Music - Sunday, 30 August 2026 – Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (Proper 17)
Introduction
Top 4 Public Domain
If you enjoy traditional hymn singing or your congregation does not have a copyright license, here are our recommended Public Domain hymns for the week. If a title is hyperlinked, modernised lyrics are available. MP3 backing tracks have been recorded for you to use.
Copyright information for the following suggestions has been provided. Please ensure that you are reporting the use of any material under copyright.
AT 413 - The summons (One Licence, CCLI)
AT 331 - Turn to me with all your heart (One Licence)
LHS 858 - Make me a channel of your peace (One Licence)
AT 301 - May the Father of love (CCLI)
Top 4 Contemporary Music Suggestions
The following songs have been carefully reviewed and recommended for congregational worship, primarily because they point people to Christ and proclaim the message of his word in music and song.
Note: YouTube clips are provided for reference. You must obtain permission from the creators before using clips in worship.
296 I, the Lord of sea and sky (One Licence)
403 God of Abraham (esp vv 1, 3, 6) (One Licence)
TIS (Together in Song)
125 The God of Abraham praise 445 Jesus, where’er your people meet
658 I, the Lord of sea and sky
688 Come to be our hope, O Jesus
First Reading: b) Jeremiah 15:15–21
LHS (Lutheran Hymnal)
195 A mighty fortress is our God* G3
198 Let us, O Father, never be confounded G6
199 Christ, Thou strong guardian* G9
316 Smite me not, O mighty God G4
411 If God be my defender* G3
556 O God, our help in ages past (G, STJ 23)
850 O Father, my Father GS (CCLI, One Licence)
861 All those who live beneath God’s shade GS (One Licence)
AT (All Together)
6 O Father, my Father (One Licence, CCLI) 21 All those who live beneath God’s shade (One Licence)
331 Turn to me with all your heart (One Licence)
339 In You, O Lord, I found refuge (One Licence, CCLI)
480 On the day I called (One Licence)
TIS (Together in Song)
47 O God, our help in ages past
103 A mighty fortress is our God
95 Make me a channel of your peace (One Licence)
177 Love one another (One Licence, CCLI)
191 Brother, let me be your servant (CCLI)
197 When I needed a neighbour (One Licence, CCLI)
300 Practise love (CCLI)
301 May the Father of love (CCLI)
308 We are called to follow Jesus (One Licence, CCLI)
463 Goodness is stronger than evil (One Licence)
491 You call me to love (One Licence, CCLI)
507 Where you tread (Public Domain)
TIS (Together in Song)
464 Seek, O seek the Lord
466 Peace with the Father
587 Fold to your heart your sister and your brother
607 Make me a channel of your peace
626 Lord of creation, to you be all praise
650 Brother, sister, let me serve you
672 Lord of earth, and all creation
401 Follow me (Anyone who wants to follow me) (One Licence, CCLI)
413 The Summons (Will you come and follow me) (One Licence, CCLI)
443 Like an angel (One Licence, CCLI)
495 Come and follow me (One Licence)
506 Oh, let’s get up to love and serve (Please use freely with permission of the author Liz Schultz)
TIS (Together in Song)
583 ‘Take up your cross’, the Saviour said
595 O Jesus, I have promised
625 I need you, Lord, for I have seen
656 Jesus, my Lord
681 Lord, let me see, more and more
Psalms
Psalm 105:1–6,23–26,45c
For musical settings of Psalm 105:1–6,23–26,45c, see Music Package 3. TIS 66, O give thanks to God, is a version of Psalm 105:1–11. Psalm 105 p.176.pdf, Psalm 105 p.177.pdf
The following metrical paraphrase of Psalm 105:1–6 by David Schütz is sung to the tune of ‘Trust and obey’, LHS 877. If reproducing this version, please put ‘Words (c) David Schütz’ at the beginning or the end of the psalm.
O give thanks to the Lord,
as you call on his name,
and make known all his deeds to the world.
Sing your praises to him,
as you tell what he’s done,
as you glory in his holy name.
Let the hearts of all those
who approach him rejoice.
Seek the Lord and his strength at his throne.
And remember his works
and the judgments he gave,
O you chosen of Abraham’s line.
The following metrical paraphrase of Psalm 26:1–10 by David Schütz is sung to the tune Trisagion, LHS 865. If reproducing this version, please put ‘Words (c) David Schütz’ at the beginning or the end of the psalm.
Vindicate me, Lord, for I have been true,
and, without wavering, trusted in you.
Prove me, O Lord, and put me to the test,
try both my heart’s and my mind’s righteousness.
I keep your steadfast love always in sight;
I’ve lived in faithfulness through all my life.
I shun the worthless and vain hypocrite,
nor with the wicked will I ever sit.
I wash my hands to show you I am clean,
and, at your altar, I serve without sin,
singing to you a loud thanksgiving song,
telling your deeds to the world all day long.
I love the house where your glory abides!
Save me from all those who offer their bribes.
Those who do evil will be swept away –
save me from your righteous judgment that day.
