Sunday 31 May 2026
- General:
- Lectionary
Trinity Sunday
Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading.
Note that hymns 1 to 17 in Singing the Faith come under the heading The Nature and Mystery of God: the Holy Trinity.
Also see:
- Norman Goreham's trinitarian hymn Light we now our candle's flame (website only)
- Marco Adria’s New Doxology (website only)
- Clare Stainsby’s meditation on the “one endless Trinitarian God” Adonai (website only)
Genesis 1: 1 – 2: 4a
Angel voices ever singing (StF 39)
Beyond impossibility (website only)
For the beauty of the earth (StF 102)
God with us: Creator, Father (StF 8)
God in his love for us lent us this planet (StF 727)
God said world and the world span round (StF 105)
Hail! Holy, holy, holy Lord! (StF 9)
Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty! (StF 11)
Into a world of dark, waste and disordered space (StF 387)
Light we now our candle's flame (website only)
Lord of the boundless curves of space (StF 111)
Now thank we all our God (StF 81)
O Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder (StF 82)
Praise the Lord who reigns above (StF 85)
The God of Abraham praise (StF 91)
Today I awake (StF 139)
Psalm 8
Hymns echoing the psalmist’s theme
As the glory of creation (StF 725)
God eternal, timeless moment (website only)
I sing the almighty power of God (StF 107)
Lord, the light of your love is shining (StF 59)
Tell me who made all of creation (StF 118)
2 Corinthians 13: 11-13
God, whose almighty word (StF 106)
Jesus, Lord, we look to thee (StF 686)
Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us (StF 238)
Make me a channel of your peace (StF 707)
Now let us from this table rise renewed in body, mind and soul (StF 596)
O Holy spirit, Lord of grace (StF 392)
We believe in God the Father (StF 764)
Matthew 28: 16-20
Born in song! (StF 21)
Fear not, for I am with you (website only)
God has spoken – by his prophets (StF 157)
God's spirit is in my heart (StF 404)
God, whose love is all around us (StF 585)
Go to the world! Go into all the earth (StF 402)
Holy Spirit, come, confirm us (StF 382)
I, the Lord of sea and sky (StF 663)
Teach me to dance to the beat of your heart (StF 477)
Thuma mina (Send me, Lord) (StF 782)
Within God's hands (Dark clouds may come) (website only)
A prayer for the ushering in of God's kingdom
Hope does not disappoint: Spes non confundit (Romans 5:5)
Let us pray for all
Pilgrims of Hope
What do we sing?
Alleluia!
When do we sing it?
Beaten
Fastened to the stocks
Yet, singing hymns to God at midnight (Acts 16:22)
Thank God we arrived here
But the door is firmly shut
And we are at the end of our tether
Jesus Christ, you proclaimed
The jubilee year of the Lord
Liberty to the oppressed (Luke 4:18-20)
You said you are the door (John 10:9-16)
We rejoice and sing for joy as
A door shall be opened to the excluded (Luke 6:22)
You blessed the poor of the earth
Bring it on, Lord: an earthquake
Shaking the foundations
And ushering in your kingdom
When do we want it?
Now(!) and forever. Amen.
Reynaldo Ferreira Leão Neto (Léo), General Secretary, World Methodist Council
A prayer that we may live to God's glory - Alternative Prayer
Be a light, O Lord, to our eyes, music to our ears and contentment to our heart. Be sunlight in our day, food at our table and rest in our night. Receive into your protection our body and our soul, our freedom and our life. Being about your business let us live to your glory. Amen.
John Cosin (1594-1672)