Hymn suggestions for Sunday 4 May 2025
3rd Sunday of Easter
The Methodist Church offers today as Vocations Sunday.
Worship resources have been prepared, including a sermon. They follow today's lectionary, in particular the conversion of Saul (Paul) in the book of Acts and Jesus' post-resurrection conversation with his disciple Peter recorded in the Gospel of John.
All resources are available in English and Welsh.
This Sunday is also marked as Christ the Worker Sunday, an annual celebration organised by Kent Workplace Mission (KWM). Coming close by International Workers' Day (Labour Day) on 1 May, and also reflecting the Roman Catholic focus on Joseph the Worker at the start of May, KWM's resources help us think about all in the world of work, and those who are unemployed.
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)
He came to earth, to be served (StF 445)
I am a new creation (StF 553)
Lord, I come to you (StF 471)
Open, Lord, my inward ear (StF 450)
Pay heed to the people you meet on the journey (website only)
When I was lost you came and rescued me (StF 367)
*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)
You give rest to the weary (StF 657)
Revelation 5: 11-14
All heaven declares the glory of the risen Lord (StF 293)
Come, let us join our cheerful songs (StF 743)
From the highest of the heights (StF 48)
Hail, thou once despised Jesus (StF 301)
*How shall I sing that majesty? (StF 53)
In this house all people will be welcome (website only)
Jesus shall take the highest honour (StF 356)
Let heaven and earth agree (StF 358)
John 21: 1-19
As dawn awakes another day (StF 659)
Be known to us in breaking bread (StF 573)
Be still, for the presence of the Lord (StF 20)
Break thou the bread of life (StF 153)
Come with me, come wander (StF 462)
Jesus calls us! O’er the tumult (StF 250)
Lord, you call us to your service (StF 664)
O the bitter shame and sorrow (StF 432)
Thine be the glory (StF 313)
*Will you come and follow me if I but call your name? (StF 673)
A prayer for the Church to bring hope
Among our worries or despair,
you are there.
Among those who are anxious or frail,
you are there.
In the times when we care,
you are there,
and in the times when we fail,
you are there.
In our calling,
open our minds and our hearts to your ways,
so that we may know how to help those in distress.
Enable your Church to be a voice that can be heard,
a people who bring hope to those who feel hopeless,
and to have the courage to face challenges together,
by the power of your Spirit,
Amen.
Ann Fox, superintendent presbyter, Tadcaster Circuit
A prayer for our suffering - Alternative Prayer
Look with divine pity, O God, on the pains of your whole family, and let the passion of Christ and his infinite love make fruitful for good the tribulations of the innocent, the sufferings of the sick, and the sorrowing of the bereaved. Amen.
A French prayer (1915)