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 of these hymns are old/traditional - but where possible a variety of styles / genres are included.
A small selection of hymns that are still copyright may be included, where they are particularly relevant to the theme.
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Psalm: 29 (30) - I will praise you Lord, you have rescued me / Sing psalms to the Lord you who love him / The Lord listened and had pity.
Second: Revelation 5:11-14 - John has a vision of thousand of living creatures saying "The Lamb that was sacrificed is worthy to be given power, riches, wisdom, strength, honour, glory and blessing".
Gospel: John 21:1-19 - Jesus appears to the disciples again - the miraculous catch of fish - "Do you really love me" - If you love me, feed my lambs.
Readings
First: Acts 9:1-6 (7-20) - Saul (Paul) experiences God on the road to Damascus, is blinded for 3 days, then his eyes are opened by Ananias acting under the Lord's instructions. He beings to proclaim Jesus saying "He is the Son of God."Psalm: 29 (30) - I will praise you Lord, you have rescued me / Sing psalms to the Lord you who love him / The Lord listened and had pity.
Second: Revelation 5:11-14 - John has a vision of thousand of living creatures saying "The Lamb that was sacrificed is worthy to be given power, riches, wisdom, strength, honour, glory and blessing".
Gospel: John 21:1-19 - Jesus appears to the disciples again - the miraculous catch of fish - "Do you really love me" - If you love me, feed my lambs.
Themes
Jesus Christ is the Lord, recognising Jesus.Free-use hymns
- A Charge to keep I Have - Wesley
- All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
- Amazing Grace
- And Can it Be that I should Gain - Wesley
- Angel Voices Ever Singing - Pott
- At the Lamb's High Feast we Sing
- At the Name of Jesus
- Be Known to Us in Breaking Bread - James Montgomery (1771-1854)
- Be Still and Know that I Am God
- Be Thou my Vision
- Before the Throne of God Above (The Advocate) - Charitie Lees Smith Bancroft (1841-1923)
- Break Thou the Bread of Life - Lathbury
- Christ Whose Glory Fills the Skies - Wesley
- Christ, above All Glory Seated - James Russell Woodford (1820-1885)
- Christ, who Knows all His Sheep - Richard Baxter (1615-1691)
- Come my Way my Truth my Life - Herbert
- Come Ye Faithful Raise the Anthem - J. M. Neale, adapt from Job Hupton (1805)
- Come, Let Us Join Our Cheerful Songs - Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
- Come, Ye Disconsolate - Moore / Hastings
- Crown Him With Many Crowns
- Depth of Mercy - Wesley
- Finished Redemption - Evans (1748-1809)
- Fix Me Jesus - Unknown - traditional spiritual
- From All that Dwell Below the Skies - Watts
- Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken
- God Himself is Present - Foster / Miller, translated from Blumengärtlein
- God Moves in a Mysterious Way
- Hail Thou Once Despised Jesus - Toplady
- Hark my Soul it is The Lord - Cowper
- Hark! Ten Thousand Voices - Thomas Kelly (1769-1855)
- Holy God we Praise Thy Name
- Holy Holy Holy (early in the morning) - Heber
- Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord (Holy is the Lord God Almighty) - Unknown
- How Brightly Beams the Morning Star - Winkworth
- How Shall I Sing That Majesty - Mason (1646?-1694)
- I Cannot Tell (why he whom angels worship)
- I Know that my Redeemer Lives - Samuel Medley
- I Saw The Light - Hiram Williams (1923–1953)
- I'm Not Ashamed To Own my Lord - Watts
- In the Garden (And He Walks with Me) - Miles (1868–1946)
- It is a Thing Most Wonderful
- It is Well With my Soul (When peace like a river)
- Jaya Ho (Victory Hymn) - Unknown
- Jesus Calls us O’er the Tumult - Alexander
- Jesus Joy of Our Desiring - Robert Bridges, translatef from Martin Janus (1661)
- Jesus my Lord my God my All
- Jesus Paid It All - Hall
- Jesus Paid It All (I hear the Saviour say) - Hall (1820-1889)
- Jesus Shall Reign Where’er the Sun - Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
- Jesus the Name High Over All - Wesley
- Jesus the Very Thought of Thee - Caswall
- Just as I Am Without One Plea
- Lead us Heavenly Father Lead Us - James Edmeston (1791-1867)
- Lift Every Voice and Sing - John R Johnson (1873–1954), adapt from James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938)
- Lo He Comes with Clouds Descending
- Look Ye Saints the Sight is Glorious - Kelly
- Lord Enthroned in Heavenly Splendour
- Lord is It I? - Clements (1868-1946)
- Lord You Have Searched Me - Unknown - from Psalter, 1912
- Lord, Speak to Me that I May Speak - Havergal
- Love's Redeeming Work is Done - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
- Man of Sorrows, What a Name - Bliss
- Master Speak Thy Servant Heareth - Havergal
- More Love to Thee O Christ - Prentiss
- My God I Love Thee (My Eternal King) - St. Francis Xavier's Hymn of Love - Edward Caswall (1814-1878)
- My God, How Wonderful Thou Art - Faber
- My Jesus I Love Thee - Duffell / Featherston
- My Lord, What a Morning - unknown
- My Saviour's Love (I stand amazed in the presence) - Gabriel
- Nature With Open Volume Stands - Watts
- None of Self and All of Thee (O the bitter shame and sorrow) - Theodore Monod (1836-1921)
- Now All the Vault of Heaven Resounds - Paul Zeller Strodach (1876-1947)
- O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing - Wesley
- O Happy Day that Fixed my Choice - Doddridge
- O How I Love Jesus (There is A Name I Love to Hear) - Whitfield (1829-1904)
- O Jesus I Have Promised
- O Jesus Joy of Loving Hearts / Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts - Palmer, trans from Bernard of Clairvaux
- O Master Let me Walk with Thee (You) - Gladden
- O the Lamb - 19th cent - unknown
- O Worship the King (all glorious above) - Grant
- Onward Christian Soldiers
- Open Lord My Inward Ear - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
- Praise my Soul the King of Heaven
- Praise the Lord, Ye Heavens Adore Him
- Praise to the Holiest in the Height
- Prayer is the Soul’s Sincere Desire - James Montgomery (1771-1854)
- Proclaiming the Universal Saviour (Let earth and heaven agree) - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
- Rejoice the Lord is King
- Rescue the Perishing - Crosby
- Stand Up Stand Up for Jesus - Duffield (1818-1888)
- Sweet Hour of Prayer - Walford
- Take my Life and Let it Be
- Ten Thousand Times Ten Thousand - Alford
- The God of Abraham Praise - Olivers
- The Head that Once Was Crowned With Thorns - Kelly
- The Lord is Risen Indeed - Thomas Kelly (1769-1855)
- The Redeemed In Heaven (Lo, round the throne a glorious band) - Mary L. Duncan (1814-1840) and Rowland Hill (1744-1833)
- There's a Wideness in God's Mercy (Souls of men, why will ye scatter) - Faber
- Thine be the Glory
- Thine For Ever God of Love - Maude
- This Joyful Eastertide - Woodward
- Thou Art the Way: to Thee Alone - Doane
- Through all the Changing Scenes of Life - Unknown - from Tate and Brady's New Version, 1696, 1698
- To the Name of Our Salvation - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
- Victory in Jesus - Bartlett
- Walking with God - Cowper
- We Sing the Glorious Conquest - John Ellerton (1826-1893)
- Ye (You) Holy Angels Bright
- Ye Choirs of New Jerusalem - Robert Campbell (1814-1868)
- Ye Servants of God, Your Master Proclaim - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
- Ye Sons and Daughters Let us Sing / of the King - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
- Ye Watchers And Ye Holy Ones - Riley
- You Hear the Lambs A-Cryin'
Hymns which may still be copyright
- Be Still for the Presence of the Lord
- Christ is the World's True Light - Briggs (1875-1959)
- Do You Really Love Me
- Go Forth for God (Go forth for God, go to the world in peace) - Peacey (1896-1971)
- Go Make of All Disciples - Adkins (1896-1986)
- Go to the World! - Dunstan
- Here I am Lord - Schutte
- Here I am to Worship (Light of the world) - Tim Hughes (b. 1977)
- In the Breaking of the Bread - Hurd
- James and Andrew, Peter and John
- Jesu Jesu Fill us With Your Love (Kneels at the feet) - Tom Colvin (1925-2000)
- Jesus You Once Called Disciples - Gillette
- Light of the Minds that know Him - Dudley-Smith
- Lord Whose Love Through Humble Service - Bayly
- Lord You Call us to Your Service - Willimon / West
- Lord You Have Come to the Lakeshore - Suppe / Lockwood / Gutierrez-Achon
- Lord You Have Come to the Seashore - Gabaráin
- Mighty to Save (Everyone needs compassion) - Reuben Morgan (b. 1975), Ben Fielding ()
- Open our Eyes Lord - Robert Cull (b. 1949)
- Open the Eyes of my Heart Lord - Baloche
- Pass It On (It Only Takes A Spark) - Kaiser
- Peter Said, I'm Going Fishing - Gillette
- Surely the Presence of the Lord Is In This Place - Wolfe
- Simon Son of John - Kearney
- The Servant King (From heav'n You came helpless babe) - Kendrick
- The Summons (Will You Come and Follow Me) - John L Bell (b 1949), Graham Maule (1958-2019)