Starting with our worship service on November 8, we will be sharing space with First United Methodist Church in McHenry. They are located at 3717 W. Main St. We look forward to this new chapter! St. Paul's Holy Eucharist service will be at 8:30 am. First United's...
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Hymns and Readings for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost – June 28, 2020
Opening Hymn - #S236 - A song of praise 1 Glory to you, Lord God of our fathers; you are worthy of praise; glory to you. Glory to you for the radiance of your holy Name; we will praise you and highly exalt you for ever. 2 Glory to you in the splendor of your...
Hymns and Readings – Third Sunday after Pentecost June 21, 2020
Opening Hymn - #524 I love thy kingdom, Lord 1 I love thy kingdom, Lord, the house of thine abode, the Church our blest Redeemer saved with his own precious blood. 2 For her my tears shall fall; for her my prayers ascend; to her my cares and toils be...
Hymns and Readings for the Second Sunday after Pentecost – June 14, 2020
Opening Hymn - Before the Lord's eternal throne #391 1 Before the Lord’s eternal throne, ye nations, bow with sacred joy; know that the Lord is God alone; he can create, and he destroy. 2 His sovereign Power without our aid formed us of clay and gave us breath; and...
Hymns and Readings for Trinity Sunday, June 7, 2020
Opening Hymn - Come, thou almighty King #365 1 Come, thou Almighty King, help us thy name to sing, help us to praise. Father whose love unknown all things created own, build in our hearts thy throne, Ancient of Days. 2 Come, thou incarnate Word, by heaven and...
Hymns and Readings for Pentecost – May 31, 2020
Opening Hymn - Praise to the living God #372 1 Praise to the living God! All praised be his Name who was, and is, and is to be, for ay the same. The one eternal God ere aught that now appears: the first, the last, beyond all thought his timeless years! 2 Formless, all...
Seventh Sunday of Easter – Hymns and Readings for May 24, 2020
Opening Hymn - Hail thou once despised Jesus! (vs. 1-3) 1 Hail, thou once despised Jesus! Hail, thou Galilean King! Thou didst suffer to release us, thou didst free salvation bring. Hail, thou agonizing Savior, bearer of our sin and shame! By thy merits we find favor,...
Sixth Sunday of Easter – Hymns and Readings for May 17, 2020
Opening Hymn - All hail the power of Jesus' Name! 1 All hail the power of Jesus' name! Let angels prostrate fall. Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown him Lord of all. bring forth the royal diadem, and crown him Lord of all! 2 Crown him ye martyrs of our God, who...
Fifth Sunday of Easter – Hymns and Readings for May 10, 2020
Opening Hymn - Gloria in Excelsis 1. Glory to god in the highest, and peace to his people on earth. 2. Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory. 3. Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father,...
Fourth Sunday of Easter – Hymns and Readings for May 3, 2020
Opening Hymn - Christ is Alive! 1 Christ is alive! Let Christians sing. His cross stands empty to the sky. Let streets and homes with praises ring. His love in death shall never die. 2 Christ is alive! No longer bound to distant years in Palestine, he comes to claim...
Third Sunday of Easter – Hymns and Readings for April 26, 2020
Opening Hymn: The Strife is o'er, the battle done (Verses 1,2,4,5) 1 Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! The strife is o'er, the battle done; the victory of life is won; the song of triumph has begun. Alleluia! 2 The powers of death have done their worst, but Christ their...
Easter Morning Hymns
Here are three hymns for Easter. Enjoy! To listen, click play below. The lyrics are beneath the player. Welcome, Happy Morning 1 "Welcome, happy morning!" age to age shall say: hell today is vanquished; heav'n is won today. Lo! the Dead is living, God forevermore!...