Sunday 15 March 2026
- General:
- Lectionary
4th Sunday in Lent
Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading
1 Samuel 16: 1-13
All glory, laud, and honour (StF 262)
God has spoken – by his prophets (StF 157)
Hail to the Lord’s Anointed (StF 228)
Thuma mina (Send me, Lord) (StF 782)
When the music fades, all is stripped away (StF 437)
Psalm 23
Hymns that echo the psalmist’s theme
Abide with me; fast falls the eventide (StF 141)
Guide me, O thou great Jehovah (StF 465)
In heavenly love abiding (StF 736)
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation! (StF 88)
The King of love my shepherd is (StF 479)
The Lord’s my shepherd, I'll not want (StF 480)
The Lord’s my shepherd, I'll not want (StF 481) (Stuart Townend ver.)
Ephesians 5: 8-14
Breathe on me, Breath of God (StF 370)
Food to pilgrims given (StF 584)
"I have a dream", a man once said (website only)
Jesus comes with all his grace (StF 326)
Jesus you ask that we forgive (website only)
Lord, the light of your love is shining (StF 59)
Love divine, all loves excelling (StF 503)
O Christ, the healer, we have come (StF 653)
Spirit who broods, Spirit who sings (StF 396)
We are marching in the light of God (StF 483)
When our views are varied (website only)
With gladness we worship, rejoice as we sing (StF 17)
John 9: 1-41
Amazing Grace – how sweet the sound (StF 440)
Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart (StF 545)
Christ, whose glory fills the skies (StF 134)
Come, Lord, to our souls come down (StF 493)
Eat this bread and never hunger (StF 582)
I am not skilled to understand (StF 349)
I heard the voice of Jesus say (StF 248)
Just as I am, without one plea (StF 556)
On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry (StF 182)
A prayer for an end to violence
We pray for people around the world
Oh Bethlehem, house of bread,
under your skies the angels sang their song and in your humble surroundings the Creator’s life on earth began.
Oh Bethlehem’s child, Prince of Peace,
fill the world, we pray, with a hunger for justice that deep and lasting peace may come to the land of your birth.
Oh Jerusalem, city of God,
Outside these walls your divine hands were pierced, eternity held its breath as you were laid to rest in a borrowed tomb.
Oh Jerusalem, witness to your Resurrection,
we pray that new life may triumph over destruction, fear, violence, oppression and death, and radiate from these streets to the whole world.
In the name of the incarnate, crucified and risen God, Amen.
David Hardman, Methodist Liaison Officer, Jerusalem
A prayer for wisdom and strength - Alternative Prayer
Each day and each night, may the wisdom of the Wonderful Counsellor guide us, the strength of the Mighty God defend us, the love of the Everlasting Father enfold us and the blessing of the Prince of Peace rest upon us. Amen.
Based on Isaiah of Jerusalem (eighth century BC)