Sunday 7 January, 2024

Sunday after Epiphany and the         
1st in Ordinary Time (Baptism of Jesus)   

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

General

Be still and know that I am God (StF 18)
Be still for the presence of the Lord (StF 20)
God whose almighty word chaos and darkness heard (StF 106)
To be in your presence (StF 530)

Genesis 1: 1-5

Come, Holy Spirit, descend on us (StF 374)
Crashing waters at creation (StF 376)
Into a world of dark, waste and disordered space (StF 387)
Lord of the boundless curves of space (StF 111)
Morning has broken (StF 136)
She sits like a bird, brooding on the waters (StF 393)

Psalm 29

Hymns echoing the psalmist's theme

Dear Lord and Father of mankind (StF 495)
O worship the King, all-glorious above (StF 113)
Sing of a God in majestic divinity (StF 13)
We give immortal praise (StF 16)

Acts 19: 1-7

Come, Holy Spirit. Maranatha! (StF 23)
Come, O Lord, give us your Spirit (StF 759)
See how great a flame aspires (StF 412)
Spirit of God, unseen as the wind (StF 394)
Wind of God, dynamic Spirit (StF 400)

Mark 1: 4-11

Because you have said: 'Do this for my sake' (StF 574) (communion hymn)
For Moses’ fiery vision (website only)
Light out of darkness (website only)
Spirit of the living God (StF 395)
Spirit who broods (StF 396)
The prophet speaks from days gone by (website only)
There is a Redeemer (StF 338)
To the river I am going (StF 541)
When Jesus came to Jordan (StF 233)
We cannot bear the full light of your glory (website only)
Wild and lone the prophet's voice (StF 189