Wednesday 31 December 2025
- General:
- Lectionary
New Year's Eve / New Year's Day
See also Hymns for Covenant and Renewal
General
Captain of Israel's host (StF 459)
Carol of Peace website only
Sing to the great Jehovah's praise (StF 127)
This, this is the God we adore (StF 67)
Hymns marked with an asterisk (*) are suggested for more than one reading
Ecclesiastes 3: 1-13
Come, let us sing to the One (StF 2)
For the beauty of the earth (StF 102)
God moves in a mysterious way (StF 104)
Sing of a God in majestic divinity (StF 13)
There is no moment of my life (StF 482)
When we are living, we are in the Lord (StF 485)
OR
Deuteronomy 8: 1-20
Christ our Redeemer knew temptation's hour (StF 235)
Come, divine Interpreter (StF 154)
Guide me, O thou great Jehovah (StF 465)
O God of Bethel, by whose hand thy people still are fed (StF 475)
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven (StF 83)
Seek ye first the kingdom of God (StF 254)
Psalm 8
Hymn echoing psalmist’s theme
From heaven you came, helpless babe (StF 272)
God in his love for us lent us this planet (StF 727)
How shall I sing that majesty? (StF 53)
I sing the almighty power of God (StF 107)
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun (StF 328)
Let all the world in every corner sing (StF 57)
O Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder (StF 82)
O Lord, our Lord, throughout the earth (StF 112)
OR
Psalm 90
Come, let us anew our journey pursue (StF 460)
Lord of the boundless curves of space (StF 111)
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (StF 88)
O God, our help in ages past (StF 132)
Revelation 21: 1-6a
As with gladness men of old (StF 224) esp. v.4
For the healing of the nations (StF 696)
Going home, moving on (StF 734)
Great is our redeeming Lord (StF 683)
It came upon a midnight clear (StF 205)
Jesus, the First and Last (StF 329)
O God, you search me and you know me (StF 728)
Praise is rising, eyes are turning to you (StF 64)
The Church's one foundation (StF 690)
There is a new heaven; there is a new earth (StF 738)
Matthew 25: 31-46
A charge to keep I have (StF 658)
Brother, sister, let me serve you (StF 611)
Come, now, you blessed, eat at my table (StF 695)
Jesu, Jesu, fill us with your love (StF 249)
The Church of Christ, in every age (StF 415)
There are no strangers to God's love (StF 716)
There's a spirit in the air (StF 398)
We pray until that hour, that awesome hour unknown (StF 741)
When I needed a neighbour, were you there? (StF 256)
Where can we find you, Lord Jesus our Master? (StF 672)
Who can sound the depths of sorrow (StF 723)
Would you walk by on the other side? (StF 257)
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)