"Free-to-use" means 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 they are particularly appropriate.
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: Genesis 32:22-31 - Jacob wrestled with a man, who put Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. Jacob asked for the man's name and his blessing the reply was "You shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven with God and with humans, and have prevailed." He called the place Peniel, saying, "For I have seen God face to face...."OR Isaiah 55:1-5 - O come to the water you who are thirsty ... come and eat
Psalm 144 - You open wide your hand O Lord / The Lord is kind and full of compassion / The eyes of all creatures look to you / The Lord is just in all his ways.
Second: Romans 9:1-5 - Paul laments that the Israelites are cut off from God even though ... to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises;
... the patriarchs, and from them ...comes the Messiah"
Gospel: Matthew 13:13-21 - The miracle of the loaves and fishes.
Themes
God as source of all that is good - God who feeds us.Free-use artwork
Free-use hymns
All My Hope Is Firmly Grounded - Neander
Break Thou/Now the Bread of Life - Lathbury
Children of the Heavenly Father - Olson
Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Sky - Wesley
Christ, from Whom All Blessings Flow - Wesley
Come, O Thou Traveler Unknown Wesley
Give to the Winds Thy Fears - Wesley
God Be with You till We Meet Again - Rankin
Here, O My Lord, I See Thee Face to Face - Bonar
Holy Spirit, Truth Divine - Longfellow
I’ll Praise My Maker While I’ve Breath - Watts
If Thou But Suffer God to Guide Thee - Winkworth
Jesus Shall Reign Where’er the Sun - Watts
Just As I Am Without One Plea
Lord Jesus Christ, We Humbly Pray - Jacobs
"Man of Sorrows," What a Name (Hallelujah, what a savior) - Bliss
O Food to Pilgrims Given - Riley from Aquinas
O God Unseen yet Ever Near - Osler
O Living Bread from Heaven - Winkworth
O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go - Matheson
Of the Father’s Love Begotten - Neale
Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior - Crosby
Standing on the Promises of Christ My King - Carter
Sweet Hour of Prayer - Walford
Tell Me the Stories of Jesus -Parker
The Church's One Foundation
The God of Abraham Praise - Olivers
Thee We Adore, O Hidden Savior - Woodford
Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life - North
Suggested hymns which may still be copyright
Come to the Water - Foley
You Who Are Thirsty - Ross
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