I'm planning a service for the last Sunday of January. I get to choose the hymns we sing, as well as the readings.

So I borrowed a hymnal from the church and started paging through it during my lunch hour.

I had a great time singing myself through so many of the old familiar hymns and trying one or two new ones that looked interesting (wish I had a keyboard with me!)

Now Thank We All Our God
For the Beauty of the Earth
Holy, Holy, Holy
Now the Day is Over
We Gather Together (We Sing Now Together)
Now Thank We All Our God
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
This Little Light of Mine
When Israel Was in Egypt's Land
Love Will Guide Us
Hail the Glorious Golden City
Follow the Drinking Gourd
Oh, Freedom
This is My Song (Sibelius)
A Mighty Fortress
Amazing Grace
O God, Our Help in Ages Past
Come, Sing a Song with Me
Enter, Rejoice, and Come In
All People That on Earth Do Dwell
Sleep, My Child
Come, Come, Whoever You Are

I felt refreshed and inspired after my musical lunch. Amazing how the old familiar tunes--even when the words irk my sensibilities--soothe and uplift my spirit.