Hymn of the Week
Hymn of the Week – “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”
This week’s hymn is “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” which is very fitting on Reformation Sunday.
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Hymn of the Week – “Take My Life and Let It Be”
Here is how author Frances Havergal describes the events that inspired the writing of this hymn:
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Hymn of the Week – “For the Beauty of the Earth”
In 1863, Folliott S. Pierpoint was wandering through the English countryside around the winding Avon River. As he looked on the peaceful beauty surrounding him, he was inspired to reflect on God’s gifts to his people in creation and in the church. Above all, Pierpoint thought of the sacrifice of Christ, in the greatest of sacrifices, that of his life in return for ours. He thus originally wrote the text of “For the Beauty of the Earth” as a hymn for the Lord’s Supper.
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Hymn of the Week-“Be Thou My Vision”
This week’s hymn is a favorite of many. This hymn acts as a prayer to our God that He would be the first that we seek after, and continually refocus the direction of our life.
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Hymn of the Week: “My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less”
Our hymn of the week was written in 1834 by Edward Mote. This week we will sing it with a different tune than we usually hear it led by the praise band.
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Hymn of the Week – “Jesus Loves Me”
“Jesus Loves Me” is a hymn written by Anna Bartlett Warner (1827–1915). The lyrics first appeared as a poem in the context of an 1860 novel called Say and Seal, written by her older sister Susan Warner (1819–1885), in which the words were spoken as a comforting poem to a dying child.
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Hymn of the Week – “Children of the Heavenly Father”
This hymn promises amazing life and hope from a woman who lived in great pain and anguish.
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Hymn of the Week – All Are Welcome
Our world is a place of brokenness and alienation. Jesus calls us to wholeness and reconciliation. As disciples of Jesus, we seek justice and healing among people. We affirm that each person is God’s unique creation and by God’s grace, each is called a child of God.
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Hymn of the Week – Now We Remain
This week’s hymn of the week is a newer hymn that first appeared in the Lutheran tradition in the ELW hymnal.
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