Hymns, Songs, and Metrical Psalms for After Pentecost (or Any Time)
On These Selections
The following song selections are “core music” for use in Ordinary Time (After Pentecost) or in any season of the year.
See also our hymns, songs, and metrical psalms for Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, and Easter, many of which are fitting for Ordinary Time (After Pentecost).
While there is of course some flexibility in where these songs are used, the selections are organized by the place in the liturgy where they are especially fitting. In some modern worship, music is a part of the service that’s mostly independent of the whole (“the song service”), it is designed to be the most emotional part, and it often gets viewed as simply “the worship.” The songs may all or mostly come before the reading and preaching of God’s Word and be largely unrelated to it. In the Church’s worship for most of 2,000 years, the worship is primarily the attentive hearing of God’s Word and faithful participation in the Lord’s Supper. Music is used throughout the service as an integral part of the worship to move the worship along and help the Church respond to or prepare for God’s gifts of Word and Sacrament.
Doxologies
The Gloria Patri — recommended for near the beginning of every service
The Doxology (Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow) — recommended for near the end of every service
Note: It only takes a little over a minute to sing the Gloria Patri at the beginning of the service and the Doxology at the end, and it is a minute well-spent. These songs have a rich history and are highly effective in framing and orienting the Church’s worship towards its proper end: the Triune God.
Processional or Call to Worship
O Worship the King
Here I Am to Worship
All Creatures of Our God and King — “lift up your voice and with us sing”
Let All the People Praise Thee — “O magnify the Lord with me”
Praise Him! Praise Him! (148) — “Tell of his excellent greatness”
O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
To God Be the Glory
10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)
Shout to the Lord
Psalm 95 (the Venite) in metrical form
Psalm 100 (the Jubilate Deo) in metrical form
Chorus: Majesty (74) — “worship his majesty”
Chorus: Let’s Just Praise the Lord (13)
Chorus: We Bring the Sacrifice of Praise (103)
Chorus: I Will Sing of the Mercies (123)
Chorus: He Has Made Me Glad (124) — “I will enter his gates with thanksgiving in my heart”
Chorus: We Have Come Into His House — “concentrate on him and worship him”
Chorus: This Is the Day (22) — “we will rejoice and be glad in it”
Chorus: Bless His Holy Name (57)
Chorus: Holy Spirit, Thou Art Welcome (36)
Chorus: Spirit of the Living God (40)
Chorus: Come, Holy Spirit (42)
Chorus: More of You (26)
Songs of Praise
How Great Thou Art
Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
The Goodness of God
A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
What An Awesome God
Chorus: Awesome God (1)
Chorus: What A Mighty God We Serve (185)
Chorus: Glorify Thy Name (3)
Chorus: I Sing Praises (91)
Chorus: Lord, Be Glorified (20) — especially “In your church, Lord…”
Chorus: I Love You, Lord (193)
Chorus: More Precious than Silver (14) — “Lord, you are…”
Chorus: Wonderful (200) — “wonderful, wonderful, Jesus is to me!”
Before the Scripture Lessons
Speak, O Lord (432) — Gettys
Chorus: Thy Word
Chorus: Open Our Eyes (186)
Chorus: Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus (25)
After the Sermon
Search Me, O God
Trust and Obey
His Way with Thee (522)
Take My Life and Let It Be Consecrated (586)
All to Jesus I Surrender (607)
All for Jesus (606)
I Want a Principle Within
Standing on the Promises (434)
Chorus: Yes, Lord, Yes (213)
Chorus: I Will Serve Thee (170)
Chorus: Seek Ye First (159) — also 341 in Our Great Redeemer’s Praise
Creed
Apostles’ Creed Hymn (650) — excellent, easy to sing; sing to the tune Hymn to Joy (Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee)
This I Believe (651) — Ben Fielding, Matt Crocker
We Believe in God the Father (652) — Timothy Dudley-Smith, based on the Apostles’ Creed
