Hymn suggestions for Sunday 1 June 2025
- General:
- Lectionary
7th Sunday of Easter
Sunday in Ascensiontide
The readings for Ascension Day may also be used and hymns have been suggested for those readings – see under Ascension Day (29 May).
Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading
Acts 16: 16-34
And can it be that I should gain an interest in the Saviour’s blood? (StF 345)
Come sinners to the gospel feast (StF 401)
*Go to the world! Go into all the earth (StF 402)
Great is the darkness that covers the earth (StF 405)
I am a new creation (StF 553)
In this house all people will be welcome (website only)
Sing for God’s glory that colours the dawn of creation (StF 116)
When I was lost, you came and rescued me (StF 367)
Psalm 97
Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme
All heaven declares the glory of the risen Lord (StF 293)
For the music of creation (StF 74)
God is love: let heaven adore him (StF 103)
Revelation 22: 12-14, 16-17, 20-21
Alleluia! Sing to Jesus (StF 568)
Crown him with many crowns (StF 347)
I’ll praise my Maker while I’ve breath (StF 79)
Of the Father’s love begotten (StF 181)
Rejoice, the Lord is King! (StF 335)
The splendour of the King (StF 15)
John 17: 20-26
As your family, Lord, see us here (StF 571)
Because the Saviour prayed that we be one (StF 675)
Be known to us in breaking bread (StF 573)
Best of all is God is with us (StF 610)
Christ is the world’s light, Christ and none other (StF 346)
*Go to the world! Go into all the earth (StF 402)
O blessed spring, where Word and sign (StF 617)
One is the body and one is the Head (StF 688)
You call us, as you called the Twelve (website only)
You call us out to praise you (website only)
A prayer for the desire to pray
Prayer is a cry in the dark,
a child’s longing for home,
and a hollowed soul’s seeking of fulfilment.
Prayer is a two-fingered salute
to the hopeless cynicism of endless false promises
and a bunting-waving celebration of love in action.
Prayer is a sacred space,
found in the midst of the unholiest of battlegrounds
and in the desolation of loss.
Prayer is a memory
of long lost conversations with wise elders
and an exuberance of youthful anticipation.
Prayer is a shared longing,
a whispered dream
and an open conversation.
Prayer is a revolutionary act
It is hope in despair
And a grace-filled weaving of love’s intent.
May God bless us with the desire to pray, that we might better act, for the sake of all. Amen.
Michaela Youngson, Assistant Secretary of the Conference
A prayer of thanks for God's goodness - Alternative Prayer
Holy and gracious God, by way of creation, you have brought us into being. By way of the cross, you have brought us into your kingdom. By way of the resurrection you have restored us to life.
Macrina, deaconess and teacher (c. 329-379)