Hymn suggestions for Sunday 6 April 2025
5th Sunday in Lent / 1st Sunday of the Passion
The Methodist Church in Britain's Lent theme this year is Soul Food. Worship resources for each week of Lent follow the lectionary readings as below. They include specially selected hymns and songs from Singing the Faith and elsewhere, as well as an opening liturgy, prayer ideas and activities. The theme for Lent 5 is 'Soul Mates'.
Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading
Isaiah 43: 16-21
Come let us sing to the One (StF 2)
Everlasting God, the years go by but you’re unchanging (StF 46)
Lord for the years your love has kept and guided (StF 470)
Psalm 126
Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme
Give to me, Lord, a thankful heart (StF 520)
*King of Glory, King of Peace (StF 56)
Now thank we all our God (StF 81)
To God be the glory, great things he has done! (StF 94)
Philippians 3: 4b-14
All my hope on God is founded (StF 455)
And are we yet alive, and see each other’s face? (StF 456)
And can it be that I should gain? (StF 345)
Great God, your love has called us here (StF 499)
O love divine, what have you done! (StF 278)
Open, Lord, my inward ear (StF 450)
Out of the depths I cry to thee, Lord God! O hear my prayer! (StF 433)
Thou hidden source of calm repose (StF 366)
John 12: 1-8
All I once held dear, built my life upon (StF 489)
Beatitude (Blessed are the poor in spirit) (website only)
Blest are the pure in heart (StF 244)
Great God, your love has called us here (StF 499)
I will offer up my life (StF 446)
I will worship (I will worship) with all my heart (StF 54)
Just as I am, without one plea (StF 556)
*King of Glory, King of Peace (StF 56)
Take my life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to thee (StF 566)
Thou hidden source of calm repose (StF 366)
What shall I do my God to love, my loving God to praise? (StF 436)
What shall I do my God to love, my Saviour, and the world’s, to praise? (StF 516)
When I survey the wondrous cross (StF 287)
A prayer for unity
God of all,
Your dream for your people is that we may be one.
In this time of deep divides and damaging insecurity forgive us for the ways in which we have failed to show solidarity,
and failed to see beyond the identity-based fractures that can obscure the bonds of our common humanity.
Renew our commitment to the work of unity,
drawing hope from the promise of your limitless love which embraces all in true belonging.
We give thanks for the courage and commitment of all those witnessing to unity in the midst of fragmentation,
creating spaces for fellowship and accompaniment,
to sustain us on the journey.
Amen.
Dr Nicola Brady, General Secretary, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland
A prayer for gladness and peace - Alternative Prayer
Grant us, O God, to pass each day in gladness and peace, without stumbling and without stain, that reaching the eventide victorious over all temptation, we may again praise you, the eternal God, blessed over all things now and forever. Amen.
Mozarabic Sacramentary (10th century)