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Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing
Author: Cyril A. Alington, 1872-1955 Hymnal: Voices United #169 (1996) Meter: 8.8.8 with alleluia Topics: The Christian Year Easter; Christian Year Easter; Evangelism (Good News); Good News, Gospel; Hallelujah; Jesus Christ Lord of Life; Jesus Christ name; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Jesus Christ Saviour; Music and Singing; Resurrection; Unity; Victory; Easter 1 Year A; Easter 3 Year A; Proper 7 Year A; Proper 28 Year A; Easter 2 Year B; Easter 3 Year B; Easter 1 Year C Lyrics: 1 Good Christians all, rejoice and sing!
Now is the triumph of our King!
To all the world glad news we bring:
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
2 The Lord of life is risen today!
Bring flowers of song, bedeck the way;
let every tongue rejoice and say:
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
3 Praise we in songs of victory
that love, that life which cannot die,
and sing with hearts uplifted high:
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah!
4 Your name we bless, O risen Lord,
and sing today with one accord
the life laid down, the life restored:
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah! Languages: English Tune Title: VULPIUS (GELOBT SEI GOTT)
Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing
Crown Him with Many Crowns
Author: Godfrey Thring; Matthew Bridges Hymnal: Voices United #211 (1996) Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Topics: The Christian Year Reign of Christ; Adoration and Praise; Christian Year Passion/Palm Sunday; Christian Year Holy Week; Christian Year Ascension; Christian Year Christ the King/Reign of Christ; Eternal Life; Heaven(s)/Paradise; Jesus Christ Adoration and Praise; Jesus Christ Ascension and Reign; Jesus Christ Atonement; Jesus Christ Creator; Jesus Christ Exaltation; Jesus Christ Images of; Jesus Christ Kingship, Conqueror; Jesus Christ Lamb of God; Jesus Christ Lord of Life; Jesus Christ Praise; Jesus Christ Reign; Jesus Christ Saviour; Jesus Christ Second Coming; Life; Music and Singing; New Creation; Peace (World); Processionals (Opening of Worship); Recessionals; Redemption; Saints; Salvation; Second Coming; Testimony; Time; Victory; Worship; Easter 1 Year A; Easter 2 Year A; Ascension Year A; Easter 7 Year A; Proper 19 Year A; All Saints Year A; Reign of Christ Year A; Easter 6 Year B; Ascension Year B; Easter 7 Year B; Proper 22 Year B; Reign of Christ Year B; Easter 4 Year C; Ascension Year C; Reign of Christ Year C Lyrics: 1 Crown him with many crowns,
the Lamb upon his throne;
hark! how the heavenly anthem drowns
all music but its own!
Awake, my soul, and sing
of him who died for thee,
and hail him as thy matchless King
through all eternity.
2 Crown him the Lord of life,
who triumphed o'er the grave,
and rose victorious in the strife
for those he came to save.
His glories now we sing,
who died and rose on high,
who died eternal life to bring,
and lives that death may die.
3 Crown him the Lord of peace,
whose power a sceptre sways
from pole to pole, that wars may cease,
absorbed in prayer and praise.
His reign shall know no end;
and round his piercèd feet
fair flowers of Paradise extend
their fragrance ever sweet.
4 Crown him the Lord of love;
behold his hands and side,
rich wounds yet visible above,
in beauty glorified.
All hail, Redeemer, hail!
for thou hast died for me:
thy praise shall never, never fail
throughout eternity. Languages: English Tune Title: DIADEMATA
Crown Him with Many Crowns
Behold the Face of Christ
Author: Bernadette Farrell Hymnal: More Voices #114 (2007) Topics: Word; Christian Year Advent; Christian Year New Year; Christian Year Lent; Christian Year Holy Week; Christian Year Easter; Christian Year Reign of Christ; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Justice; Service Music Confession; Service Music Assurance; Service Music Prayer For Illumination / Scripture Response; Service Music Response / Affirmation Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46 Languages: English Tune Title: [Behold the face of Christ]
Behold the Face of Christ
Ah, Holy Jesus
Author: Robert Seymour Bridges; Johann H. Heermann Hymnal: Voices United #138 (1996) Meter: 11.11.11.5 Topics: The Christian Year Holy Week; Adoration and Praise; Christian Year Lent; Christian Year Holy Week; Commitment; Confession; Grace; Gratitude; Jesus Christ Adoration and Praise; Jesus Christ Atonement; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Jesus Christ Love of; Jesus Christ Passion; Jesus Christ Saviour; Jesus Christ Shepherd; Kindness; Penitence; Sacrifice; Salvation; Sin; Christmas 1 Year A; Palm/Passion Sunday Year A; Proper 21 Year A; Lent 1 Year B; Lent 5 Year B; Palm/Passion Sunday Year B; Holy Thursday Year B; Good Friday Year B; Proper 14 Year B; Palm/Passion Sunday Year C; Holy Thursday Year C; Good Friday Year C; Ash Wednesday Year ABC; Holy thursday Year ABC; Good Friday Year ABC First Line: Ah, holy Jesus, how have you offended Lyrics: 1 Ah, holy Jesus, how have you offended,
that we to judge you have in hate pretended?
By foes derided, by your own rejected,
O most afflicted.
2 Who was the guilty? Who brought this upon you?
Alas, my treason, Jesus, has undone you;
yes, I, Lord Jesus, I it was denied you;
I crucified you.
3 Lo, the good shepherd for the sheep is offered;
the slave is guilty, yet the Son has suffered;
for our atonement, we nothing heeded,
God interceded.
4 For me, kind Jesus, was your incarnation,
your mortal sorrow, and your life's oblation,
your death of anguish and your bitter passion,
for my salvation.
5 Therefore, kind Jesus, since I cannot pay you,
I do adore you, and will ever pray you,
think on your pity and your love unswerving,
not my deserving. Languages: English Tune Title: HERZLIEBSTER JESU
Ah, Holy Jesus
My Song Is Love Unknown
Author: Samuel Crossman Hymnal: Voices United #143 (1996) Meter: 6.6.12.4.4.8 Topics: The Christian Year Holy Week; Christian Year Passion/Palm Sunday; Christian Year Holy Week; God Love; Hosanna; Jesus Christ Cross; Jesus Christ Friend; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Jesus Christ Love of; Jesus Christ Passion; Jesus Christ Saviour; Jesus Christ Signs and Wonders; Love; Music and Singing; Sacrifice; Salvation; Palm/Passion Sunday Year A; Easter 6 Year A; Proper 22 Year A; Lent 1 Year B; Lent 5 Year B; Palm/Passion Sunday Year B; Good Friday Year B; Easter 3 Year B; Palm/Passion Sunday Year C; Good Friday Year C; Easter 3 Year C; Good Friday Year ABC Lyrics: 1 My song is love unknown,
my Saviour’s love to me,
love to the loveless shown that they might lovely be.
O who am I
that for my sake
my Lord should take frail flesh, and die?
2 He came from his blest throne
salvation to bestow,
but people scorned, and none the longed-for Christ would know.
But O my Friend,
my Friend indeed,
who at my need his life did spend.
3 Sometimes they strew his way,
and his sweet praises sing,
resounding all the day hosannas to their King.
Then “Crucify!”
is all their breath,
and for his death they thirst and cry.
4 Here might I stay and sing,
no story so divine;
never was love, dear King, never was grief like thine!
This is my friend,
in whose sweet praise
I all my days could gladly spend. Languages: English Tune Title: LOVE UNKNOWN
My Song Is Love Unknown
Lift High the Cross
Author: George William Kitchin; Michael Robert Newbolt Hymnal: Voices United #151 (1996) Meter: 10.10.10.10 Topics: The Christian Year Holy Week; Adoration and Praise; Angels; Choruses and Refrains; Christian Year Passion/Palm Sunday; Commitment; Confirmation; Discipleship and Service; Jesus Christ Cross; Jesus Christ Guide and Leader; Jesus Christ High Priest; Jesus Christ Kingship, Conqueror; Jesus Christ Lamb of God; Jesus Christ name; Jesus Christ Reign; Jesus Christ Saviour; Kingdom of God; Music and Singing; New Creation; Opening Hymns; Peace (World); Processionals (Opening of Worship); Proclamation; Recessionals; Testimony; Unity; Victory; Vocation; Warfare (Spiritual); Worship; Zeal; Lent 2 Year A; Palm/Passion Sunday Year A; Lent 4 Year B; Trinity Sunday Year B; Proper 19 Year B; Easter 4 Year C First Line: Come, Christians, follow where your Saviour trod Refrain First Line: Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim Lyrics: [Refrain:]
Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim
till all the world adore his sacred name.
1 Come, Christians, follow where our Saviour trod,
the Lamb victorious, Christ the Son of God. [Refrain]
2 Led on their way by this triumphant sign,
the hosts of God in conquering ranks combine. [Refrain]
3 Each newborn servant of the Crucified
bears on the brow the seal of him who died. [Refrain]
4 Saviour, once lifted on the glorious tree,
your death has brought us life eternally. [Refrain]
5 So shall our song of triumph ever be
praise to the Crucified for victory. [Refrain]
Languages: English Tune Title: CRUCIFER
Lift High the Cross
Christ Is Alive
Author: Brian Wren Hymnal: Voices United #158 (1996) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Christian Year Easter; Christian Year Easter; Good News, Gospel; Healing; Jesus Christ Lord of Life; Jesus Christ Love of; Jesus Christ Reign; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Jesus Christ Second Coming; Jesus Christ Truth and Way; Joy; Justice; Love; Music and Singing; Opening Hymns; Praise; Race Relations; Second Coming; Social Concerns; Worship; Easter 1 Year A; Easter 4 Year A; Ascension Year B; Easter 1 Year C First Line: Christ is alive! Let Christians sing Lyrics: 1 Christ is alive! Let Christians sing.
The cross stands empty to the sky.
Let streets and homes with praises ring.
Love, drowned in death, shall never die.
2 Christ is alive! No longer bound
to distant years in Palestine,
but saving, healing, here and now
and touching every place and time.
3 In every insult, rift, and war
where colour, scorn, or wealth divide,
Christ suffers still, yet loves the more,
and lives, where even hope has died.
4 Women and men, in age and youth,
can feel the Spirit, hear the call,
and find the way, the life, the truth,
revealed in Jesus, freed for all.
5 Christ is alive, and comes to bring
good news to this and every age,
till earth and sky and ocean ring
with joy, with justice, love and praise.
Languages: English Tune Title: TRURO
Christ Is Alive
A Stable Lamp Is Lighted
Author: Richard Wilbur Hymnal: Glory to God #160 (2013) Meter: 7.6.7.6.6.6.7.6 Topics: Christian Year Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year Baptism of Jesus; Christian Year Transfiguration; Christian Year Palm Sunday; Christian Year Good Friday; Christian Year Resurrection/Easter; Jesus Christ Life; Reconciliation Scripture: Psalm 22:1 Languages: English Tune Title: ANDUJAR
A Stable Lamp Is Lighted
Christ Is Alive!
Author: Brian Wren Hymnal: Glory to God #246 (2013) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Christian Year Easter Vigil; Christian Year Resurrection/Easter; Christian Year Reign of Christ; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Kingdom of God; Salvation; Sin; Christian Year Easter First Line: Christ is alive! Let Christians sing Lyrics: 1 Christ is alive! Let Christians sing.
The cross stands empty to the sky.
Let streets and homes with praises ring.
Love, drowned in death, shall never die.
2 Christ is alive! No longer bound
to distant years in Palestine,
but saving, healing, here and now,
and touching every place and time.
3 In every insult, rift, and war
where color, scorn, or wealth divide,
Christ suffers still, yet loves the more,
and lives, where even hope has died.
4 Women and men, in age and youth,
can feel the Spirit, hear the call,
and find the way, the life, the truth,
revealed in Jesus, freed for all.
5 Christ is alive, and comes to bring
good news to this and every age,
till earth and sky and ocean ring
with joy, with justice, love, and praise.
Scripture: Romans 6:5-11 Languages: English Tune Title: TRURO
Christ Is Alive!
Joy to the World
Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: Voices United #59 (1996) Meter: 8.6.8.6 with repeat Topics: The Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Christmas; Jesus Christ Birth and Infancy; Jesus Christ Kingship, Conqueror; Jesus Christ Reign; Jesus Christ Saviour; Joy; Kingdom of God; Opening Hymns; Salvation; Christmas Eve Year A; Christmas Day 1 Year A; Christmas Day 2 Year A; Christmas 1 Year A; Christmas 1 Year A; Christmas 2 Year A; Christmas Eve Year B; Christmas Day 1 Year B; Christmas Day 2 Year B; Christmas 1 Year B; Christmas 2 Year B; Easter 5 Year B; Advent 3 Year C; Advent 4 Year C; Christmas Eve Year C; Christmas Day 1 Year C; Christmas Day 2 Year C First Line: Joy to the world! the Lord is come Lyrics: 1 Joy to the world! the Lord is come:
let earth receive her King!
Let every heart prepare him room,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven and nature sing,
and heaven, and heaven and nature sing.
2 Joy to the world! the Savior reigns:
let all their songs employ,
while fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains,
repeat the sounding joy,
repeat the sounding joy,
repeat, repeat the sounding joy.
3 No more let sins and sorrows grow,
nor thorns infest the ground:
he comes to make his blessings flow
far as the curse is found,
far as the curse is found,
far as, far as the curse is found.
4 He rules the earth with truth and grace,
and makes the nations prove
the glories of his righteousness
and wonders of his love,
and wonders of his love,
and wonders, wonders of his love. Languages: English Tune Title: ANTIOCH
Joy to the World
The Day of Resurrection
Author: John of Damascus; John Mason Neale Hymnal: Voices United #164 (1996) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: The Christian Year Easter; Adoration and Praise; Christian Year Easter; Closing Hymns; Eternal Life; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Joy; Passover; Peace (Inner, Calmness, Serenity; Victory; Easter 2 Year A; Easter 2 Year A; Proper 6 Year A; Proper 7 Year A; Proper 8 Year A; Proper 12 Year A; Proper 12 Year A; Proper 17 Year A; Proper 19 Year A; Proper 23 Year A; Lent 3 Year B; Easter 1 Year B; Easter 1 Year C; Easter Evening Year ABC First Line: The day of resurrection! Lyrics: 1 The day of resurrection!
Earth, tell it out abroad;
the passover of gladness,
the passover of God!
From death to life eternal,
from earth unto the sky,
our Christ has brought us over,
with hymns of victory.
2 Our hearts be pure from evil,
that we may see aright
the Christ in rays eternal
of resurrection light,
and, listening to the accents,
may hear so calm and plain
his own "All hail!" and, hearing,
may raise the victor strain.
3 Now let the heavens be joyful,
let earth its song begin,
the round world keep high triumph,
and all that is therein;
let all things seen and unseen
their notes in gladness blend,
for Christ indeed is risen,
our Joy that has no end. Languages: English Tune Title: ELLACOMBE
The Day of Resurrection
Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing!
Author: Cyril A. Alington Hymnal: Glory to God #239 (2013) Meter: 8.8.8 with alleluia Topics: Christian Year Easter Vigil; Christian Year Resurrection/Easter; Christian Year Reign of Christ; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Christian Year Easter Lyrics: 1 Good Christians all, rejoice and sing!
Now is the triumph of our King!
To all the world glad news we bring:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
2 The Lord of life is risen today!
Death’s mighty stone is rolled away.
Let all the earth rejoice and say:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
3 Praise we in songs of victory
that love, that life which cannot die,
and sing with hearts uplifted high:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
4 Your name we bless, O risen Lord,
and sing today with one accord
the life laid down, the life restored:
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
Scripture: Matthew 28:1-7 Languages: English Tune Title: GELOBT SEI GOTT
Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing!
O God, Our Help in Ages Past
Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: Voices United #806 (1996) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Assurance; Christian Year New Year; Christian Year Reformation Day; Church Anniversaries; Courage; Eternal Life; Funeral Vigil; Funerals and Memorial Services; God Creator; God Eternity and Power; God Faithfulness; God Guardian/Help; God Power/Might; God Protection; God Strength and Refuge; Guidance; Heritage; Hope; Brevity of Life; New Year; Pilgrimage and Conflict; Processionals (Opening of Worship); Providence; Psalter/Psalm Paraphrases; Saints; Security; Steadfastness; Time; Trust; Worship; Proper 17 Year A; Proper 25 Year A; Proper 27 Year A; Advent 2 Year B; Proper 28 Year B; Proper 8 Year C; Proper 24 Year C; New Year Year ABC; New Year Year ABC; Holy thursday Year ABC Lyrics: 1 O God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
our shelter from the stormy blast,
and our eternal home:
2 under the shadow of thy throne
thy saints have dwelt secure;
sufficient is thine arm alone,
and our defence is sure
3 Before the hills in order stood,
or earth received its frame,
from everlasting thou art God,
to endless years the same.
4 A thousand ages, in thy sight,
are like an evening gone,
short as the watch that ends the night
before the rising sun.
5 Time like an ever-rolling stream
soon bears us all away;
we fly forgotten, as a dream
dies at the opening day.
6 O God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
be thou our guide while troubles last,
and our eternal home. Scripture: Psalm 90 Tune Title: ST. ANNE
O God, Our Help in Ages Past
Hark! the herald angels sing
Author: Charles Wesley Hymnal: Voices United #48 (1996) Meter: 7.7.7.7 D with refrain Topics: The Christian Year Christmas; Angels; Choruses and Refrains; Christian Year Christmas; Creation; Eternal Life; Healing; Jesus Christ Atonement; Jesus Christ Birth and Infancy; Jesus Christ Images of; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Justice; Light; Music and Singing; New Creation; Reconciliation; Regeneration; Sun; Advent 4 Year A; Christmas Eve Year A; Christmas 1 Year A; Advent 3 Year B; Christmas Eve Year B; Christmas Day 2 Year B; Christmas 1 Year B; Christmas Day 2 Year C Lyrics: 1 Hark! the herald angels sing ,
"Glory to the newborn King,
peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled!"
Joyful, all ye nations, rise,
join the triumph of the skies;
with the angelic hosts proclaim,
"Christ is born in Bethlehem!"
[Refrain:]
Hark! the herald angels sing,
"Glory to the newborn King!"
2 Christ, by highest heaven adored,
Christ, the everlasting Lord,
late in time behold him come,
offspring of a virgin's womb.
Veiled in flesh the Godhead see;
hail the incarnate deity.
pleased with us in flesh to dwell,
Jesus, our Emmanuel! [Refrain]
3 Hail, the heaven-born Prince of Peace!
Hail, the Sun of Righteousness!
Light and life to all he brings,
risen with healing in his wings.
Mild he lays his glory by,
born that we no more may die,
born to raise us from the earth,
born to give us second birth. [Refrain]
Languages: English Tune Title: MENDELSSOHN
Hark! the herald angels sing
O Come, All Ye Faithful
Author: Frederick Oakeley; John Francis Wade; Claude Rozier Hymnal: Voices United #60 (1996) Meter: Irregular Topics: The Christian Year Christmas; Angels; Biblical Characters Shepherds; Choruses and Refrains; Christian Year Christmas; Jesus Christ Birth and Infancy; Jesus Christ Divinity; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Jesus Christ Lord of Life; Music and Singing; Processionals (Opening of Worship); Responses Antiphonal; Service Music Gathering, Call to Worship, Greeting; Advent 4 Year A; Christmas Day 2 Year A; Advent 4 Year B; Christmas Eve Year B; Christmas Day 1 Year B; Advent 1 Year C; Christmas Eve Year C; Christmas Day 2 Year C First Line: O come, all ye faithful (Adeste fideles) (Peuple fidèle) Refrain First Line: O come, let us adore him (Venite adoramus) (En lui viens reconnaître) Lyrics: 1 O come, all ye faithful,
joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;
come and behold him, born the King of angels:
[Refrain:]
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him,
O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord.
2 God of God,
light of light,
lo, he abhors not the virgin's womb,
very God, begotten, not created: [Refrain]
3 Sing, choirs of angels,
sing in exultation,
sing, all ye citizens of heaven above;
Glory to God in the highest: [Refrain]
4 See, how the shepherds
summoned to his cradle,
leaving their flocks, draw nigh with lowly fear;
we too will thither bend our joyful footsteps; [Refrain]
5 Yea, Lord, we greet thee,
born this happy morning;
Jesus, to thee be all glory given;
word of the Father, now in flesh appearing: [Refrain]
1 Adeste, fideles, laeti triumphantes,
venite, venite, in Bethlehem.
natum vidéte, regem angelorum:
[Refrain:]
venite adoremus,
venite adoremus,
venite adoremus Dominum.
2 Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine,
parturit virgo mater,
Deum verum, genitum non factum. [Refrain]
3 Cantet nunc hymnos chorus angelorum,
cantet nunc aula caelestium:
gloria in excelsis Deo! [Refrain]
4 En grege relicto, -- humiles ad cunas
vocati pastores approperant;
et nos ovanti gradu festinemus. [Refrain]
5 Ergo qui natus die hodierna
Jesu, tibi sit gloria:
Patris aeterni verbum caro factum. [Refrain]
1 Peuple fidèle, le Seigneur t'appelle
c'est fête sur terre, le Christ est né.
Viens à la crèche, voir le Roi du monde.
[Refrain:]
En lui viens reconnaître,
en lui viens reconnaître,
en lui viens reconnaître,
ton Dieu, ton Sauveur!
2 Verbe, Lumière et splendeur du Père,
il naît d'une mère, petit enfant,
Dieu véritable, le Seigneur fait homme: [Refrain]
3 Peuple, acclame, avec tous les anges
le Maître des hommes qui vient chez nous.
Dieu qui se donne à tous ceux qu'il aime! [Refrain]
4 Peuple fidèle, en ce jour de fête,
proclame la gloire de ton Seigneur.
Dieu se fait homme, vois donc comme il t'aime: [Refrain]
Languages: English; French; Latin Tune Title: ADESTE FIDELES
O Come, All Ye Faithful
From Heaven Above to Earth I Come
Author: Martin Luther; Catherine Winkworth Hymnal: Voices United #72 (1996) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Christian Year Christmas; Angels; Biblical Characters Mary, Mother of Jesus; Hymns Suitable for Use with Children; Christian Year Christmas; Forgiveness from God; Good News, Gospel; Heaven(s)/Paradise; Jesus Christ Atonement; Jesus Christ Birth and Infancy; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Joy; Music and Singing; New Year; Salvation; Advent 2 Year A; Advent 4 Year A; Christmas Day 1 Year A; Christmas Day 2 Year A; Advent 4 Year B; Advent 3 Year C Languages: English Tune Title: VOM HIMMEL HOCH
From Heaven Above to Earth I Come
Beneath the Cross of Jesus
Author: Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane Hymnal: Voices United #135 (1996) Meter: 7.6.8.6.8.6.8.6 Topics: The Christian Year Holy Week; Christian Year Holy Week; Comfort/Consolation; Commitment; Confession; Faith; God Love; Jesus Christ Cross; Jesus Christ Life In; Jesus Christ Love of; Jesus Christ Passion; Jesus Christ Refuge; Peace (Inner, Calmness, Serenity; Redemption; Repentance; Rest; Sin; Sun; Trust; Palm/Passion Sunday Year A; Lent 3 Year B; Lent 5 Year B; Lent 3 Year C; Lent 4 Year C; Proper 9 Year C; Reign of Christ Year C; Tuesday in Holy Week Year ABC; Good Friday Year ABC Lyrics: 1 Beneath the cross of Jesus
I fain would take my stand:
the shadow of a mighty rock
within a weary land,
a home within the wilderness,
a rest upon the way,
from the burning of the noontide heat
and the burden of the day.
2 Upon the cross of Jesus
my eyes at times can see
the very dying form of one
who suffered there for me;
and from my smitten heart with tears
two wonders I confess,
the wonder of his glorious love,
and my unworthiness.
3 I take, O cross, your shadow
for my abiding place;
I ask no other sunshine than
the sunshine of his face;
content to let the world go by,
to know no gain nor loss,
my sinful self my only shame,
my glory all, the cross. Languages: English Tune Title: ST CHRISTOPHER
Beneath the Cross of Jesus
At the Cross Her Vigil Keeping
Author: Edward Caswall; Jacopone da Todi Hymnal: Voices United #139 (1996) Meter: 8.8.7 Topics: The Christian Year Holy Week; Biblical Characters Mary, Mother of Jesus; Christian Year Holy Week; Christian Year Easter Vigil; God Grace; Heaven(s)/Paradise; Jesus Christ Atonement; Jesus Christ Cross; Judgment; Petition; Providence; Sacrifice; Sorrow; Suffering; Good Friday Year A; Good Friday Year B; Good Friday Year C; Proper 18 Year C Lyrics: 1 At the cross, her vigil keeping
stood the mournful Mother weeping
where he hung, the dying Lord;
2 through her soul of joy bereavèd,
bowed with sorrow, deeply grievèd,
passed the sharp and piercing sword.
3 Who upon that mother gazing,
in her anguish so amazing,
born of woman, would not weep?
4 Who, of Christ's dear Mother thinking
while her son that cup is drinking,
would not share her sorrow deep?
5 For his people's sins chastisèd
she beheld her Son despisèd
scourged, and crowned with thorns entwined,
6 saw him then from judgement taken,
and in death by all forsaken,
till his spirit he resigned.
7 Near your cross, O Christ, abiding,
grief and love my heart dividing,
I with her would take my place:
8 by your saving cross uphold me,
in your dying, Christ, enfold me,
with the deathless arms of grace. Tune Title: STABAT MATER
At the Cross Her Vigil Keeping
I Danced in the Morning
Author: Sydney Carter Hymnal: Glory to God #157 (2013) Meter: Irregular Topics: Christian Year Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year Baptism of Jesus; Christian Year Transfiguration; Christian Year Good Friday; Christian Year Resurrection/Easter; Creation; Jesus Christ Life; Living in Christ; Music and the Arts First Line: I danced in the morning when the world was begun Refrain First Line: Dance, then, wherever you may be Lyrics: 1 I danced in the morning when the world was begun,
and I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun,
and I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth.
At Bethlehem I had my birth.
Refrain:
Dance, then, wherever you may be;
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he,
and I'll lead you all, wherever you may be,
and I'll lead you all in the dance, said he.
2 I danced for the scribe and the Pharisee,
but they would not dance and they would not follow me.
I danced for the fishermen, for James and John.
They came with me and the dance went on. [Refrain]
3 I danced on the Sabbath and I cured the lame.
The holy people said it was a shame.
They whipped and they stripped and they hung me high,
and left me there on a cross to die. [Refrain]
4 I danced on a Friday when the sky turned black.
It's hard to dance with the devil on your back.
They buried my body and they thought I'd gone,
but I am the dance and I still go on. [Refrain]
5 They cut me down and I leapt up high.
I am the life that will never, never die.
I'll live in you if you'll live in me,
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he. [Refrain] Scripture: Matthew 11:17 Languages: English Tune Title: LORD OF THE DANCE
I Danced in the Morning
O Sing a Song of Bethlehem
Author: Louis FitzGerald Benson Hymnal: Glory to God #159 (2013) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Topics: Christian Year Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year Baptism of Jesus; Christian Year Transfiguration; Christian Year Good Friday; Christian Year Resurrection/Easter; Jesus Christ Life; Personal Peace; World Peace Lyrics: 1 O sing a song of Bethlehem,
of shepherds watching there,
and of the news that came to them
from angels in the air.
The light that shone on Bethlehem
fills all the world today.
Of Jesus' birth and peace on earth
the angels sing alway.
2 O sing a song of Nazareth,
of sunny days of joy;
O sing of fragrant flowers' breath,
and of the sinless boy.
For now the flowers of Nazareth
in every heart may grow.
Now spreads the fame of his dear name
on all the winds that blow.
3 O sing a song of Galilee,
of lake and woods and hill,
of him who walked upon the sea
and bade its waves be still.
For though, like waves on Galilee,
dark seas of trouble roll,
when faith has heard the Master's word,
falls peace upon the soul.
4 O sing a song of Calvary,
its glory and dismay,
of him who hung upon the tree,
and took our sins away.
For he who died on Calvary
is risen from the grave,
and Christ, our Lord, by heaven adored,
is mighty now to save.
Scripture: Matthew 8:26 Languages: English Tune Title: KINGSFOLD
O Sing a Song of Bethlehem
Hail, Glad Festival Day
Author: Venantius Fortunatus; Maurice Frederick Bell Hymnal: Voices United #163 (1996) Meter: Irregular Topics: The Christian Year Easter; Assurance; Beauty; Christian Year Easter; Christian Year Pentecost; Doubt; God Power/Might; Jesus Christ Ascension and Reign; Jesus Christ Cross; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Life; Light; New Creation; Peace (World); Praise; Processionals (Opening of Worship); Redemption; Seasons Changing; Sundays/Sabbath; Victory; Wholeness; Word of God; Worship; Ascension Year A; Pentecost Year A; Easter 1 Year B First Line: Lo, the fair beauty of earth Refrain First Line: Hail, glad festival day! Lyrics: [Refrain:]
Hail, glad festival day!
Blest day to be hallowed for ever,
day wherein Christ arose,
breaking the kingdom of death.
[Easter:]
1 Lo, the fair beauty of earth,
from the death of the winter arising,
every good gift of the year
now with its Saviour returns. [Refrain]
2 He who was nailed to the cross
is God and the ruler of all things;
all things created on earth
worship the maker of all. [Refrain]
3 Mourning they laid you to rest,
the author of life and creation;
treading the pathway of death,
life now bestowing on all. [Refrain]
4 God of all pity and power,
let your word be assured to the doubting:
light on the third day returns;
rise, Son of God, from the tomb! [Refrain]
[Ascension:]
1 Christ in his triumph ascends,
who had vanquished the devil's dominion;
bright is the woodland with leaves,
brilliant the meadows with flowers. [Refrain]
2 Daily the loveliness grows,
adorned with glory of blossom;
heaven its gates now unbars,
flinging its increase of light. [Refrain]
3 Jesus, the health of the word,
enlighten our minds, great Redeemer,
Son of the Father supreme,
only-begotten of God! [Refrain]
4 Praise to the giver of good!
O Lover and Author of concord,
pour out your balm on our days;
order our days in your peace. [Refrain]
[Pentecost:]
1 Lo, in the likeness of fire,
on those who await his appearing,
he whom the Lord foretold
suddenly, swiftly descends: [Refrain]
2 Forth to the faithful he comes
with sevenfold mystical offering,
pouring on all human souls
infinite riches of God. [Refrain]
3 Hark! for in myriad tongues
Christ's own, his chosen apostles,
preach to the ends of the earth
Christ and his wonderful works. [Refrain]
4 Praise to the Spirit of life,
all praise to the fount of our being,
light that now lightens all,
life that in all now abides. [Refrain]
Languages: English Tune Title: SALVE, FESTA DIES
Hail, Glad Festival Day
O Sons and Daughters, Let Us Sing
Author: Jean Tisserand; John Mason Neale Hymnal: Voices United #170 (1996) Meter: 8.8.8 with alleluias Topics: The Christian Year Easter; Angels; Biblical Characters Thomas; Biblical Characters Wome at the Tomb; Biblical Narrative; Biblical Places Galilee; Christian Year Easter; Doubt; Faith; Hallelujah; Jesus Christ Kingship, Conqueror; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Music and Singing; Praise; Service Music Gathering, Call to Worship, Greeting; Trust; Victory; Worship; Easter 1 Year A; Easter 2 Year A; Easter 3 Year A; Pentecost Year A; Easter 1 Year B; Easter 2 Year B; Pentecost Year B; Easter 1 Year C; Easter 2 Year C; Easter Evening Year ABC First Line: O sons and daughters, let us sing! Refrain First Line: Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Lyrics: Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
1 O sons and daughters, let us sing!
The King of heaven, the glorious King,
o'er death and hell rose triumphing.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
2 That Easter morn, at break of day,
the faithful women went their way
to seek the tomb where Jesus lay:
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
3 An angel clad in white they see,
who sat and spoke unto the three,
"Your Lord doth go to Galilee."
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
4 That night the apostles met in fear;
amidst them came their Lord most dear,
and said, "My peace be on all here."
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
5 So, on this holy day of days,
with faith in God our voices raise,
in laud and jubilee and praise.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
[Additional verses for the Second Sunday of Easter:]
1 When Thomas first the tidings heard,
how they had seen the risen Lord,
he doubted the disciples' word.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
2 "My piercèd side, O Thomas, see;
my hands, my feet, I show to thee;
not faithless, but believing be."
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
3 No longer Thomas then denied;
he saw the feet, the hands, the side;
"Thou art my Lord and God," he cried.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
4 How blest are they who have not seen,
and yet whose faith has constant been,
for they eternal life shall win.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Languages: English Tune Title: O FILII ET FILIAE
O Sons and Daughters, Let Us Sing
Joyful Is the Dark
Author: Brian Wren Hymnal: Glory to God #230 (2013) Meter: 5.5.10.6.5.10 Topics: Christian Year Nativity/Christmas; Christian Year Easter Vigil; Christian Year Resurrection/Easter; Christian Year Ascension; Creation; Incarnation; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Joy; Christian Year Easter Lyrics: 1 Joyful is the dark,
holy, hidden God,
rolling cloud of night beyond all naming:
majesty in darkness,
energy of love,
Word-in-flesh, the mystery proclaiming.
2 Joyful is the dark
Spirit of the deep,
winging wildly o'er the world's creation,
silken sheen of midnight
plumage black and bright,
swooping with the beauty of a raven.
3 Joyful is the dark,
shadowed stable floor;
angels flicker, God on earth confessing,
as with exultation,
Mary, giving birth,
hails the infant cry of need and blessing.
4 Joyful is the dark
coolness of the tomb,
waiting for the wonder of the morning;
never was that midnight
touched by dread and gloom:
darkness was the cradle of the dawning.
5 Joyful is the dark
depth of love divine,
roaring, looming thundercloud of glory,
holy, haunting beauty,
living, loving God.
Hallelujah! Sing and tell the story!
Scripture: Genesis 1:2 Languages: English Tune Title: LINDNER
Joyful Is the Dark
Hail to the Lord's Anointed
Author: James Montgomery Hymnal: Moravian Book of Worship #263 (1995) Topics: Advent; Christ--Victorious; Christian year--Advent; Christian year--Advent; Christian year--Palm Sunday; Christian year--Reign of Christ; Christian year--Return of Christ; God--Kingdom of First Line: Hail to the Lord's anointed! Lyrics: 1 Hail to the Lord's anointed!
Great David’s greater Son!
Hail, in the time appointed,
his reign on earth begun!
He comes to break oppression,
to set the captive free,
to take away transgression,
and rule in equity.
2 He comes with rescue speedy
to those who suffer wrong,
to help the poor and needy
and bid the weak be strong,
to give them songs for sighing,
their darkness turn to light,
whose souls, condemned and dying,
were precious in his sight.
3 He shall come down like showers
upon the fruitful earth,
and love, joy, and hope, like flowers,
spring in his path to birth;
before him on the mountains
shall Peace, the herald, go;
and righteousness, in fountains,
from hill to valley flow.
Scripture: Psalm 72 Languages: English Tune Title: ELLACOMBE
Hail to the Lord's Anointed
I Danced in the Morning (Lord of the Dance)
Author: Sydney Carter Hymnal: The Worshipbook #426 (1972) Topics: Christian Year Advent; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Lent; Christian Year Good Friday; Christian Year Easter Day First Line: I danced in the morning when the world was begun Refrain First Line: Dance, then, wherever you may be Lyrics: 1 I danced in the morning when the world was begun,
And I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun
And I came down from heaven and I danced on the earth—
At Bethlehem I had my birth.
Refrain:
Dance, then, wherever you may be,
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he,
And I'll lead you all, wherever you may be,
And I'll lead you all in the dance, said he.
2 I danced for the scribe and the Pharisee,
But they would not dance and they wouldn't follow me;
I danced for the fishermen, for James and John—
They came with me and the dance went on. [Refrain]
3 I danced on the Sabbath and I cured the lame;
The holy people said it was a shame;
They whipped and they stripped and they hung me high,
And they left me there on a cross to die. [Refrain]
4 I danced on a Friday and the sky turned black.
It's hard to dance with the devil on your back;
They buried my body and they thought I'd gone.
But I am the dance and I still go on. [Refrain]
5 They cut me down and I leap up high—
I am the life that'll never, never die;
I'll live in you if you'll live in me—
I am the Lord of the Dance, said he. [Refrain] Tune Title: [I danced in the morning when the world was begun]
I Danced in the Morning (Lord of the Dance)
Sound the trumpet! Tell the message!
Author: Moir A. J. Waters Hymnal: Voices United #28 (1996) Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7 Topics: The Christian Year Advent; Choruses and Refrains; Christian Year Advent; Evangelism (Good News); God Justice (Judgment); Good News, Gospel; Jesus Christ Kingship, Conqueror; Jesus Christ Saviour; Joy; Judgment; Music and Singing; Nature; Pardon; Salvation; Victory; Advent 2 Year A; Advent 3 Year A; Advent 2 Year B; Advent 3 Year B; Baptism of Jesus Year B; Advent 2 Year C First Line: Herald! Sound the note of gladness! Languages: English Tune Title: NEANDER (UNSER HERRSCHER)
Sound the trumpet! Tell the message!
It Came upon the Midnight Clear
Author: Edmund Hamilton Sears Hymnal: Voices United #44 (1996) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Topics: The Christian Year Christmas; Angels; Christian Year Christmas; Comfort/Consolation; Courage; Hope; Jesus Christ Birth and Infancy; Justice; Kingdom of God; Music and Singing; Peace (World); Prophets; Rest; Sin; Christmas Eve Year A; Christmas Eve Year B; Advent 3 Year C; Christmas Eve Year C; Christmas Day 1 Year C Lyrics: 1 It came upon the midnight clear,
that glorious song of old,
from angels bending near the earth,
to touch their harps of gold,
"Peace on the earth, good will to all,
from heaven's all-gracious King!"
The world in solemn stillness lay
to hear the angels sing.
2 Still through the cloven skies they come
with peaceful wings unfurled;
and still their heavenly music floats
o'er all the weary world;
above its sad and lowly plains
they bend on hovering wing,
and ever o'er its Babel sounds
the blessed angels sing.
3 Yet with the woes of sin and strife
the world has suffered long;
beneath the angel strain have rolled
two thousand years of wrong;
and warring humankind hears not
the love song which they bring.
O hush the noise and cease your strife,
and hear the angels sing.
4 For, lo! the days are hastening on,
by prophets seen of old,
when with the ever-circling years
shall come the time foretold,
when peace shall over all the earth
its ancient splendours fling,
and the whole world send back the song
which now the angels sing. Languages: English Tune Title: CAROL
It Came upon the Midnight Clear
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Author: Phillips Brooks Hymnal: Voices United #64 (1996) Meter: 8.6.8.6.7.6.8.6 Topics: The Christian Year Christmas; Angels; Biblical Characters Mary, Mother of Jesus; Biblical Places Bethlehem; Christian Year Christmas; City/City of God; Good News, Gospel; Jesus Christ Birth and Infancy; Jesus Christ Incarnation; Jesus Christ Life In; Jesus Christ Presence; Light; Peace (Inner, Calmness, Serenity; Regeneration; Service Music Prayer Responses; Advent 4 Year A; Christmas Eve Year A; Christmas Eve Year B; Christmas Day 1 Year B; Advent 4 Year C; Christmas Day 1 Year C Lyrics: 1 O little town of Bethlehem,
how still we see thee lie!
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
the silent stars go by;
yet in thy dark streets shineth
the everlasting light;
the hopes and fears of all the years
are met in thee tonight.
2 For Christ is born of Mary;
and gathered all above,
while mortals sleep, the angels keep
their watch of wondering love.
O morning stars, together
proclaim the holy birth,
and praises sing to God the King,
and peace to all on earth.
3 How silently, how silently,
the wondrous gift is given!
So God imparts to human hearts
the blessed gift of heaven.
No ear may hear his coming;
but in this world of sin,
where meek souls will receive him, still
the dear Christ enters in.
4 O holy Child of Bethlehem,
descend to us, we pray;
cast out our sin, and enter in;
be born in us today.
We hear the Christmas angels
the great glad tidings tell;
O come to us, abide with us,
our Lord Emmanuel.
Languages: English Tune Title: ST LOUIS
O Little Town of Bethlehem
Forty Days and Forty Nights
Author: George Hunt Smyttan; Francis Pott Hymnal: Voices United #114 (1996) Meter: 7.7.7.7 Topics: The Christian Year Lent; Christian Year Ash Wednesday; Christian Year Lent; Fasting; Jesus Christ Temptaions; Petition; Struggle and Conflict; Suffering; Temptation; Trust; Lent 1 Year A; Lent 1 Year B; Lent 1 Year C Lyrics: 1 Forty days and forty nights
you were fasting in the wild;
forty days and forty nights
tempted, and yet undefiled.
2 Sunbeams scorching all the day,
chilly dewdrops nightly shed;
prowling beasts about our way;
stones your pillow, earth your bed.
3 Shall not we your trial share,
and from earthly joys abstain,
fasting with unceasing prayer,
strong with you to suffer pain?
4 If temptations, vexing sore,
flesh or spirit should assail,
you their vanquisher before,
grant we may not faint nor fail.
5 Keep, oh keep us, Saviour dear,
ever constant by your side;
that with you we may appear
at the eternal Eastertide. Languages: English Tune Title: HEINLEIN
Forty Days and Forty Nights
Go to dark Gethsemane
Author: James Montgomery Hymnal: Voices United #133 (1996) Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Topics: The Christian Year Holy Week; Christian Year Holy Week; Conflict and Struggle; Discipleship and Service; Jesus Christ Atonement; Jesus Christ Cross; Jesus Christ Example; Jesus Christ Faithfulness; Jesus Christ Love of; Judgment; Obedience; Redemption; Sacrifice; Temptation; Trust; Lent 5 Year B; Holy Thursday Year B; Good Friday Year B; Palm/Passion Sunday Year C; Holy Thursday Year C; Good Friday Year C; Good Friday Year ABC Lyrics: 1 Go to dark Gethsemane,
you that feel the tempter's power;
your Redeemer's conflict see,
watch with him one bitter hour;
turn not from his griefs away:
learn from him to watch and pray.
2 See him at the judgment hall,
beaten, bound, reviled, arraigned;
see him meekly bearing all;
love to all his soul sustained.
Shun not suffering, shame, or loss;
learn from Christ to bear the cross.
3 Calvary's mournful mountain view;
there the Lord of glory see,
made a sacrifice for you,
dying on the accursed tree.
"It is finished," hear him cry:
trust in Christ and learn to die. Languages: English Tune Title: REDHEAD No. 76
Go to dark Gethsemane
Welcome, Happy Morning
Author: Venantius Fortunatus; John Ellerton Hymnal: Voices United #161 (1996) Meter: 6.5.6.5 D with refrain Topics: The Christian Year Easter; Hymns Suitable for Use with Children; Choruses and Refrains; Christian Year Easter; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Morning; Satan/Demonic Forces/Devil; Seasons Changing; Easter 2 Year A; Pentecost Year A; Easter 1 Year B; Pentecost Year B; Easter 1 Year C; Ascension Year C; Pentecost Year C First Line: Welcome, happy morning! age to age shall say Lyrics: 1 Welcome, happy morning!
age to age shall say;
hell today is vanquished,
heaven is won today:
come then, True and Faithful,
now fulfil your word;
this is your third morning:
rise, O buried Lord!
[Refrain:]
Welcome, happy morning!
age to age shall say,
hell today is vanquished,
heaven is won today!
2 Earth with joy welcomes,
clothes itself for spring;
greets with life reviving
our returning king:
flowers in every pasture,
leaves on every bough;
speak of sorrows ended,
Jesus triumphs now! [Refrain]
3 Author and sustainer,
source of life and breath;
you for our salvation
trod the path of death:
Jesus Christ is living,
God for evermore!,
Now let all creation
hail him and adore. [Refrain]
4 Loose our souls imprisoned,
bound with Satan's chain;
all that now is fallen,
raise to life again!
Show your face in brightness,
shine the whole world through;
hope returns with daybreak,
life returns with you. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: HERMAS
Welcome, Happy Morning
This Is the Day That God Has Made
Author: Natalie Sleeth Hymnal: Voices United #175 (1996) Meter: Irregular Topics: The Christian Year Easter; Choruses and Refrains; Christian Year Easter; Deliverance; God Kingdom, Majesty, Realm; Hallelujah; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Joy; Morning; Morning Prayer; Praise; Saints; Sundays/Sabbath; Easter 1 Year A; Proper 23 Year A; Easter 1 Year B; Proper 4 Year B; Easter 1 Year C; Easter 6 Year C; Proper 28 Year C First Line: Christ has conquered death at last Refrain First Line: This is the day that God has made! Languages: English Tune Title: EASTER JOY
This Is the Day That God Has Made
Psalm 8
Author: Johann J. Schütz; Frances E. Cox Hymnal: The United Methodist Hymnal #743 (1989) Topics: Christian Year New Year; Psalter; Christian Year New Year; Christian Year Trinity Sunday First Line: Sing praise to God who reigns above Refrain First Line: Sing praise to God who reigns above Lyrics: Response: (New Year, Trinity & General)
Sing praise to God who reigns above,
the God of all creation. Scripture: Psalm 8 Languages: English Tune Title: [Sign praise to God who reigns above]
Psalm 8
When We Seek Language
Author: Carl P. Daw, Jr. Hymnal: More Voices #49 (2007) Meter: 10.10.10.10 with refrain Topics: Praise; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Easter; Christian Year Pentecost; Christian Year Trinity Sunday; God Images; Inspiration; Love of God/Christ; Praise; Redemption; Remembrance Day; Service Music Sanctus; Thanksgiving; Trinity First Line: When we seek language to praise you, O God Refrain First Line: Infinite intimate unbounded friend Lyrics: 1 When we seek language to praise you, O God,
all we can utter seems stale, tame, or odd.
Tongue-tied and word-lost, we struggle to find
phrases that slight neither heart, soul, nor mind:
Refrain:
Infinite intimate unbounded friend,
cosmic companion who loves without end,
nearer than heartbeat, more subtle than breath,
keener than insight, and stronger than death.
2 Steadfastly loving, you gave us your Word,
living among us on earth, seen and heard,
teacher and healer whose promise came true,
dying and rising to make all things new: [Refrain]
3 To be our guardian, supporter, and guide,
you sent your Spirit to stay by our side,
source of community, wellspring of prayer,
power to strengthen, and courage to dare: [Refrain] Scripture: John 1:14 Languages: English Tune Title: PERICHORESIS
When We Seek Language
In the Bleak Midwinter
Author: Christina Georgina Rossetti Hymnal: Voices United #55 (1996) Meter: Irregular Topics: The Christian Year Christmas; Angels; Christian Year Christmas; Commitment; God Kingdom, Majesty, Realm; Jesus Christ Birth and Infancy; Worship; Christmas Eve Year A; Christmas 1 Year A; Advent 1 Year B; Advent 3 Year C; Christmas Eve Year C First Line: In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan Lyrics: 1 In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,
earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,
in the bleak midwinter, long ago.
2 Our God, heaven cannot hold him, nor earth sustain;
heaven and earth shall flee away when he comes to reign:
in the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficed
the Lord God almighty, Jesus Christ.
3 Enough for him, whom cherubim worship night and day,
a breast full of milk, and a manger full of hay.
Enough for him, whom angels fall down before,
the ox and ass and camel which adore.
4 What can I give him, poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb;
if I were a wise man, I would do my part;
yet what I can I give him -- give my heart.
Languages: English Tune Title: CRANHAM
In the Bleak Midwinter
In Bethlehem a Newborn Boy
Author: Rosamond E. Herklots Hymnal: Voices United #77 (1996) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Christian Year Christmas; Biblical Characters Herod; Biblical Characters Shepherds; Biblical Places Bethlehem; Choruses and Refrains; Christian Year Christmas; Christian Year Holy Innocents; Jesus Christ Birth and Infancy; Pain; Sacrifice; Star(s); Christmas Day 1 Year A; Christmas 1 Year A Languages: English Tune Title: IN BETHLEHEM
In Bethlehem a Newborn Boy
O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High (Cuán alto, vasto y hondo amor)
Author: Thomas á Kempis, 1380-1471; Benjamin Webb, 1819-1885; Constanza Bongarrá Hymnal: Santo, Santo, Santo #115 (2019) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Amor de Jesucristo; Love of Jesus Christ; Año Cristiano Bautismo del Señor; Christian Year Baptism of the Lord; Año Cristiano Cuaresma; Christian Year Lent; Año Cristiano Semana Santa; Christian Year Easter; Año Cristiano Ascensión; Christian Year Ascension; Jesucristo Muerte de; Jesus Christ Death of; Jesucristo Sufrimiento de; Jesus Christ Suffering of; Jesucristo Tentación y Desierto; Jesus Christ Temptation and Wilderness; Jesucristo Vida y Ministerio; Jesus Christ Life and Ministry; Trinidad; Trinity First Line: O love, how deep, how broad, how high (¡Cuán alto, vasto y hondo amor!) Scripture: Matthew 3:13 Languages: English; Spanish Tune Title: DEO GRACIAS
O Love, How Deep, How Broad, How High (Cuán alto, vasto y hondo amor)
O God, Our Help in Ages Past
Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: The United Methodist Hymnal #117 (1989) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Glory of the Triune God God's Nature; Christian Year New Year; The Glory of the Triune God God's Nature; The Sacraments and Rites of the Church Funeral and Memorial Service; Adoration and Praise; Assurance; Christian Year New Year; Courage; Eternal Life; Funerals and Memorial Services; Hope; Processionals Lyrics: 1. O God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
our shelter from the stormy blast,
and our eternal home!
2. Under the shadow of thy throne,
still may we dwell secure;
sufficient is thine arm alone,
and our defense is sure.
3. Before the hills in order stood,
or earth received her frame,
from everlasting, thou art God,
to endless years the same.
4. A thousand ages, in thy sight,
are like an evening gone;
short as the watch that ends the night,
before the rising sun.
5. Time, like an ever rolling stream,
bears all who breathe away;
they fly forgotten, as a dream
dies at the opening day.
6. O God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come;
be thou our guide while life shall last,
and our eternal home.
Scripture: Psalm 90 Languages: English Tune Title: ST. ANNE (Croft)
O God, Our Help in Ages Past
When We Are Tempted to Deny Your Son
Author: David W. Romig Hymnal: Voices United #119 (1996) Meter: 10.10.10.6 Topics: The Christian Year Lent; Christian Year Lent; Doubt; Jesus Christ Cross; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Temptation; Lent 1 Year B; Proper 16 Year B; Lent 1 Year C; Holy Thursday Year C; Proper 23 Year C Languages: English Tune Title: FAITH
When We Are Tempted to Deny Your Son
Tree of Life and Awesome Mystery
Author: Marty Haugen Hymnal: Voices United #121 (1996) Meter: 8.7.8.7.7 Topics: The Christian Year Lent; Christian Year Lent; Christian Year Holy Week; Christian Year Triduum; Confirmation; Faith Journey; Jesus Christ Cross; Jesus Christ Unity; Mystery; New Creation; Renewal; Water Languages: English Tune Title: THOMAS
Tree of Life and Awesome Mystery
If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee
Author: Georg Neumark; Catherine Winkworth Hymnal: The United Methodist Hymnal #142 (1989) Meter: 9.8.9.8.8.8 Topics: Christian Year New Year; The Glory of the Triune God Providence; Sanctifiying and Perfecting Grace Strength in Triublation; Adoration and Praise; Christian Year New Year; Christian Year Lent; Comfort; Courage; Funerals and Memorial Services; Grief; Guidance; Hope; Pilgrimage; Providence; Trust Lyrics: 1. If thou but suffer God to guide thee,
and hope in God through all thy ways,
God will give strength, whate'er betide thee,
and bear thee through the evil days.
Who trusts in God's unchanging love
builds on the rock that naught can move.
2. Only be still, and wait God's leisure
in cheerful hope, with heart content
to take whate'er thy Maker's pleasure
and all-discerning love hath sent;
we know our inmost wants are known,
for we are called to be God's own.
3. Sing, pray, and keep God's ways unswerving;
so do thine own part faithfully,
and trust God's word; though undeserving,
thou yet shalt find it true for thee.
God never yet forsook at need
the soul that trusted God indeed.
Scripture: Psalm 55:22 Languages: English Tune Title: WER NUR DEN LIEBEN GOTT
If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee
The Glory of Our King
Author: Margaret Beatrice Cropper Hymnal: Voices United #162 (1996) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Christian Year Easter; Children Praising; Christian Year Passion/Palm Sunday; Christian Year Holy Week; Christian Year Easter; Glory; God Love; Hosanna; Jesus Christ Resurrection First Line: The glory of our King was seen Lyrics: 1 The glory of our King was seen
when he came riding by,
and all the children waved and sang,
"Hosanna, King most high!"
2 The glory of our King was seen
when, with his arms stretched wide
to show his love to everyone,
Jesus was crucified.
3 The glory of our King was seen
on the first Easter day,
when Christ rose up, set free from death,
to love, to guide, to stay. Tune Title: MORNING SONG
The Glory of Our King
In Thee is Gladness
Author: Johann Lindemann; Catherine Winkworth Hymnal: The United Methodist Hymnal #169 (1989) Meter: Irregular Topics: Christian Year New Year; The Grace of Jesus Christ In Praise of Christ; Christian Year New Year; Christian Year Easter; Eternal Life; Jesus Christ; Jesus Christ Love For; Joy; Trust Lyrics: 1 In thee is gladness, amid all sadness,
Jesus, sunshine of my heart.
By thee are given the gifts of heaven,
thou the true Redeemer art.
Our souls thou makest, our bonds thou breakest;
who trusts thee surely hath built securely,
and stands forever. Alleluia!
Our hearts are pining to see thy shining;
dying or living, to thee are cleaving;
naught can us sever. Alleluia!
2 If God be ours, we fear no powers,
not of earth or sin or death.
God sees and blesses in worst distresses,
and can change them in a breath.
Wherefore the story tell of God's glory
with heart and voices; all heaven rejoices,
singing forever: Alleluia!
We shout for gladness, triumph o'er sadness,
loving and praising, voices still raising
glad hymns forever: Alleluia!
Languages: English Tune Title: IN DIR IST FREUDE
In Thee is Gladness
A Sower Came from Ancient Hills
Author: Herman G. Stuempfle Jr. Hymnal: Glory to God #171 (2013) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Topics: Christian Year Baptism of Jesus; Christian Year Transfiguration; Christian Year Good Friday; Christian Year Resurrection/Easter; Evangelism; Hope; Jesus Christ Life; Ministry; Work Scripture: Matthew 13:3-8 Languages: English Tune Title: SEACHRIST
A Sower Came from Ancient Hills
A Cheering, Chanting, Dizzy Crowd
Author: Thomas H. Troeger Hymnal: Glory to God #200 (2013) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Christian Year Palm Sunday; Christian Year Maundy Thursday; Christian Year Good Friday; Jesus Christ Passion and Death; Sovereignty of God Scripture: Psalm 118:26 Languages: English Tune Title: CHRISTIAN LOVE
A Cheering, Chanting, Dizzy Crowd
Go to Dark Gethsemane
Author: James Montgomery Hymnal: Glory to God #220 (2013) Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7 Topics: Christian Year Palm Sunday; Christian Year Maundy Thursday; Christian Year Good Friday; Christian Year Resurrection/Easter; Jesus Christ Passion and Death Lyrics: 1 Go to dark Gethsemane,
all who feel the tempter’s power;
your Redeemer’s conflict see;
watch with him one bitter hour;
turn not from his griefs away;
learn from Jesus Christ to pray.
2 Follow to the judgment hall;
view the Lord of life arraigned;
O the wormwood and the gall!
O the pangs his soul sustained!
Shun not suffering, shame, or loss;
learn from him to bear the cross.
3 Calvary’s mournful mountain climb;
there, adoring at his feet,
mark that miracle of time,
God’s own sacrifice complete;
“It is finished!” hear him cry;
learn from Jesus Christ to die.
4 Early hasten to the tomb
where they laid his breathless clay:
all is solitude and gloom.
Who has taken him away?
Christ is risen! He meets our eyes.
Savior, teach us so to rise. Scripture: Matthew 10:38 Languages: English Tune Title: REDHEAD 76
Go to Dark Gethsemane
Jesus, Remember Me
Author: Taizé Community Hymnal: Glory to God #227 (2013) Meter: Irregular Topics: Christian Year Lent; Christian Year Palm Sunday; Christian Year Maundy Thursday; Christian Year Good Friday; Jesus Christ Passion and Death; Kingdom of God Scripture: Isaiah 49:8-16 Languages: English Tune Title: REMEMBER ME
Jesus, Remember Me
Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain
Author: John of Damascus,; John Mason Neale Hymnal: Glory to God #234 (2013) Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Topics: Christian Year Easter Vigil; Christian Year Resurrection/Easter; Christian Year Reign of Christ; Freedom; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Joy; Christian Year Easter First Line: Come, you faithful raise the strain Lyrics: 1 Come, you faithful, raise the strain
of triumphant gladness!
God has brought forth Israel
into joy from sadness,
loosed from Pharaoh’s bitter yoke
Jacob’s sons and daughters;
led them with unmoistened foot
through the Red Sea waters.
2 ’Tis the spring of souls today:
Christ has burst his prison,
and from three days’ sleep in death
as a sun has risen.
All the winter of our sins,
long and dark, is flying
from the Light, to whom we give
laud and praise undying.
3 Now the queen of seasons, bright
with the day of splendor,
with the royal feast of feasts
comes its joy to render;
comes to glad Jerusalem,
who with true affection
welcomes in unwearied strains
Jesus’ resurrection!
4 Neither could the gates of death,
nor the tomb’s dark portal,
nor the watchers, nor the seal
hold you as a mortal:
but today, among your own,
you appear, bestowing
your deep peace, which evermore
passes human knowing.
Scripture: Exodus 13:3 Languages: English Tune Title: ST. KEVIN
Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain
Christ Jesus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands
Author: Martin Luther Hymnal: Glory to God #237 (2013) Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.8.7.4 Topics: Atonement; Christian Year Easter Vigil; Christian Year Resurrection/Easter; Christian Year Reign of Christ; Grace; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Joy; Christian Year Easter First Line: Christ Jesus lay in death's strong bands Scripture: Isaiah 25:8 Languages: English Tune Title: CHRIST LAG IN TODESBANDEN
Christ Jesus Lay in Death’s Strong Bands
Alleluia, Alleluia! Give Thanks
Author: Donald Fishel Hymnal: Glory to God #240 (2013) Meter: 8.8 with refrain Topics: Atonement; Christian Year Easter Vigil; Christian Year Resurrection/Easter; Christian Year Reign of Christ; Creation; Eternal Life; Evangelism; Jesus Christ Resurrection; Praise; Sovereignty of God; Christian Year Easter First Line: Jesus is Lord of all the earth Refrain First Line: Alleluia, alleluia! Give thanks to the risen Lord Scripture: Psalm 67:4 Languages: English Tune Title: ALLELUIA NO. 1
Alleluia, Alleluia! Give Thanks
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