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 - sometimes in a limited setting. Many of these hymns are old / traditional - but where possible a variety of styles and genres are included.
A small selection of hymns that are still copyright may also be included, if these are particularly appropriate.
Suggestions about hymns that could be included are welcome: leave a message in the Comments box near the bottom of the page.
Readings
First: Genesis 12: 1-4a - God calls Abraham to leave his country and family and go the land that God will show himPsalm 121 - I lift up my eyes to the hills-- from where will my help come?
Second: Romans 4:1-5, 13-17 - What was promised to Abraham came through faith, not works of law: the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law .
Gospel:
John 3:1-17
Nicodemus questions Jesus about what it takes to see the kingdom of God - no one can enter the kingdom without being born of water and Spirit. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes may not perish but may have eternal life." "God did not send his Son into the world to condemn it, but so that the world might be saved through him."
Nicodemus questions Jesus about what it takes to see the kingdom of God - no one can enter the kingdom without being born of water and Spirit. "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes may not perish but may have eternal life." "God did not send his Son into the world to condemn it, but so that the world might be saved through him."
OR
Matthew 17:1-9 - Jesus is transfigured, his face shines like the sun ... God says "This is my Son the Beloved, he enjoys my favour, listen to him".
(The suggestions below are based on the Gospel from John: See hymn suggestions for Transfiguration Sunday if using the reading from Matthew.)
(The suggestions below are based on the Gospel from John: See hymn suggestions for Transfiguration Sunday if using the reading from Matthew.)
Themes
Abraham hears and accepts God's call - he is born of water and the Spirit, we are called to the same, by God's love.Free-use hymns
A Pilgrim and a Stranger - Borthwick
Beneath the Cross of Jesus - Clephane
Bread of Heaven, on you we Feed - Conder
Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord - Neale
Father of Heaven, whose Love Profound - Cooper
Father whose Everlasting Love - Wesley
Fill thou my Life - Bonar
Give to our God Immortal Praise - Watts
God is Love: Let Heaven Adore Him - Rees
God Loved the World So that He Gave - Crull
If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee - Winkworth
I'll go in the strength of the Lord - Turney
Jesus I my Cross have Taken - Lyte
Jesus, Lord of All Creation - Wesley
John 3:16 - Manton Smith
Lord, Thee I Love With All My Heart - Winkworth
Man of Sorrows! What a Name - Bliss
Meet and Right it is to Sing - Wesley
O Breath of life, come sweeping through us - Head
O Christ, Our Hope - Chandler
O God of Bethel - Doddridge
O love, how Deep, how Broad, how High - Webb
O Love That Will Not Let Me Go - Matheson
O my Saviour, Lifted - How
Our Great Redeemer, as He Breathed - Auber
Pleading His Gracious Name (Approach, my soul, the mercy-seat) - Newton
Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
The God of Abraham Praise
The Lord's my Shepherd - Scottish Psalter
The Work of Faith (Author of faith, eternal word) - Wesley
Unto the Hills - Campbell
We give Immortal Praise - Watts
Suggested hymns which may still be copyright
A spendthrift lover is the Lord - Troeger
Christ is the world's Light - Prat Green
Deep in the Shadows of the Past - Wren
God it was who said to Abraham - Bell
God of Abraham - Farrell
God, Whose Love Is Always Stronger - Gillette
In His Time - Ball
The Lord's my Shepherd - Townend
See also ...
- Revised Common lectionary-hymns for Sundays & feasts
- Sources of music for church services
- Music selection worksheet
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