Come, and let us sweetly join (StF 646)

Come, and let us sweetly join (StF 646)

Come, and let us sweetly join (StF 646)

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Sunday 5 May, 20193rd 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 Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading Acts 9: 1-6 (7-20) A charge to keep I have (StF 658) And can it be that I should gain (StF 345) Christ be in my understanding (website only) He came to earth, to be served (StF 445) Just as I am, without one plea (StF 556) *Open, Lord, my inward ear (StF 450) *Take this moment, sign, and space (StF 513) The witnesses are watching (website only) Where shall my wondering soul begin? (StF 454) *Will you come and follow me if I but call your name? (StF 673) Psalm 30 Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme *How shall I sing that majesty? (StF 53) Through all the changing scenes of life (StF 638) Revelation 5: 11-14 All heaven declares the glory of the risen Lord (StF 293) Come, let us join our cheerful songs (StF 743) Hail, thou once despised Jesus (StF 301) *How shall I sing that majesty (StF 53) Let heaven and earth agree (StF 358) John 21: 1-19 All you that seek the Lord who died (StF 294) As dawn awakes another day (StF 659) Be still, for the presence of the Lord (StF 20) Hark, my soul! It is the Lord (StF 426) In this house all people will be welcome (website only) Lord, you call us to your service (StF 664) O the bitter shame and sorrow (StF 432) *Open, Lord, my inward ear (StF 450) *Take this moment, sign, and space (StF 513) Thine be the glory (StF 313) *Will you come and follow me if I but call your name? (StF 673)

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Sunday 12 May, 20194th 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 Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading General *Come, Holy Spirit. Maranatha! (StF 23) *Come, let us sing to the One (StF 2) Eternal God, your love's tremendous glory (StF 3) Acts 9: 36-43 Be still and know that I am God (StF 18) *Come, Holy Spirit. Maranatha! (StF 23) I danced in the morning when the world was begun (StF 247) Lord of life, we come to you (StF 651) Now the green blade rises from the buried grain (StF 306) When I needed a neighbour, were you there? (StF 256) Psalm 23 Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme In heavenly love abiding, no change my heart shall fear (StF 736) The King of love my shepherd is (StF 479) The Lord's my shepherd, I’ll not want (StF 481) (Stuart Townend ver.) Revelation 7: 9-17 *Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine (StF 548) Give me the wings of faith (StF 747) The head that once was crowned with thorns (StF 312) John 10: 22-30 *Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine (StF 548) *Come, let us sing to the One (StF 2) Father, in whom we live (StF 5) God with us: Creator, Father (StF 8) Let him to whom we now belong (StF 557) Master, speak! Thy servant heareth (StF 666) Jesus the carpenter, hanging on Calvary (StF 275) The kingdom of God is justice and joy (StF 255)

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Sunday 19 May, 20195th Sunday of Easter / Aldersgate Sunday 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 Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading Readings and hymns for John and Charles Wesley marking Aldersgate Sunday are given on Wesley Day (24 May). Also see Aldersgate – what changed for the Wesleys? Acts 11: 1-18 Come, all who look to Christ today (StF 678) The trumpets sound, the angels sing (StF 35) There's a wideness in God’s mercy (StF 416) We come from the mountains, the valleys and plains (StF 417) Psalm 148 Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme All creatures of our God and King (StF 99) Praise the Lord! You heavens, adore him (StF 86) Revelation 21: 1-6 Jesus, stand among us at the meeting of our lives (StF 30) Hark the glad sound! The Saviour comes (StF 171) It came upon a midnight clear (StF 205) Praise to the God who clears the way (StF 183) There is a new heaven; there is a new earth (StF 738) John 13: 31-35 A new commandment I give unto you (StF 242) Be still and know that I am God (StF 18) Christ is the world’s light, Christ and none other (StF 346) God who sets us on a journey (website only) If we claim to love our neighbour (website only) Sing of a God in majestic divinity (StF 13) You are the Vine, we are the branches (StF 258)

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Friday 24 May, 2019John and Charles Wesley The readings are for use on Wesley Day (24 May) or on Aldersgate Sunday (the Sunday preceding 24 May). Also see Aldersgate – what changed for the Wesleys? Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading General 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) 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 Father of everlasting grace (StF 378) God in my living, there in my breathing (StF 497) God, whose love is all around us (StF 585) Great God, your love has called us here (StF 499) Help us, O Lord, to learn (StF 501) My heart is full of Christ (StF 506) Mark 12:28-37 A charge to keep I have (StF 658) I will worship (I will worship) with all my heart (StF 54) 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, 20196th 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 Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading Additional notes on the readings and choices of hymns are offered below by the Revd Phillip Poyner. General In this house all people will be welcome (website only) Time for God (website only) We come today to celebrate (website only) You're calling us (StF 37) Acts 16: 9-15 Almighty God, to whom all hearts are open (StF 749) Come, Lord, to our souls come down (StF 493) Have you heard the good news? (StF 406) I know that my Redeemer lives (StF 502) One more step along the world I go (StF 476) Pay heed to the people you meet on the journey (website only) The love of God comes close (StF 654) Psalm 67 Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme Father, in whom we live (StF 5) God whose almighty word (StF 106) 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) Down the mountain the river flows (StF 377) Meet and right it is to sing (StF 32) The Spirit lives to set us free (StF 397) There is a new heaven (StF 738) John 14: 23-29 Christ is alive! Let Christians sing (StF 297) Holy Spirit, come, confirm us (StF 382) Like the murmur of the dove’s song (StF 389) Lord of creation, to you be all praise! (StF 449) My eyes be open to your presence (StF 560) 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) We give immortal praise (StF 16) You are the centre, you are my life (StF 567) *You give rest to the weary (StF 657) or John 5: 1-9 All my days I will sing the song of gladness (StF 343) Bread of Life, Truth Eternal (StF 578) God to enfold you, Christ to uphold you (StF 648) O for a thousand tongues to sing (StF 364) *You give rest to the weary (StF 657) Notes The theme of the Holy Spirit is present in the Gospel where Christ promises the Holy Spirit, in Revelation 21, where the Spirit ‘carried me away’, and implied in the Acts reading of the call of Paul to Macedonia. However, with Pentecost two Sundays ahead it may be appropriate to prepare for the coming of the Spirit with one hymn or two rather than have all hymns focussing on the Holy Spirit. The passages also encourage us to reflect that it is in Christ that we find everything that is worthwhile, everything we are looking for. In the Acts reading Lydia, though a faithful Jew, finds profounder faith in the message of the evangelists; in Revelation all is found in Christ: light, peace, life; in John 14, to those who love Christ and keep his word the gift of the Holy Spirit is promised ‘whom the Father will send in my name’; and in John 5 healing is found not in a superstitious belief in the stirring of the pool but by trusting in Jesus. The Psalm is a petition seeking blessing, the light of God’s countenance, and the recognition and response of the people to that blessing which we know now through our experience of the Triune God.

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Thursday 30 May, 2019Ascension Day 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 Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading Acts 1: 1-11 *At the name of Jesus (StF 317) Christ is alive, let Christians sing (StF 297) *Hail the day that sees him rise (StF 300) *Holy Spirit, come, confirm us (StF 382) Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour (StF 593) Lord, I lift your name on high (StF 332) Majesty, worship his majesty (StF 333) Psalm 47 Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme Blessed be your name (StF 41) He Lord, he is Lord (StF 348) The day thou gavest, Lord, is ended (StF 147) or Psalm 93 Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme Joy to the world, the Lord is come! (StF 330) Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation! (StF 88) Worship God with the morning sunrise (StF 68) Ephesians 1: 14-23 Be known to us in breaking bread (StF 573) *Holy Spirit, come, confirm us (StF 382) New every morning is the love (StF 137) Luke 24: 44-53 *At the name of Jesus (StF 317) Come, let us with our Lord arise (StF 148) *Hail the day that sees him rise (StF 300) Into the darkness of this world (StF 173) Light of the world (StF 175)