Thursday 2 April 2026
- General:
- Lectionary
Maundy Thursday
Exodus 12: 1-4 (5-10) 11-14
Sing, my tongue, the Saviour’s glory (StF 286)
Lord, enthroned in heavenly splendour (StF 593)
1 Corinthians 11: 23-26
As your family, Lord, see us here (StF 571)
Bread of life (StF 577)
God, whose love is all around us (StF 585)
Here is bread, here is wine (StF 586)
I am the bread, the bread of life (StF 587)
I come with joy, a child of God (StF 588)
Up to your table, Lord, you call us (StF 599)
When we eat this bread (StF 786)
John 13: 1-17, 31b-35
A new commandment, I give unto you (StF 242)
All the room was hushed and still (StF 266)
An Upper Room did our Lord prepare (StF 569)
Brother, sister, let me serve you (StF 611)
Dusty-footed, heavy-hearted (website only)
Great God, your love has called us here (StF 499)
Jesu, Jesu (StF 249)
What kind of love is this (StF 286)
A Prayer for an end to violence
Creator God, in Jesus you embrace all of our human condition. In him, you weep with us, lament with us and strive with us for a world of righteousness and justice. We grieve with communities, families and individuals in the beautiful city of London who are afflicted by violence, who mourn for those lost to its effects, and who yearn and cry out for a better future. Send your Holy Spirit afresh upon us we pray – make us channels of peace; renew in us Christ’s work of reconciliation; give us the wisdom to know what makes for healing, and to give our lives for it in his name. Inspire us to plant and to nurture your seeds of hope, that your grace might flow in abundance and all your children know the freedom which is your promise and your gift in Christ. Amen.
Jongikaya Zihle, former Chair, and Jonathan Dean, Chair, London District
Prayer of thanks for God's gifts - Alternative Prayer
Blessed be God, for the glory of a grace never ending, for the gift of a love never changing, for the depth of a peace never failing.
Isabella Wilson, Methodist class leader (1765-1807)