Today I awake and God is before me (StF 139)

Today I awake and God is before me (StF 139)

Today I awake and God is before me (StF 139)

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Sunday 5 May 20136th Sunday of Easter 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 Acts 16: 9-15 Come, Lord , to our souls come down (StF 493) Have you heard the good news? (StF 406) One more step along the world I go (StF 476) Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme Psalm 67 It is God who holds the nations in the hollow of his hand (StF 705) Praise and thanksgiving, Father, we offer (StF 125) Praise God for the harvest of orchard and field (StF 126) Revelation 21: 10, 22-25 Come to us, creative Spirit (StF 726) Darkness like a shroud covers the earth (StF 170) Meet and right it is to sing (StF 32) John 14: 23-29 Like the murmur of the dove’s song (StF 389) Peace, perfect peace, is the gift of Christ our Lord (StF 710) Put peace into each other’s hands (StF 712) Spirit of the living God, fall afresh on me (StF 395) The peace of the earth be with you (StF 774)

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Thursday 9 May 2013Ascension Day Readings and suggested hymns may also be used on Sunday 12 May 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 Acts 1:1-11 *Alleluia, sing to Jesus (StF 568) Christ is alive, let Christians sing (StF 297) *Hail the day that sees him rise. Allelulia! (StF 300) He is exalted (StF 52) Psalm 47 or Psalm 93 Hymns echoing the psalmist's theme God, whose almighty word (StF 106) Great is he who is King of kings (StF 321) King of kings, majesty (StF 331) Our God is an awesome God (StF 62) Ephesians 1:15-23 *Alleluia, sing to Jesus (StF 568) Christ triumphant, ever reigning (StF 319) He is Lord, He is Lord (StF 348) Holy Spirit, come, confirm us (StF 382) Jesus is King and I will extol him (StF 327) Jesus shall take the highest honour (StF 356) Majesty, worship his majesty (StF 333) Rejoice the Lord is King! (StF 335) Luke 24:44-53 All heaven declares (StF 293) *Hail the day that sees him rise (StF 300) Lord, I lift your name on high (StF 332) There is a Redeemer (StF 338) We sing the praise of Jesus (StF 315)

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Sunday 12 May 2013Seventh Sunday of Easter Readings for Ascension Day may be used - see Thursday 9 May for Ascension Day readings and suggested hymns 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 Acts 16:16-34 And can it be that I should gain? (StF 345) Away with our fears! (StF 458) To God be the glory, great things he has done! (StF 94) Psalm 97 Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme All heaven declares the glory of the risen Lord (StF 293) God is love: let heaven adore him (StF 103) Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty! (StF 11) Over all the earth, you reign on high (StF 63) Revelation 22: 12-14, 16-17, 20-21 Great is the darkness that covers the earth (StF 405) I’ll praise my Maker while I've breath (StF 79) King of Kings, majesty (StF 331) Of the Father’s love begotten (StF 181) John 17: 20-26 Because the Saviour prayed that we be one (StF 675) Christ is the world’s light, Christ and none other (StF 346) One is the body and one is the Head (StF 688) Will you come and follow me if I but call your name? (StF 673)

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Sunday 19 May 2013Pentecost This Sunday is also Aldersgate Sunday - the Sunday before 24 May, when Methodists mark the conversion of John Wesley (at a meeting in Aldersgate Street, London) and his brother, Charles. Worship materials have been prepared that celebrate the 80 million-strong worldwide Methodist community and the work of the World Methodist Council. 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 Acts 2: 1-21 God of grace and God of glory (StF 682) Jesus is Lord! Creation's voice proclaims it (StF 353) O breath of life, come sweeping through us (StF 391) Spirit of God, unseen as the wind (StF 394) Psalm 104 Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme All creatures of our God and King (StF 99) I sing the almighty power of God (StF 107) O Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder (StF 82) Romans 8: 14-17 Abba Father, let me be your and yours alone (StF 439) Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine (StF 548) Father God, I wonder how I managed to exist without the knowledge of your parenthood (StF 72) John 14: 8-17 As water to the thirsty (StF 441) Eat this bread and never hunger (StF 582) I heard the voice of Jesus say (StF 248)

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Friday 24 May 2013The Conversions of John and Charles Wesley These hymns are especially appropriate for marking the conversions of John and Charles Wesley, as well as being suited to the post-Ascension and Pentecost emphasis on developing discipleship reflected in today’s readings. Best of all is God is with us (StF 610) How small a spark has lit a living fire! (StF 408) Where shall my wondering soul begin? (StF 454) The following readings may replace those of Sunday, 26 May Isaiah 12:1-6 or Isaiah 51:1-3, 7-11 There’s a wideness in God’s mercy (StF 416) God has spoken – by his prophets (StF 157) Your hand, O God, has guided (StF 692) Psalm 130 Hymns echoing the psalmist's theme Only by grace can we enter (StF 565) Out of the depths I cry to thee (StF 433) Romans 5:1-11 Come, thou fount of every blessing (StF 494) I am a new creation (StF 553) I am not skilled to understand (StF 349) or 2 Peter 1:1-11 God in my living, there in my breathing (StF 497) Great God, your love has called us here (StF 499) Help us, O Lord, to learn (StF 501) Mark 12:28-37 A charge to keep I have (StF 658) May the mind of Christ my Saviour (StF 504) More like you, Jesus, more like you (StF 505) or Luke 10:1-12, 17-20 Lord, your Church on earth is seeking (StF 410) Go to the world! Go into all the earth (StF 402) The kingdom of God is justice and joy (StF 255)

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Sunday 26 May 2013Trinity Sunday (1st Sunday after Pentecost) Alternatively, see the readings and hymns suggested for Friday 24 May, which marks the conversaions of John and Charles Wesley. 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 Proverbs 8: 1-4, 22-31 Eternal Father, strong to save (StF 517) Happy are they who find the grace (StF 500) I danced in the morning when the world was begun (StF 247) Psalm 8 Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme From heaven you came, helpless babe (StF 272) God in his love for us lent us this planet (StF 727) O Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder (StF 82) O Lord, our Lord, throughout the earth (StF 112) Romans 5: 1-5 Calm me, Lord, as you calmed the storm (StF 624) Even though I walk through the shadow of death (StF 626) God with us: Creator, Father (StF 8) My God! I know, I feel thee mine (StF 390) Morning glory, starlit sky (StF 12) Peace, perfect peace, is the gift of Christ our Lord (StF 710) John 16: 12-15 Away with our fears! (StF 458) Especially vv. 5 and 6 Christ is alive! Let Christians sing (StF 297) Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire (StF 155) Hail! Holy, holy, holy Lord! (StF 9) Your words to me are life and health (StF 164)