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====[ CAROLS, HYMNS, SONGS and CHORUSES ]====

The following suggestions are compiled from resources prepared by John Maynard, Jeff Shrowder , David MacGregor , Dean McIntyre, Denis Towner and many others.

These hymns and songs may be found in a variety of other hymnbooks and chorus books. Please send me your hymnbook, or your favourite list of suggested hymns/songs/choruses for this Sunday that I might include them in future posts. John Maynard 

The hymns and songs listed below may be found in a variety of hymnbooks and chorus books.

(A.) The first group (primarily from Australian/NZ hymnbooks) is arranged according to its use in Worship:

   Hymns of Praise - Relating to God in Creation, Providence & Redemption
   Hymns of Thanksgiving - Relating to the Life & Resurrection of Christ
   Hymns of Faith & Devotion - Relating to the Holy Spirit and the Church
   Hymns of Commitment - Relating to Christian Discipleship

(B.) The second grouping is primarily from other hymn, chorus and songbooks.

(C.) The third grouping is based upon the passages of the RCL (Revised Common Lectionary).

CURRENT RESOURCES:

   AOV As One Voice Willow Connection
   AHB = The Australian Hymnbook / With One Voice (Aus/NZ)
   AT = All Together Now (ATN), All Together Everybody (ATE), All Together Again
     (ATA), All Together Okay (ATO), All Together Whatever (ATW) (Openbook Pub.)
   BOP = The Book of Praise (Presbyterian Church in Canada) /NEW!/
   CG Common Ground (St Andrew Press)
   CH = Chalice Hymnal (Disciples of Christ)
   Ch4 = Church Hymnary, 4th Edition (Church of Scotland)
   Common Ground/CG = Common Ground (St. Andrew Press, Scotland)
   Covenant = Covenant Songs
   DMAC = David MacGregor
   FWS = The Faith We Sing
   GGIVES = God Gives, Books 1,2,3,4 (Songs for Kids, Uniting Education)
   GBEAT = Gospelling to the Beat 1&2 (Scripture Union_
   HS = Hillsong (Hills Christian Life Centre)
   HSNW = Heaven shall not wait (Iona Community/Wild Goose Resource Group)
   IECS = In every corner sing
   MP = Mission Praise
   NCH = New Century Hymnal (UCC-USA)
   NCYC = NCYC Songs (National Christian Youth Convention, Uniting Church)
   Ph = The Presbyterian Hymnal (USA)
   P&W = Praise & Worship *Resource Christian Music)
   RJ = Rejoice! (Presbyterian Church in Australia)
   SA = Sing Alleluia
   SCE = The Source (Kevin Mayhew)
   SINGSBK1 = Singalong Songbook vol.1&2 (Integrity's Hosanna Music)
   SOF = Songs & Hymns of Fellowship (Kingsway)
   SIS/Song = Scripture in Song (Songs of Praise, Songs of the Kingdom etc.)
   TIO = There is one among us (John Bell/Wild Goose Resource Group)
   TFWS = The Faith We Sing (United Methodist USA)
   TIS = Together in Song (Australia/New Zealand)
   UMH = United Methodist Hymnal (USA)
   VU = Voices United (United Church of Canada)


(A.) HYMNS, SONGS & CHORUSES:

    [* = Recommended]  [** = Highly Recommended]

==[PRAISE: God in Creation, Providence & Redemption ]==

* All creatures of our God and King (TIS 100 + AHB 3)
Amazing Grace! How sweet the sound (TIS 129 + AHB 56)
Come, you people, come adore Him (TIS 101 + AHB 5)
** Happy are they who walk in God's wise way (TIS 1 + SA 43, trad. Thai melody:
     Sri Lampang, words by Erik R. Routhley 1917-82)
Let all the peoples praise You, O Lord (TIS 63 + SA 58)
Let us with a gladsome mind (TIS 83 + AHB 11)
My heart is full of Christ, and longs (TIS 214 + AHB 143)
* Praise the God who changes places (TIS 178, Brian A. Wren)
Souls of men, why do you scatter? (TIS 136 + AHB 72)
There's a wideness in God's mercy (TIS 136 + AHB 72)
Through all the changing scenes of life (TIS 112 + AHB 30)


==[THANKSGIVING: Jesus Christ: His Life & Resurrection ]==

Come, let us with our Lord arise (TIS 375 + AHB 297)
Crown Him with many crowns (TIS 228 + AHB 163)
The voice of God goes out to all the world (TIS 282 + SA 86, Peter Icarus)
** This, this is the God we adore (TIS 220 + AHB 153)
* Through all the changing scenes of life (TIS 112 + AHB 30) (Psalm 34)
To You, my Lord, will I sing praise (AHB 120, Granton Douglas Ha7) (Psalm 9)


==[FAITH & DEVOTION: The Holy Spirit & The Church ]==

Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (TIS 517 + AHB 439)
Author of life divine (TIS 506 + AHB 430)
* Bread of heaven, on Thee we feed (TIS 513 + AHB 434) [Communion]
* Bread of the world in mercy broken (TIS 512 + AHB 437) [Communion]
** Break Now the bread of life, dear Lord to me (TIS 429 + AHB 334)
     [Communion]
* Father, we give You thanks who planted (TIS 495 + AHB 416) [Communion]
For your holy book we thank you (AHB 338, Ruth Carter)
Help us, O Lord, to learn (TIS 428 + AHB 340)
I am the bread of life (TIS 535, Suzanne Toolan) [Communion]
* I come with joy to meet my Lord (TIS 533 + AHB 452) [Communion]
** Jesus, Thou joy of loving hearts (TIS 499 + AHB 420) [Communion]
Let all mortal flesh keep silence (TIS 497 + AHB 418) [Communion]
Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour (TIS 526 + AHB 441) [Communion]
** Lord Jesus, joy of loving hearts (TIS 499 + AHB 420) [Communion]
* Peace with the Father, peace with Christ His Son (TIS 466, James Quinn)
The Church’s one foundation (TIS 457 + AHB 385)
* We limit not the truth of God (TIS 453 + AHB 335)


==[COMMITMENT: Christian Discipleship ]==

Almighty Father of all things that be (AHB 530) [Chilton Foliat]
As when the shepherd calls his sheep (TIS 539, Omer Westendorf) (VU 478)
Come, my way, my truth, my life (TIS 552 + AHB 457)
Faith will not grow from words alone (TIS 691, Elizabeth J. Smith)
Forgive our sins, as we forgive (TIS 635 + AHB 564)
Give thanks with a grateful heart (TIS 717, Henry Smith) (Ch4 180)
God has spoken to his people, alleluia (TIS 636 + SA 39, Willard F. Jabusch)
* God of all power and truth and grace (TIS 567 + AHB 477)
* God of freedom, God of justice (TIS 657 + SA 42, Shirley E. Murray)
God! When human bonds are broken (TIS 683, Frederik H. Kaan)
** Guide me, O my great Redeemer (TIS 569 + AHB 478)
** Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah (TIS 569 + AHB 478)
Help us accept each other (TIS 648, Frederik H. Kaan)
Make me a channel of your peace (TIS 607 + SA 66, anon. French?)
* May the mind of Christ my Saviour live in me from day to day
     (TIS 609 + AHB 537)
O Lord, hear my prayer (TIS 741, Taizé Chant)
* Put all your trust in God, in duty's path go on (TIS 555 + AHB 464)
* Put thou thy trust in God, in duty's path go on (TIS 555 + AHB 464)
* Seek ye first the kingdom of God (TIS 745 + SA 75, Karen Lafferty) (VU 356)
You satisfy the hungry heart (TIS 539, Omer Westendorf) (VU 478)

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(B.) MORE HYMNS, SONGS AND CHORUSES:

All I once held dear (Ch4 506)
All who hunger (VU 460)
As deer long for the streams
Become to us the living bread (Ph 500) [Communion]
Completed, Lord, the Holy Mysteries
For the bread which you have broken [Communion]
Gift of finest wheat
Give to the winds your fears
God merciful and righteous is
* God of compassion, in mercy befriend us (Ph 261)
Great God of mercy
Help us accept each other
Lord, make us servants of Your peace
O God of earth and altar
O Kind of might and splendour
O merciful Redeemer
God is love, and where true love is
In suffering love (VU 614)
In the quiet consecration
Jesus, Lord, we look to thee
Light of the minds that know him
Lord, make us servants of your peace
O day of rest and gladness
O food of men wayfaring
O God, unseen, yet ever near
Risen Lord, whose name we cherish
Saviour, teach me day by day
Shepherd of souls, refresh and bless
Sing we of the Blessed Mother
Speak, Lord, in the stillness
The Lord I will at all times bless (Psalm 34)
The Spirit came, as promised
Thee we adore, O hidden Saviour, thee
Up from the depths (VU 852)
We are pilgrims (VU 595)
When morning lights the eastern sky (Ph 250)
When we are living (VU 581)

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(C.) SCRIPTURE ALLUSIONS:

   PLEASE NOTE:  Additional Hymn Resources may be found at:
   'OREMUS HYMNAL' - http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/yearb.html

==/ Deuteronomy 8:1-10 /==

[A Good Land to be Possessed]

Glorious things of thee are spoken (TIS 446 + AHB 374)
Lead on, O King eternal (BOP 742) [Lancashire]
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven (TIS 134 + AHB 68)
Praise our great and gracious Lord
** Seek ye first the kingdom of God TIS 745, Karen Lafferty)
     (BOP 625) (Ch4 641)


==/ 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 /==

[David grieves for Absalom]

** Abide with me, fast falls the eventide (TIS 586 + AHB 502) (UMH 700)
Above all (SCE[2] 611/various, Baloche)
* Amazing grace (how sweet the sound) (TIS 129 + AHB 56)
Amazing love (P&W 592/SCE 370/SOF 398, Kendrick)
Anguish, grief, mourning, stand by me (UMH 512)
* Be still, my soul; the Lord is on your side (TIS 123 + AHB 48) (UMH 534)
Christ be my leader by night as by day (TIS 624 + SA 17, Timothy Dudley-Smith)
Come, let us to the Lord our God (TIS 577 + AHB 490)
Come, ye disconsolate, where’er ye languish (UMH 510)
Comfort, comfort all my people (TIS 647 + SA 25, Robin Mann)
Dear Lord, for all in pain (UMH 458)
“Deus meus, adiuva me” (O my God, in help draw near)
* Forgive our sins, as we forgive (TIS 635 + AHB 564)
Give to the winds thy fears (UMH 129)
God, be with you till we meet again (UMH 672,673)
God, how can we forgive? (TFWS 2169)
If death my friend and me divide (UMH 656, Sing to Old 113th)
If thou but suffer God to guide thee (TIS 554 + AHB 459) (UMH 142)
If we will trust in God to guide us (TIS 554 + AHB 459) (UMH 142)
* In suffering love the thread of life (TIS 177, Rob W. Johns, 1941-1987)
     (VU 614)
Kyrie (TFWS 2275)
Lord, from the depths I cry to you
* Lord, hear my praying, listen to me (TIS 689, Robin Mann)
Lord Jesus, think on me (TIS 546 + AHB 122) (VU 607)
* My faith looks up to Thee
O God of earth and altar (AHB 542) [King's Lynn]
O God who shaped creation (UMH 443)
O Jesus, King most wonderful
O Jesus, think on me (TIS 546 + AHB 122) (VU 607)
** O love that will not let me go (TIS 602 + AHB 525)
O my God, in help draw near (“Deus meus, adiuva me”)
Out of our failure to create
Out of the depths I cry to You (UMH 515)
Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord (TIS 81, tr. The Grail)
Precious Lord, take my hand (UMH 474)
“Senzeni na?” (More Voices)
The Lord’s my Shepherd, I’ll not want (TIS 10 + AHB 16) (UMH 136)
Though your tears be rivers running (TIS 647 + SA 25, Robin Mann)
What a Friend we have in Jesus (TIS 590 + AHB 165)
Why has God forsaken me? (TFWS 2110)
You are my all in all (P&W 809/SCE[2] 1081, Jernighan)


==/ Psalm 130 /==

[A Prayer for Help]

* Abide with me, fast falls the eventide (TIS 586 + AHB 502) (UMH 700)
As pants the hart for cooling streams (TIS 25 + AHB 29)
* As the deer pants for the water (TIS 703, Martin Nystrom)
* As water to the thirsty (BOP 688, Timothy Dudley-Smith)
* Be still, my soul; the Lord is on your side (TIS 123 + AHB 48) (UMH 534)
Break, day of God, O break
Canticle of Redemption (UMH 516)
Cares Chorus (TFWS 2215)
Come and find the quiet centre (TFWS 2128)
* Come and hear (ATO 375, Grace Simpson & Robin Mann "Jesus,
     when I call you...")
Dear Lord, for all in pain (UMH 458)
Eagle's wings (HS/SCE[2] 724, Morgan)
Firm foundation (SCE 302/P&W 739, Gordon/Harvill)
* For justice, for freedom, for mercy (Ch4 720, Anne Quigley)
Forgiven (ATN 439, Grace Simpson, "O Father, as Your child I come...")
God! When human bonds are broken (TIS 683, Fred H. Kaan)
Here hangs a man discarded (TIS 356 + SA 45)
Hope is a candle, once lit by the prophets
How long, O Lord? (TFWS 2209)
* How shall I sing to God? (TIS 667, Brian A. Wren)
I waited on the Lord (HSNW 134, John L. Bell/Iona Community)
* Jesus, when I call You, come and hear my cry (AT 375, G. Simpson & R. Mann)
** Lord, from the depths I cry to you, my supplication hear (AHB 22)
     (Rejoice 498)
* Lord, from the depths to Thee I cried (Ch4 87, Scottish Psalter 1929)
* Lord of all being, throned afar (Ch4 125, Oliver Wendell Holmes 1809-1894)
Not so in haste, my heart (UMH 455)
O come! O come, Emmanuel (TIS 265 + AHB 193)
* O how shall I sing to God? (TIS 667, Brian A. Wren)
O Father, as Your child I come (ATN 439, Grace Simpson 'Forgiven')
** O Lord, hear my prayer (TIS 741, Taizé Chant) (TFWS 2200)
O my God, in help draw near
O Thou in whose presence (UMH 518)
Only by grace (SCE 408/SOF 441, Gustafson)
Out of our failure to create
Out of the deep have I called unto Thee, O Lord (UMH 516)
Out of the deep I call
Out of the deep I cry to thee
Out of the depths (TFWS 2136)
Out of the depths I call, to God I send my cry (NCH 483)
* Out of the depths I cry: O God remember me! (BOP 91, para. David Mowbray)
* Out of the depths I cry to You (UMH 515)
** Out of the depths I cry to You, O Lord (TIS 81, tr. The Grail) (VU 611)
Out of the depths I turn to you on high
Out of the depths, O God, we call to You (CH 510) (NCH 554, Ruth Duck)
Out of the depths to Thee I raise (Ph 240)
People nee the Lord (TFWS 2244)
Precious Lord, take my hand (UMH 474)
Sing a new song, sing a new song (TIS 166 + AHB 102)
* Souls of men, why do you scatter? (TIS 136 + AHB 72)
Speak, Lord, in the stillness (Covenant 153, Harold Green)
* The one who longs to make us whole (Ch4 719, Edith S. Downing)
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases (SIS 414/P&W 40/SOF 549, McNeill)
** There is a longing in our hearts, O Lord (Ch4 720, Anne Quigley)
** There's a wideness in God's mercy (TIS 136 + AHB 72)
** Up from the depths I cry to God (BOP 90, Christopher M. Idle)
     (Ch4 88 [Macpherson's Farewell]
We cannot own the sunlit sky (More Voices 143)
We praise you, God, confessing you as Lord (AHB 113, James Quinn)
We shall stand (SCE 556/SOF 589, Kendrick)
What a Friend we have in Jesus (TIS 590 + AHB 165)
Why has God forsaken me (TFWS 2110)
With the Lord there is mercy (TIS 81, tr. The Grail)


==/ 1 Kings 19:4-8 /==

[Elijah is Fed by an Angel]

All who hunger, gather gladly [Communion]
Anguish, grief, mourning, stand by me (UMH 512)
Christ is the King, O friends rejoice
Come and journey with a Saviour
* Commit thou all thy griefs (TIS 555 + AHB 464)
* Commit thou all thy ways (TIS 555 + AHB 464)
* Dear Father, Lord of humankind (TIS 598 + AHB 519)
* Dear Lord and Father of mankind (TIS 598 + AHB 519)
Give to the winds thy fears (UMH 129)
God give us life
God is our song, and every singer blest (TIS 646 + SA 38, Frederick Pratt Green)
He comes to us as one unknown
How firm a foundation (TIS 578 + AHB 491)
How shall I sing that majesty
If death my friend and me divide (UMH 656, Sing to Old 113th)
Love divine, all loves excelling (TIS 217 + AHB 148)
O Jesus, I have promised (TIS 595 + AHB 514)
Put all your trust in God (TIS 555 + AHB 464)
* Put thou thy trust in God (TIS 555 + AHB 464)
Rock of ages, cleft for me (TIS 222 + AHB 157)
The glory of these forty days (BOP 192) [Erhalt Uns, Herr]
There is a name I love to hear (Scripture in Song, Frederick Whitfield)
Through all the changing scenes of life (TIS 112 + AHB 30)
Transfigured Christ, none comprehends
Wind who makes all winds that blow


==/ Psalm 34:1-8 /==

[In Praise of God's Goodness]

** All my days I will sing this song of gladness (Ch4 467, Stuart Townend)
All who hunger, gather gladly (BOP 534, Sylvia G. Dunstan)
Alleluia, glory to God
Canticle of Redemption (UMH 516)
* Christ be with me, Christ within me (TIS 478 + AHB 454,
     ‘St. Patrick’s Breastplate’) (Ch4 639)
Christ is the King, O friends rejoice
Christ, whose glory fills the skies (TIS 212 + AHB 140)
Christians, lift your hearts and voices (BOP 536, John E. Bowers)
Fill now my life, O Lord my God (TIS 596 + AHB 515) (Rejoice 472)
* For justice, for freedom, for mercy (Ch4 720, Anne Quigley)
From all the wind's wide quarters
From the rising of the sun, to the going down of the same (ATN 18)
God is so good (ATN 54)
How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds (TIS 223 + AHB 158)
I bind my heart this tide (Ch4 508)
** I bind unto myself today (TIS 478 + AHB 454 ‘St. Patrick’s Breastplate’)
     (Ch4 639)
** I will always bless the Lord (Ch4 27, John L. Bell, Psalm 34)
* I will bless the Lord at all times (Song 32) (SOF 249, Vep Ellis)
I will bless the Lord, He is worthy to be praised (Song 552, Dan Gardner)
I will bless the Lord at all times (Song, Vep Ellis)
I will magnify Your name, O Lord (SOF 257, Dave Bolton)
* Jesus! The name high over all (TIS 218 + AHB 150) (SOF 294)
Jesus, where'er thy people meet (TIS 445 + AHB 372) [Communion]
Jesus, where’er your people meet (TIS 445 + AHB 372) [Communion]
Let love be genuine and live in harmony (UMH 646)
Let nothing trouble you or frighten you (ATO 404, Bernadette Farrell)
* Lord, bring the day to pass (Ch4 238, Ian M. Fraser)
* Lord, draw near and stay (ATO 321, The Iona Community
** Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (TIS 217 + AHB 148) (Ch4 519) (UMH 384)
My God, how endless is thy love
O children, come, give ear to me (Rejoice 485)
O magnify the Lord with me (Song 602) (SOF 416, David Garratt)
O taste and see that the Lord is good (SOF 422, Phil Rogers)
O taste and see that the Lord is good (Song 118, Robert Rhodes)
O Thou, in whose presence (UMH 518)
Out of the depths I cry to You (UMH 515)
Praise to the Lord! Sing Alleluias (SOF 451, Graham Kendrick)
Sing praise to God who reigns above (TIS 110 + AHB 27)
* Sing to the Lord a joyful song (Ch4 184)
Spirit of God, descend upon my heart (Ch4 495)
Summer suns are glowing (Ch4 225)
* Take my life, and let it be (TIS 599 + AHB 520) (Ch4 502)(UMH 399)
Taste and see, taste and see the goodness of the Lord (Ph 187, Helen L. Wright)
* There is a longing in our hearts, O Lord (Ch4 720, Anne Quigley)
** Through all the changing scenes of life (TIS 112 + AHB 30) (BOP 18)
     (Rejoice 508)
** Today I live, one day shall come my death (Ch4 725, Frederik H. Kaan)
What wondrous love is this, O my soul!
When morning gilds the skies (TIS 227 + AHB 151) (Rejoice 152)
* Ye holy angels bright who wait at God’s right hand (TIS 108 + AHB 26)
     (Ch4 179)


==/ Ephesians 4:25 to 5:2 /==

[The New Life in Christ]

A spendthrift Lover is the Lord (TIS 676, Thomas H. Troeger)
** All creatures of our God and King (TIS 100 + AHB 3) (Ch4 147)
** All praise to Thee, my God, this night (TIS 558 + AHB 468) (BOP 822)
     (Ch4 223) (UMH 682)
Amazing love (P&W 592/SCE 370/SOF 398, Graham Kendrick)
* As a chalice cast of gold (TIS 476, Thomas H. Troeger) (VU 505)
As we gather at Your Table (TFWS 2268)
Awake, awake: fling off the night! (AHB 412)
Baptised in water (TFWS 2248)
Before I take the Body of my Lord [Communion]
Bind us together, Lord bind us together (ATA 174)
** Bread of the world in mercy broken (TIS 512 + AHB 437) (NCH 346)
     (UMH 624) (VU 461) [Communion]
* Brother, sister, let me serve you (TIS 650 + SA 14)
Brother, sister, let me serve you (TIS 650 + SA 14, The Servant Song)
     (SIS 256/AOV[2] 169/SOF 54, Gillard)
* Children of God, lift hearts to one another (NCH 533)
** Come, bringing hope into a world of fear (Ch4 257, John L. Bell)
Come down, O Love divine (TIS 398 + AHB 310)
Come, ever blessed Spirit, come
Deep in our hearts (More Voices 154)
Eternal Christ, You rule keeping company with pain (NCH 302, Dan Damon)
* Every way excellent! (DMAC, David MacGregor) [kids]
Faith, hope and love (ATO 376/AOVK 28, Watts) [kid-friendly]
* Filled with the Spirit's power, with one accord (TIS 411 + AHB 328)
** For everyone born, a place at the Table (Ch4 685, Shirley E. Murray)
     [Communion]
** Forgive our sins, as we forgive (TIS 635 + AHB 564) (Ch4 486) (UMH 390)
God forgave my sin in Jesus' name (BOP 774, Carol Owens 'Freely, Freely')
God has spoken to his people, alleluia (TIS 636 + SA 39, Willard F. Jabusch)
God has spoken to his people: Hallelujah! (TIS 636 + Willard F. Jabusch)
God is love, and where true love is
** God is love: His the care (Ch4 193)
God loves you (and I love you) (GGIVES 1, anon.) [kids]
God made from one blood (TFWS 2170)
God who touchest earth with beauty
Great work has God begun in You (NCH 353, Carol Birkland)
Healer of our every ill (TFWS 2213)
Heart and heart unite together (AHB 363) [Bithynia]
* Help us accept each other (TIS 648, Fred H. Kaan) (UMH 560)
Help us to help each other, Lord (AHB 365)
Jesus, united by thy grace (AHB 365)
** Here in this place new light is streaming (TIS 474, Marty Haugen) (Ch4 623)
     (TFWS 2236)
Holy, Holy (TFWS 2039)    
Hope of the world (UMH 178)
I want a principle within (UMH 410)
I will make life a psalm for You (Song 669, Ted Sandquist)
If there be any love between us (SOF 187, Pete & Dai Roe)
In through the veil now we enter (SOF 222, Bruce Clewett)
I've got peace like a river (TFWS 2145)    
** Jesus loves me, this I know (TIS 229 + AHB 166) (Ch4 563,564)
Jesus, my Lord, let me be near you (TIS 656 + SA 54)
Jesus, take me as I am (SIS 318/SCE 297/SOF 305, Bryant)
Let our praise to you be as incense (SIS 350/SOF 326, Brent Chambers)
Let there be love (SIS 322/SCE 317//SOF 329, Dave Bilbrough)
Let there be peace on earth (UMH 431)
Let us put on the clothes of Christ (Seasons 1, Hesla)
Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim (TIS 351 + AHB 271)
Little children, forgive one another (Covenant 107, Rick Ridings)
Lord, be thy word my rule
Lord Jesus, think on me (TIS 546 + AHB 122)
** Lord, make us servants of Your peace (Ch4 527, James Quinn)
* Lord Christ, we praise your sacrifice (TIS 251 + SA 60)
* Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (TIS 217 + AHB 148) (UMH 384)
Love one another (ATA 177, Robin Mann) [kid-friendly]
* Loving Spirit, loving Spirit (TIS 417, Shirley E. Murray) (TFWS 2123)
** Make me a channel of your peace (TIS 607 + SA 66) (Ch4 528) (TFWS 2171)
May the fragrance (SCE 352, Graham Kendrick)
** May the mind of Christ my Saviour (TIS 609 + AHB 537)
More like You (TFWS 2167)    
My Jesus, my Saviour (TIS 738, Darlene Zschech 'Shout to the Lord')
     (P&W 730/SCE 367)
Now to him who loved us gave us (TIS 771 + AHB 576)
O Holy Spirit, enter in (TIS 400)
O for a closer walk with God (TIS 576 + AHB 488)
O how He loves you and me (TFWS 2108)
* O Jesus, King most wonderful (AHB 125) [Metzler]
O love, how deep, how broad, how high (TIS 194 + AHB 6)
* O Master, let me walk with thee (TIS 601 + AHB 522) (UMH 430)
On this day, the first of days (AHB 368) [Lubeck]
** Peace with the Father, peace with Christ the Son (TIS 466 + AHB 402,
     James Quinn)
Pure love (More Voices)
Risen Lord, whose name we cherish
Saviour, an offering costly and sweet (NCH 536)
Shout to the Lord (P&W 730/TIS 738/SCE 367, Darlene Zschech,
     "My Jesus, my Saviour ...")
* Singing, we gladly worship the Lord together (Ch4 257, John L. Bell)
Song of the body of Christ (AOV[1] 27/AOVK 102, Haas)
Spirit divine, attend our prayers (TIS 406 + AHB 377)
Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands (TIS 496 + AHB 417)
** Take my life, and let it be (TIS 599 + AHB 520) (UMH 399)
Teach me to dance (P&W 728/SCE 469, Thompson/Kendrick
** The Church is wherever God’s people are praising (Ch4 522, Carol R. Ikeler)
The fragrance of Christ (TFWS 2205)
The Gift of Love (UMH 408)
** The great love of God is revealed in the Son (TIS 164 + AHB 105,
   Daniel T. Niles)
The love of Jesus calls us
* The Servant Song (TIS 650 + SA 14, The Servant Song)
     (SIS 256/AOV[2] 169/SOF 54, Gillard)
The Spirit came, as promised
This is the Spirit’s entry now (UMH 608)
Walk in Love, Putting away ill will, Christian Relationships
* When the bonds of love are breaking (Ch4 690, Hermann G. Stuempfle)
When we walk with the Lord (AHB 531 'Trust and Obey') (SOF 605)
** Where charity and love prevail (TIS 434) (BOP 692) (UMH 549)
* Where love and loving-kindness dwell (AHB 95)
** Where there is charity and love (TIS 434, Richard Connolly) (Covenant 591)
Where true charity and love dwell (TIS 343) (BOP 692) (UMH 549)
Woke up this morning (TFWS 2082)
** Word of the Father, the life of creation (Ch4 634, Colin P. Thompson)


==/ John 6:35, 41-51 /==

[Jesus the Bread of Life]

* All go to God when they are sorely placed (TIS 240 + AHB 182)
All who hunger (TFWS 2126)
** Alleluia, sing to Jesus; His the sceptre, His the Throne
     (TIS 517 + AHB 439) (SOF 151) [Communion]
As we break the bread and drink the life of wine (AHB 449, Fred H. Kaan)
     [Communion]
Ask ye what great thing I know (UMH 163)
At the first coming of the Lord (TIS 10 + AHB 16)
** Author of life divine (TIS 506 + AHB 430)
* Be known to us in breaking bread (TIS 514 + AHB 435) [Communion]
* Become to us the Living Bread (UMH 630) [Communion]
Before the world begun
* Beloved and blessed (SCE[3] 1148, Stuart Townend)
* Bread is blessed and broken (TIS 707, John L. Bell/The Iona Community)
     [Communion]
Bread of heaven (ATE 267, Robin Mann) [Communion]
** Bread of heaven on Thee we feed (TIS 513 + AHB 434) (Ph 501) [Communion]
** Bread of heaven on You we feed (TIS 513 + AHB 434) (Ph 501) [Communion]
* Bread of life (DMAC, David MacGregor) [kids] [Communion]
Bread of life, broken and shared (More Voices 197) [Communion]
Bread of life, feed my soul (More Voices 194) [Communion]
Bread of Life, hope of the world [Communion]
** Bread of the world in mercy broken (TIS 512 + AHB 437) (NCH 346)
     (UMH 624) (VU 461) [Communion]
** Break now the bread of life (TIS 429 + AHB 334) (SOF 46) [Communion]
** Break Thou the bread of life (TIS 429 + AHB 334) (SOF 46) [Communion]
* Christ, enthroned in heavenly splendour (NCH 258)
Christ at table there with friends (NCH 227, Anabel S. Miller)
** Christ, be our light (ATO 313/AOV[2] 3, Bernadette Farrell)
Christ Jesus lay in death's strong hands (TIS 364 + AHB 283)
Christ is the heavenly food that gives (TIS 522 + AHB 445) [Communion]
Christ the Victorious, give to your servants
Come, labour on.  Who dares stand idle? (Ph 415)
Come, let us with our Lord arise (TIS 375 + AHB 297) [Communion]
Come, risen Lord, and deign to be our guest (TIS 524 + AHB 442) [Communion]
Come, sinners, to the Gospel feast (UMH 339) [Communion]
Come, ye disconsolate, where’er ye languish (UMH 510)
Completed, Lord, the Holy Mysteries [Communion]
** Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness (BOP 533) (UMH 612) [Schmucke Dich]
Draw near and take the Body of the Lord (TIS 498, 7th Century) [Communion]
Draw nigh and take the Body of the Lord (TIS 498, 7th Century) [Communion]
Draw us in the Spirit's tether (UMH 631, Percy Dearmer)
** Eat this bread, drink this cup (TIS 714 + SA 29, Jacques Bertier/
     Taizé Chant) (BOP 527) (Ch4 661) (Common Ground 31) (ATE 270)
     (CH 414) (UMH 628) [Communion]
Falling on my knees (SCE[2] 753/Vineyard, Scott, "Hungry I come to You ...")
** Father most loving, listen to Your children (Ch4 657, James Quinn)
Feed us now, bread of life (ATN 79/TIS 538/AOV[2] 93, Robin Mann) [Communion]
* Father, we give you thanks, who planted (TIS 495 + AHB 416)
* Father, we thank thee, who hast planted (TIS 495 + AHB 416)
* Fill my cup, Lord, I lift it up, Lord (UMH 641, Richard Blanchard)
Fill Thou my life, O Lord my God (TIS 596 + AHB 515)
** Fold to your heart your sister and your brother (TIS 587 + AHB 503)
For the bread which you have broken [Communion]
For this is the will of my Father (P&W 306)
* Gather us in (TIS 474, Mary Haugen, “Here in this place…”) (TFWS 2236)
Give to the winds thy fears
God give us life
God the Sculptor of the mountains (TFWS 2060)
God, Your glory we have seen in Your son (TIS 461 + AHB 395)
God's Son came to bless us (TIS 197)
* Graced with garments of great gladness (NCH 334)
** Guide me, O my great Redeemer (TIS 569 + AHB 478) (SOF 144)
** Guide me, O thou great Jehovah (TIS 569 + AHB 478) (SOF 144)
** Hallelujah! sing to Jesus; His the sceptre, His the Throne
     (TIS 517 + AHB 439) (SOF 151) [Communion]
** Hallelujah! We sing Your praises (TIS 541, South African) (Ch4 674)
** Here I am, Lord (TIS 658, Daniel L. Schutte, "I, the Lord of sea and sky...")
   (ATE 296)
** Here in this place new light is streaming (TIS 474, Marty Haugen) (Ch4 623)
     (TFWS 2236)
Here, Lord, we take the broken bread (TIS 523 + AHB 446) [Communion]
Here now, O Lord, I see You face to face (TIS 516 + AHB 438) (Rejoice 362)
     (UMH 623)
* Holy, most holy Lamb of God (AHB 448, Daniel T. Niles)
Hope of the world (UMH 178)
How happy are thy servants, Lord (AHB 431) [Martyrdom]
How shall I sing to God (TIS 667, Brian A. Wren)
Hungry I come to You (SCE[2] 753/Vineyard, Scott 'Falling On My Knees')
** I am the bread of life (TIS 535, Fred Pratt Green) (ATA 167)
     (SIS 544/SOF 200) [Communion]
I heard the voice of Jesus say (TIS 585 + AHB 500)
I hunger and I thirst (BOP 198) [Quam Dilecta]
I know that my Redeemer (TIS 202 + AHB 299)
I know that my Redeemer lives (Ch4 423)
I Know whom I have believed (UMH 714)
** I, the Lord of sea and sky (TIS 658, Daniel L. Schutte 'Here I Am, Lord')
     (ATE 296)
In the quiet consecration
* In ways so abundant (DMAC, David MacGregor)
Jesus is Lord (SCE[3] 1367, Getty/Townend)
Jesus, joy of our desiring (UMH 644)
Jesus, name above all names (TFWS 2071)    
Jesus, priceless treasure
Jesus said ... take this bread (GGIVES3, Many Dyson) [kids] [Communion]
Jesus, the broken bread [Communion]
** Jesus the Lord said 'I am the bread' (TIS 239 + AHB 185, tr. Dermott Monahan)
     (ATE 236) (BOP 346) (NCH 48) [Communion]
** Jesus, Thou joy of loving hearts (TIS 499 + AHB 420) (BOP 366) (Ch4 662)
     (Ph 510-511) (SOF 292) (UMH 644) [Communion]
Jesus, we thus obey (TIS 508 + AHB 427)
** Just as I am, without one plea (TIS 584 + AHB 497) (Ch4 553)
     (NCH 207) (Ph 370)
* Let all mortal flesh keep silence (TIS 497 + AHB 418) (UMH 626)
* Let us break bread together with the Lord (TIS 511 + AHB 433,
     African-American) (UMH 618) [Communion]
** Let us talents and tongues employ (TIS 537 + SA 59, Frederik H. Kaan)
     [Communion]
Let's make ours all our Saviour's gifts and powers (Covenant 125, Colin McRae)
Life-Giving Bread (TFWS 2261) [Communion]
‘Lift up your hearts’: I hear the summons calling (Ch4 654)
* Light of the minds that know Him (BOP 355, Timothy Dudley-Smith)
Light of the world (TFWS 2204)
** Longing for light, we wait in darkness (ATO 313/AOV[2] 3, Bernadette Farrell)
Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour (BOP 541) [St. Osmund]
** Lord Jesus, joy of loving hearts (TIS 499 + AHB 420) (BOP 366) (Ch4 662)
     (Ph 510-511) (SOF 292) (UMH 644) [Communion]
* Lord enthroned in heavenly splendour (TIS 520 + AHB 441)
Lord, speak to me, that I may speak
* Men go to God when they are sorely placed (TIS 240 + AHB 182)
* Miracle God (DMAC, David MacGregor)
* More than anything (DMAC, David MacGregor)       
Mothering God, You gave me birth (TFWS 2050)
My God, and is thy table spread (TIS 510 + AHB 432) [Communion]
My God, Your table now is spread (TIS 510 + AHB 432) [Communion]
* Nothing deeper (DMAC, David MacGregor)
Now, my tongue, the mystery telling (AHB 422) [Communion]
* O Bread of life, for all things breaking (NCH 333, Timothy T. Lew) [Communion]
** O brother man, fold to thy heart thy brother (TIS 587 + AHB 503)
O Christ, you wept when grief was raw
O Christian, love your sister and your brother (TIS 587 + AHB 503)
* "O come to me, you weary, and I will give you rest" (NCH 484)
O day of rest and gladness
O food of men wayfaring [Communion]
* O food to pilgrims given (UMH 630)
O God, unseen, yet ever near
** O Jesus, joy of loving hearts (TIS 499 + AHB 420) (BOP 366) (Ch4 662)
     (Ph 510-511) (SOF 292) (UMH 644) [Communion]
** O let the Son of God enfold you (TIS 655, John Wimber, 1934-1997
     'Spirit Song') (P&W 477/SCE 392)
O the depth of love divine (UMH 627)
Of the glorious body telling (AHB 422)
One bread, one body (AOV[1] 129/various, Foley) [Communion]
Only by grace (SCE 408, Daniel L. Schutte)
People draw near to God in their distress
Put all your trust in God (TIS 555 + AHB 464)
** Real food, real drink (AT 393, Robin Mann) [Communion]
Revive Your work, O Lord (BOP 284) [Carlisle]
** Robe yourself, my soul, with gladness (TIS 503 + AHB 424) (UMH 612)
* Seek ye first the Kingdom of God (TIS 745, Karen Lafferty) (VU 356)
Shepherd of souls, refresh and bless
* Sing my tongue the glorious battle (TIS 331 + AHB 249) (Ch4 398)
Sing we of the Blessed Mother
"Somos pueblo que camina" (NCH 340, ‘We are people on a journey’)
** Soul, array thyself with gladness (BOP 533) (UMH 612) [Schmucke Dich]
** Source and Sovereign, Rock and Cloud (Thomas H. Troeger)
* Speak, Lord, in the stillness (BOP 442, Emily M. Crawford)
Spirit Song (TIS 655, John Wimber, "O let the Son of God enfold you ...",
     1934-1997) (P&W 477/SCE 392)
The Bread of angels (ATW 474, Robin Mann, "You're like the sun...") [Communion]
The Bread of Life for all is broken (UMH 633) [Communion]
The Lamb's high banquet called to share (AHB 419, anon. Latin 6th century)
The king of love my shepherd is (TIS 145 + AHB 81)
The Lily of the Valley (TFWS 2062)
* Thee, we adore, O hidden Saviour, Thee (TIS 500 + AHB 421)
** There's a spirit in the air (TIS 414, Brian A. Wren) (NCH 294)
This is the truth we hold (TIS 469, Basil E. Bridge)
Time now to gather (TFWS 2265)
To seek your face (SCE 129, John Wimber)
Tomorrow Christ is coming (BOP 131, Fred H. Kaan)
Very Bread, good Shepherd, tend us
We are people on a journey (NCH 340, "Somos pueblo que camina")
We come as guests invited
We the Lord's people, heart and voice uniting
* We turn to God when we are sorely pressed (TIS 240 + AHB 182)
* You satisfy the hungry heart (AHB 539) (UMH 629) [Ayrshire]
You who are thirsty (TFWS 2132)
You're like the sun that warms me (ATW 474, Robin Mann 'The Bread of Angels')
     [Communion]


===[ FEATURED HYMN from hymnsite.com ]===

‘ASK YE WHAT GREAT THING I KNOW’

Words by Johann C. Schwedler
Music by H.A. Cesar Malan
Harmony by Lowell Mason
Tune name: HENDON

   Two rather unorthodox preachers are responsible for the tune and text of this Hymn.
   Schwedler (1672-1730) was unorthodox in his preaching. He often held worship services 
from six in the morning until two or three in the afternoon, preaching to relays of worshippers 
throughout the day who in succession filled the church in Niederwise.
   He wrote more than 500 hymns whose principal themes were the Grace of God 
through Christ and the joyful confidence given to believers in Christ.
   Abraham Cesar Malan (1787- 1864) was unorthodox in where he preached. 
His fervent evangelical style was popular but his sermons’ stinging criticism 
of the spiritual apathy and empty rituals of the Reformed Church were not. 
He was forced to resign. So he built a chapel in his own garden and preached there for 43 years.
   Malan wrote more than 1,000 hymns and set tunes to each of them -- a remarkable feat.
   “Ask Ye What Great Things I Know” was first published in an American hymnal in 1869. 
It did not enter a Methodist hymnal, however, until 1935. For an unusual effect sing this hymn 
antiphonally where the repeated refrain “Jesus Christ the crucified” is sung as a choral 
or congregational response to a solo voice asking the questions of each stanza.
   (Contributed by Rev. Linda K. Morgan-Clark)

1. Ask ye what great thing I know,
   that delights and stirs me so?
   What the high reward I win?
   Whose the name I glory in?
   Jesus Christ, the crucified.

2. Who defeats my fiercest foes?
   Who consoles my saddest woes?
   Who revives my fainting heart,
   healing all its hidden smart?
   Jesus Christ, the crucified.

3. Who is life in life to me?
   Who the death of death will be?
   Who will place me on his right,
   with the countless hosts of light?
   Jesus Christ, the crucified.

4. This is that great thing I know;
   this delights and stirs me so:
   faith in him who died to save,
   him who triumphed o'er the grave:
   Jesus Christ, the crucified.

   God bless you--
   Lection@HymnSite.com