creation, to you be all praise! (StF 449) Praise and thanksgiving, Father, we offer (StF 125) Sing praise to God who reigns above (StF 117) You shall go out with joy (StF 487) 2 Timothy 4: 6-8, 16-18 A prize that won’t perish (website only) Captain of Israel’s host, and Guide (StF 459) For all the saints who showed your love (StF 746) Got a race to run (website only) May the mind of Christ my Saviour (StF 504) When our confidence is shaken (StF 644) Who would true valour see (StF 486) Luke 18: 9-14 Christ, our King before creation (StF 318) Give to me, Lord, a thankful heart (StF 520) It’s me, it’s me, O Lord, standing in the need of prayer (StF 523) Just as I am, without one plea (StF 556) Just as we are (website only) O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness (StF 34) We do not presume to come to this table (StF 601) a communion hymn Alternative related readings Sirach/Ecclesiasticus 35: 12-17 or Jeremiah 14: 7-10, 19-22 All my hope on God is founded (StF 455) Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open (StF 749) Listening God, you hear us when we cannot speak (StF 524) The love of God comes close where stands an open door (StF 654) Ubi caritas et amor (Where there is charity and love) (StF 783) We lay our broken world in sorrow at your feet (StF 718) Psalm 84: 1-7 Hymns reflecting the psalmist’s theme Be still and know that I am God (StF 18) May the glory of the Lord fill his temple (StF 31)