Let him to whom we now belong (StF 557)

Let him to whom we now belong (StF 557)

Let him to whom we now belong (StF 557)

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Sunday 2 July, 201713th 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. Genesis 22: 1-14 Captain of Israel's host, and Guide (StF 459) Have faith in God, my heart (StF 466) Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us (StF 238) When we are living, we are in the Lord (StF 485) *When were in the darkest night (StF 241) Psalm 13 Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme A safe stronghold our God is still (StF 623) God moves in a mysterious way (StF 104) I've had questions without answers (StF 632) *When were in the darkest night (StF 241) Romans 6: 12-23 All I once held dear (Knowing you, Jesus) (StF 489) Amazing grace, how sweet the sound (StF 440) Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine (StF 548) Dear Lord and Father of mankind (StF 495) Great God, your love has called us here (StF 499) Lord, I come to you, let my heart be changed, renewed (StF 471) Thou hidden source of calm repose (StF 366) We come to you with no pretence (StF 435) Matthew 10: 40-42 Brother, sister, let me serve you (StF 611) Give me the faith which can remove and sink the mountain to a plain (StF 661) *God has spoken – by his prophets (StF 157) Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love (StF 249) Sent by the Lord am I (StF 239) When I needed a neighbour were you there (StF 256) Alternative related readings Jeremiah 28: 5-9 *God has spoken – by his prophets (StF 157) The prophets’ voice comes down the years (StF 162) When listening prophets dare to speak (StF 163) Psalm 89: 1-4, 15-18 Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme Lord, for the years your love has kept and guided (StF 470) O sing to the Lord, O sing God a new song (StF 42) We are marching in the light of God (StF 483)

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Sunday 9 July, 201714th 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. Genesis 24: 34-38, 42-49, 58-67 Be still and know that I am God (StF 18) Best of all is God is with us (StF 610) *My eyes be open to your presence (StF 560) Sent by the Lord am I (StF 239) The God of Abraham praise (StF 91) *When love is found and hope comes home (StF 607) Psalm 45: 10-17 or Canticle: Song of Solomon 2: 8-13 Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme Behold the servant of the Lord! (StF 546) Here am I, Lord (StF 552) *My eyes be open to your presence (StF 560) *When love is found and hope comes home (StF 607) Romans 7: 15-25a *Christ be in my understanding (website only) God of forgiveness, your people you freed (StF 425) Help us, O Lord to learn the truths your word imparts (StF 501) In bread we bring you, Lord, our bodies' labour (StF 589) (communion) Listening God, you hear us when we cannot speak (StF 524) Lord, we turn to you for mercy (StF 429) Love divine, all loves excelling (StF 503) Speak, O Lord, as we come to you (StF 161) We come to you with no pretence (StF 435) YAHWEH (I cannot speak your name, O Lord) (website only) Matthew 11: 16-19, 25-30 *Christ be in my understanding (website only) Come, let us sing of a wonderful love (StF 443) Lord, I come to you (StF 471) My soul rejoices in God my Saviour (StF 60) Praise the Lord who reigns above and keeps his courts below (StF 85) The God who sings a new world into being shows the way (StF 714) We cannot bear the full light of your glory (website only) What a friend we have in Jesus (StF 531) Alternative related readings: Zechariah 9: 9-12 Blest are the pure in heart (StF 244) I’ll praise my Maker while I’ve breath (StF 79) Jesus shall reign where’er the sun (StF 328) What kind of love is this (StF 286) Psalm 145: 8-14 Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme Empty, broken, here I stand (StF 421) Great is thy faithfulness, O God my Father (StF 51) With reference to the related readings, this week's compiler, the Revd Phillip Poyner, notes: The hymns above pick up the theme of ‘unexpected turnouts’. The King arrives in an unexpected manner; God treats us far better than we deserve; our behaviour is the very thing we hate; Jesus does not do the expected thing. The Revd Dr Henry McKeating (Companion to the Revised Lectionary vol.6 (2001: Epworth) p129ff) suggests a different approach: 1 .Jesus is both comforting and challenging, and 2. next week’s lectionary readings provide the answers to the issues raised in the passages above.

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Sunday 16 July, 201715th 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. Genesis 25: 19-34 Covenant of Grace (website only) *Deep in the shadows of the past (StF 463) Let love be real, in giving and receiving (StF 615) Lord, you sometimes speak in wonders (StF 158) Only by grace can we enter (StF 565) Psalm 119: 105-112 Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme *Deep in the shadows of the past (StF 463) Master, speak! Thy servant heareth (StF 666) Our words to me are life and health (StF 164) Teach me, my God and King (StF 668) Romans 8: 1-11 Breathe on me, Spirit of Jesus (StF 371) God, whose love is all around us (StF 585) communion hymn Holy Spirit, fall on me (website only) Into a world of dark, waste and disordered space (StF 387) Jesus Christ – Perfect Love (StF 325) My God! I know, I feel thee mine (StF 390) *Open, Lord, my inward ear (StF 450) The Spirit lives to set us free (StF 397) Where shall my wondering soul begin (StF 454) Matthew 13: 1-9, 18-23 Come, you thankful people, come (StF 123) Food to pilgrims given (StF 584) *Open, Lord, my inward ear (StF 450) See how great an flame aspires (StF 412) What shall we offer our good Lord..? (StF 671) If the whole of the Romans passage is the preferred emphasis, the following hymns may be useful. And can it be that I should gain (StF 345) Come down, O Love divine (StF 372) From the breaking of the dawn to the setting of the sun (StF 156) I’m accepted, I’m forgiven (StF 427) I am a new creation (StF 553) O for a heart to praise my God (StF 507) Alternative related readings: Isaiah 55: 10-13 Before the world began, one Word was there (StF 101) God, whose almighty word chaos and darkness heard (StF 106) Sing of the Lord’s goodness (StF 65) Psalm 65: (1-8), 9-13 Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme All creatures of our God and King (StF 99) Shout for joy! The Lord has let us feast (StF 598) With reference to the related readings, the Revd Phillip Poyner, notes: “This week’s selection of hymns is determined by the Gospel theme of the sowing of new life, and Romans 8: 11. Alternative hymns are also listed if you choose to use all of the passage from Romans.”

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Sunday 23 July, 201716th 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. Genesis 28: 10-19a All my hope on God is founded (StF 455) Author of faith, eternal Word (StF 457) May the love of the Lord rest upon your soul (StF 771) (sung blessing) O God of Bethel, by whose hand thy people are fed (StF 475) *O Lord we are always in your presence (StF 33) Psalm 139: 1-12, 23-24 Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme God is Love: let heaven adore him (StF 103) I watch the sunrise lighting the sky (StF 469) O God, you search me and you know me (StF 728) *O Lord we are always in your presence (StF 33) O Lord, you have searched me out and know me (StF 835) (responsive reading) There is no moment of my life (StF 482) What shall I do my God to love? (StF 436) Romans 8: 12-25 Abba Father, let me be (StF 439) Away with our fears! (StF 458) Father God, I wonder I managed to exist (StF 72) Sing of the Lord’s goodness, Father of all wisdom (StF 65) *When I was lost you came and rescued me (StF 367) Matthew 13: 24-30, 36-43 As servants working an estate (StF 491) In bread we bring you, Lord, our bodies' labour (StF 589) Son of God, if your free grace (StF 336) There’s a wideness in God’s mercy (StF 416) Wind of God, dynamic Spirit (StF 400) Alternative related readings: Isaiah 44: 6-8 Lord, I come before your throne of grace (StF 58) My soul finds rest in God alone (StF 633) Rock of ages, cleft for me (StF 434) Though the fruit tree doesn’t blossom (StF 93) *When I was lost you came and rescued me (StF 367) Psalm 86: 11-17 Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme God of forgiveness, your people you freed (StF 425) We praise you, O God; acclaim you as Lord (StF 95)

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Sunday 30 July, 201717th 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. Genesis 29: 15-28++ I will speak out for those who have no voices (StF 702) Let love be real, in giving and receiving (StF 615) Spirit who broods, Spirit who sings (StF 396) Worship God with the morning sunrise (StF 68) ++ These hymn choices made bearing in mind the sequel to this story, to be found in Genesis 29: 29-35 Psalm 105: 1-11, 45b or Psalm 128 Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme O God, our help in ages past (StF 132) Praise to the living God! (StF 87) Sing to the great Jehovah's praise (StF 127) Through all the changing scenes of life (StF 638) We trust the mighty love of God (StF 742) Romans 8: 26-39 All for Jesus - all for Jesus (StF 341) Have faith in God, my heart (StF 466) Neither death, nor life, nor angels nor powers (StF 474) O for a heart to praise my God (StF 507) Through the love of God our Saviour (StF 639) What kind of love is this that gave itself for me? (StF 286) Matthew 13: 31-33, 44-52 All I once held dear, built my life upon (StF 489) As the deer pants for the water, so my soul longs after you (StF 544) *Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart (StF 545) Food to pilgrims given (StF 584) How small a spark has lit a living fire! (StF 408) Jesus, be the centre (StF 447) Let him to whom we now belong (StF 557) Seek ye first the kingdom of God (StF 254) Unless the Lord builds the house we labour in vain (StF 515) What shall we offer our good Lord (StF 671) You are the centre, you are my life (StF 567) Alternative related readings: 1 Kings 3: 5-12 *Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart (StF 545) Give to me, Lord, a thankful heart (StF 520) Happy are they who find the grace (StF 500) Lord, we have come at your own invitation (StF 595) Psalm 119: 129-136 Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme O God of Bethel, by whose hand thy people still are fed (StF 475) Speak, O Lord, as we come to You (StF 161) Your words to me are life and health (StF 164)