Sunday 27 December, 2015

1st Sunday of Christmas

Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading

1 Samuel 2:18-20, 26

Here am I, Lord, I've come to do your will (StF 552)
Jesus, all for Jesus; all I am and have and ever hope to be (StF 555)
O Jesus, I have promised to serve you to the end (StF 563)
Take my life, and let it be consecrated, Lord, to thee (StF 566)
Take, oh take me as I am (StF 781)

Psalm 148

Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme

Angels, from the realms of glory (StF 190)
King of Glory, King of peace (StF 56)
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven (StF 83)

Colossians 3:12-17

Jesus, be the centre (StF 447)
Let earth and heaven combine (StF 208)
May the love of the Lord rest upon your soul (StF 771)
May the mind of Christ my Saviour live in me from day to day (StF 504)
O God, what offering shall I give? (StF 562)

Luke 2:41-52

Come, Lord, to our souls come down (StF 493)
Help us, O Lord, to learn the truths your word imparts (StF 501)
Let my Saviour sleep (website only)
Love laid bare (website only)
Remembering Mary (website only)
Take, oh take me as I am (StF 781)
What shall I do my God to love (StF 516)