Selah's Hymn-of-the-Week sends you weekly inspiration for planning your church services, helps you find hymns appropriate for the lectionary, and familiarizes you with congregational song that is worth introducing and using regularly.
General Hymns
King of Glory, King of Peace - GENERAL SEMINARY
2018 Advent, Year C
01-Hope Is a Candle - Dec. 2, 2018
by Richard Leach
GALLOWAY TAM - Scottish folk melody, arr. David Ashley White
SIMPLY PERFECT- Rusty Edwards
02-Wild and Lone the Prophet's Voice - Dec. 9, 2018
by Carl P. Daw, Jr.
LaGRANGE - David Ashley White
PROPHET'S VOICE - Alfred V. Fedak
03-When a Prophet Sings of Justice - Dec. 16, 2018
by John Core - FREU DICH SEHR (PSALM 42)
04-Mary, Woman of the Promise - Dec. 23, 2018
by Mary Frances Fleischaker
DRAKES BROUGHTON - Edward Elgar (Public domain)
GRATIA PENA - Alfred V. Fedak
PROMISE - Thomas Pavlechko
05-The People Who in Darkness Walked - Dec. 24/25, 2018
by David W. Music
BEREDAN VÄG FÖR HERRAN - Swedish melody, 17th cent.; harm. David W. Music
06-Grey Ashes Fall - Christmas I/New Year's Eve
by Rae E. Whitney
McGEHEE - David Ashley White
EMBERS - Austin C. Lovelace
2019 Epiphany, Year C
07-That King, Before Whose Majesty - Jan. 6, 2019
by Rae E. Whitney
Music: MAJESTY - David Ashley White; PROSPECT - Southern Harmony (PD)
08-May This Water Keep Us Aware - Jan. 13, 2019
by Christopher Uehlein - CORDELL - Christopher Uehlein
09-Woman in the Night - Jan. 20, 2019
by Brian Wren
Music: NEW DISCIPLES - Alfred V. Fedak; WICKLUND - William P. Rowan
10-Proclaim the Acceptable Name of the Lord - Jan. 27, 2019
by Amanda Udis-Kessler - JUBILEE - Amanda Udis-Kessler
11-Not for Tongues of Heaven's Angels - Feb. 3, 2019
by Timothy Dudley-Smith. Music: REINLYN - Roy Hopp
12-We Praise You, O God - Feb. 10, 2019
Te Deum Laudamus, vers. Gracia Grindal.
Music: CHAPEL OF THE INCARNATION - Mark Sedio
13-This Is the First of Songs - Feb. 17, 2019
Psalm 1, para. Richard Leach. Music: LE COMMANDEMENTS DE DIEU - public domain
14-May Peace Abide in Us - Feb. 24, 2019
Text: David A. Robb.
Music: TEACHER'S FAREWELL - (The Original Sacred Harp);
BENISON - Alfred V. Fedak
15-We Have Come At Christ's Own Bidding - March 3, 2019
Text: Carl P. Daw, Jr.
Music: BREWER - David Ashley White; COLUMBIA GORGE - Scott M. Hyslop
2019 Lent, Year C
16-Sunday's Palms Are Wednesday's Ashes - March 6, 2019
Text: Rae E. Whitney
Music: BEACH SPRING - public domain; EAST END - Betty Carr Pulkingham;
SUNDAY'S PALMS - Wilbur Held
17-God of Justice, Overflowing - March 10, 2019
Text: Kathleen R. Moore, 1996.
Music: HOLY MANNA - public domain; NETTLETON - public domain
18-Day By Day - March 17, 2019
Text: attributed to Richard of Chicester, 13th cent.
Music: COURTNEY - David Ashley White;
DAY BY DAY - Keith Landis, arr. Alfred V. Fedak;
KENT - William S. Haynie
19-Bush By the Fire Illumed - March 24, 2019
Text: Wayne L. Wold
Music: PARAMOUNT - Wayne L. Wold
20-How Far Away Is Heaven - March 31, 2019
Text: Richard Leach
Music: CISCO - Carson Cooman
21-When the Lord Restored Our Fortunes - April 7, 2019
Text: Gracia Grindal, para. of Psalm 124
Music: IRONWOOD - Donald Busarow
22-Hosanna, Hosanna!/Why Has God Forsaken Me - Palm/Passion Sunday, April 14, 2019
"Hosanna, Hosanna" Text and music: Joy F. Patterson
"Why Has God Forsaken Me" Text: William L. Wallace, Music: SHIMPI, Taihei Sato
23-Three Tall Trees Grew on a Windy Hill - Good Friday, April 19, 2019
Text: Herbert O'Driscoll
Music: GRAND ISLE - public domain; THREE TALL TREES - Alfred V. Fedak
2019 Easter, Year C 24-Myrrh-Bearing Mary - Easter, April 21, 2019
Text: Rae E. Whitney
Music: MYRRH-BEARING MARY - Alfred V. Fedak;
MYRRH-BEARING MARY - David Hurd
25-God, When I Stand - Easter II, April 28, 2019
Text: Herbert O'Driscoll
Music: MORECOMBE - Public domain
26-A Light from Heaven - Easter III, May 5, 2019
Text: Gracia Grindal
Music: DEO GRATIAS - Public domain
27-Are You a Shepherd - Easter IV, May 12, 2019
Text: Ruth Duck
Music: ZILKER PARK - William P. Rowan
28-This Is a Day of New Beginnings - Easter V, May 19, 2019
Text: Brian Wren
Music: BERING MEMORIAL - David Ashley White
29-Rise, My Song - Easter VI, May 26, 2019
Text: Richard Leach
Music: THE FALCONER - Alfred V. Fedak
30-Draw Nigh and Take- Easter VII, June 2, 2019
Text: Bangor Antiphoner, 6th cent.; tr. John Mason Neale (PD)
Music: PALMER CHURCH - David Ashley White
2019 Pentecost, Year C
31-Come, Holy Spirit, Revive Your Church - Pentecost, June 9, 2019
Text: Gracia Grindal
Music: AUSTIN - David Ashley White
2019 Sundays after Pentecost, Year C
32-Come, Join the Dance of Trinity - Trinity Sunday, June 16, 2019
Text: Richard Leach
Music: KINGSFOLD - English, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams; LEANDER - Southern Harmony, 1835
33-Heal Me, Hands of Jesus - Second Sunday after Pentecost, June 23, 2019
Text: Michael Perry
Music: HANDS OF JESUS - Alfred V. Fedak; TAYLOR - David Ashley White
34-Christ, Renew Us By Your Spirit - Third Sunday after Pentecost, June 30, 2019
Text: Rae E. Whitney
Music: HYFRYDOL - Rowland Hugh Prichard (PD)
35-If You Can Walk - Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, July 7, 2019
Text: Rusty Edwards
Music: O WALY, WALY- English folk tune
36-Grant Us Wisdom to Perceive You - Fifth Sunday after Pentecost, July 14, 2019
Text: Rae E Whitney
Music: QUEM PASTORES - German carol (PD)
BENEDICT - Carol Doran
37-By Grace We Have Been Saved - Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, July 21, 2019
Text: Rusty Edwards
Music: MARIETTA - Linda Cable Shute
GRACE HAPPENS - Swee Hong Lim
38-Our Father in Heaven - Seventh Sunday after Pentecost, July 28, 2019
Text: Keith Landis
Music: PATTISON - Keith Landis, harm. John Rutter
39-"Imagine," Said Jesus, "a Rich Man" - Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, August 4, 2019
Text: Richard Leach
Music: IMAGINE - Margaret R. Tucker
40-God of Still Waiting- Ninth Sunday after Pentecost, August 11, 2019
Text: Carl P. Daw, Jr.
Music: HESYCHIA - Alfred V. Fedak
41-Without the Fire - Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, August 18, 2019
Text: Rae E. Whitney
Music: CONWAY - David Ashley White
42-O Christ, We Pray for Those Bent Low - Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, August 25, 2019
Text: Edith Sinclair Downing
Music: LAND OF REST - American folk tune
SILENT CRIES - Sandra T. Gay
43-All Who Hunger Gather Gladly - Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, September 1, 2019
Text: Sylvia Dunstan
Music: DENSON - David Ashley White
44-If I Take the Wings of Morning - Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 8, 2019
Text: Rae E. Whitney
Music: LOVE'S LIGHT - Amanda Husberg
45-And Jesus Said - Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 15, 2019
Text: Gracia Grindal
Music: AND JESUS SAID - Joy F. Patterson
46-Why Should the Children of This Age - Fifteen Sunday after Pentecost, September 22, 2019
Text: Richard Leach
Music: WISDOM - Margaret R. Tucker
SLATER - Amanda Husberg
47-Thy Holy Wings - Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 29, 2019
Text: Carolina Sandell Berg, tr. Gracia Grindal; st. 2 Gracia Grindal
Music: BRED DINA VIDA VINGAR- Swedish folk tune
48-Jesus and the Fig Tree - Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 6, 2019
Text: Richard Leach
Music: MULBERRY - Dan Damon
49-Our Cities Cry to You, O God - Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 13, 2019
Text: Margaret Clarkson
Music: HANDS OF THE POOR - Alfred V. Fedak
50-A Widow Cried for Justice - Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, October 20, 2019
Text: Richard Leach
Music: JUSTICE - Margaret R. Tucker
51-Are You Weary of Your Burden - Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, October 27, 2019
Text: John Mason Neale, adapt. Richard Leach
Music: WALES - David Ashley White
STEPHANOS - Henry Williams Baker (Public domain)
52-When Jesus Entered Jericho - Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost, November 3, 2019
Text: Mark Sedio
Music: ZACCHAEUS - Mark Sedio
53-Have Mercy God - Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost, November 10, 2019
Text: Richard Leach
Music: MIACOMET KYRIE - Carson Cooman
54-Surely It Is God Who Saves Me - Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, November 17, 2019
Text: Herbert O'Driscoll
Music: ECCE DEUS - Alfred V. Fedak
55-King of Glory, King of Peace - Last Sunday after Pentecost: Christ the King, November 24, 2019
Text: George Herbert
Music: GENERAL SEMINARY - David Charles Walker
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