Sunday 3 May 2015

5th Sunday of Easter (Year B)

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

Acts 8: 26-40

Christ, our King before creation (StF 318)
Help us, O Lord, to learn (StF 501)
Let him to whom we now belong (StF 557)
Lord, your church on earth is seeking (StF 410)

Psalm 22: 25-31

Hymns echoing the psalmist's theme

At the name of Jesus (StF 317)
Crown him with many crowns (StF 347)
I, the Lord of sea and sky (StF 663)

1 John 4: 7-21

Jesus, stand among us (StF 30)
Let love be real, in giving and receiving (StF 615)
Let us build a house where love can dwell (StF 409)
Thou God of truth and love (StF 620)

John 15: 1-8

All praise to our redeeming Lord (StF 608)
I am the bread, the bread of life (StF 587) (useful as a Communion hymn)
Like the murmur of the dove’s song (StF 389)
O blessed spring, where Word and sign (StF 617)
We pray until the hour (StF 741)
You are the vine (StF 258)