Most are free-to-use (ie public domain or copyright-free) meaning the words can be copied and sung to at least one tune with no concerns about copyright or performance licensing. Many such hymns are old/traditional - but where possible a variety of styles / genres are included.
A small selection of hymns that are still be copyright may also included where they are a particularly good for for the theme(s).
Suggestions about other free-to-use hymns that could be included are welcome: leave a message in the Comments box near the bottom of the page.
Readings
First: Isaiah 6: 1-8, (9-13) - I saw the Lord seated on a high throne, his train filled the sanctuary ... whom shall I send? Here I am, send me.Psalm: Psalm 138 - I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart;
Second: I Corinthians 15:1-11- I preach what they preach, and this is what you all believed.
Gospel: Luke 5:1-11 - The miracle of the great catch of fish ... do not be afraid, from now on you will catch people.
Themes
Called by God - apostleship / discipleship - Christ cleanses and sends us. Faithfulness.Free-use artworks
Free-use hymns
- Amazing Grace
- And Can it Be that I should Gain - Wesley
- Be Still my Soul
- Bright the Vision that Delighted - Mant (1776-1848)
- Christ is the World 's Redeemer - MacGregor (1854-1923)
- Christ the Lord Is Risen Again - Winkworth (1827-1878), trans from Weisse (1531)
- Christ the Lord is Risen Today
- Come Let Us With Our Lord Arise - Wesley
- Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
- Day is Dying in the West
- Dear Lord and Father of Mankind
- Faith of our Fathers
- Finished the Strife - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
- For the Bread Which you have Broken - Bensen
- Forth in Thy Name O Lord I Go - Wesley
- God Himself is Present - Foster / Miller, translated from Blumengärtlein
- God of Grace and God of Glory - Fosdick (1878-1969) - free use in the USA
- He is Lord, He is Lord / You are Lord - Unknown
- Here Am I, Send Me (Hark! the voice of Jesus crying|calling) - Daniel March (1816-1909)
- Holy God we Praise Thy Name
- Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord (Holy is the Lord God Almighty) - Unknown
- How Shall I Sing That Majesty - Mason (1646?-1694)
- I am not Worthy Holy Lord - Baker
- I Have Decided to Follow Jesus
- Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
- Jesus Calls us O’er the Tumult - Alexander
- Jesus Christ is Risen Today
- Jesus Lover of my Soul - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
- Jesus Where'er Thy People Meet - Cowper
- Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Alleluias of St James)
- Lord, I have Made Thy Word my Choice - Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
- Low in the Grave He Lay / (Up From the grave) He Arose - Lowry (1826–1899)
- Master Speak Thy Servant Heareth - Havergal
- My Faith Looks up to Thee - Palmer (1808-1887)
- My God, How Wonderful Thou Art - Faber
- My Hope is Built on Nothing Less (On Christ the Solid Rock) - Mote
- O How I Love Jesus (There is A Name I Love to Hear) - Whitfield (1829-1904)
- O Jesus I Have Promised
- O Love Divine, What Hast Thou Done - Wesley
- O Master Let me Walk with Thee (You) - Gladden
- O Thou Who Camest From Above - Wesley
- O Worship the King (all glorious above) - Grant
- Praise for the Fountain Opened - Cowper (1731-1800)
- Praise to the Lord the Almighty - Winkworth
- Resurrection Song / Sing with all the Saints in Glory - Irons
- Rise up O Men of God - Merrill (1867-1954) - free use in the USA
- Rise Up, Shepherd, and Follow - Unknown
- Rule of Life - John Wesley (1703-1791)
- Rule of Life (Do all the good you can) - John Wesley (1703-1791)
- Stand Up and Bless the Lord - James Montgomery (1771-1854)
- Strengthen For Service Lord The Hands - Humphreys, Dearmer - trans from St. Ephraem, Syrus
- Take up Thy Cross / Take up Your Cross (the Saviour Said)
- The Day of Resurrection (Earth tell it out abroad) - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
- The Divine Institution (The Saviour, when to heaven He rose) - Doddridge (1702-1751)
- The God of Abraham Praise - Olivers
- The Strife Is Past the Battle Done - Pott
- The Voice of God is Calling - Holmes (1879-1964) - free use in the USA
- There is A Green Hill Far Away - Alexander (1895-1895)
- Thuma Mina - Based on a traditional Zulu song
- To God be the Glory
- We Sing the Praise of Him Who Died - Kelly
- We Will Follow - Daniel Sidney Warner (1842--1895)
- We Would See Jesus - Warner
- What Shall we Offer Our Good Lord - Wesley, trans from Spangenberg
- When all Thy Mercies O my God - Addison
- Where He Leads me I Will Follow - Blandly (1849-?)
- Where Shall my Wondering Soul Begin - Wesley
- Who is on the Lord's Side (Savior we are Thine) - Havergal
- Ye (You) Holy Angels Bright
- Ye Sons and Daughters Let us Sing / of the King - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
- Ye Watchers And Ye Holy Ones - Riley
- Your Ceaseless Unexhausted Love - Wesley
Hymns which may still be copyright
- Above the Voices of the World Around Me - Timothy Dudley-Smith (1926-2024)
- Christ be the Lord of all our Days - Timothy Dudley-Smith (1926-2024)
- Come let us Sing for Joy - Haugen
- Creator God (In the darkness of the still night) - Margaret Rizza (b. 1929)
- Easter People Raise Your Voices - James (1915-2014)
- Follow Me - Cockett
- Forth in the Peace of Christ we Go - Quinn - James Quinn (1919-2010)
- Glory to God the Source of All Our Mission - Idle
- Go Forth for God (Go forth for God, go to the world in peace) - Peacey (1896-1971)
- Go to the World! - Dunstan
- God of Justice Saviour to All - Hughes
- Gracious Creator of Sea and of Land - Thornburg (b. 1954)
- Haul, Haul Away - Cockett
- Here I am Lord (I the Lord of Sea and Sky) - Schutte
- How Clear Is Our Vocation, Lord - Fred Pratt Green (1903-2000)
- How Shall They Hear the Word of God - Perry (1942-1996)
- If Christ had not Been Raised from Death - Christopher M Idle (b. 1938)
- Jesus Christ is Waiting - Bell (b. 1949), Maule (1958-2019)
- Listen Sisters Listen Brothers - Gillette
- Lord when you Came to the Seashore - Jabusch/ Gabaráin
- Lord You have come to the Seashore - Trupia / Gabaráin
- Make Way, Make Way - Kendrick
- O Lord You Called Disciples - Gillette
- Open the Eyes of my Heart Lord - Baloche
- Pescador de Hombres - Gabaráin
- Send Me Lord - Redman
- Sent by the Lord - Jorge Maldonado (1991), translated from José Aguiar
- Sing Hey for the Carpenter / Sing Yes for the Carpenter - Bell (b. 1949), Maule (1958-2019)
- The Servant King - Kendrick
- The Summons (Will You Come and Follow Me)
- Thy Word (is a lamp unto my feet) - Grant
- When Jesus Walked Beside the Shore - Stuempfle
- Would I Have Answered When You Called - Herman G. Stuempfle (1923-2007)
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