Sunday 29 April, 2018

5^th Sunday of Easter

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

General

Come, let us sing of a wonderful love (StF 443)
Where shall my wondering soul begin?  (StF 454) The Wesleys' conversion hymn

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)
Man of sorrows! What a name (StF 361)
See the Lamb of God (StF 281)

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)