We are learning 25 hymns in 2025! As each hymn is shared in Main Service, we invite you to revisit them here for deeper reflection. May Hymn25 deepen our worship and strengthen our faith.

Jon Lilley | Worship Arts Pastor

Blessed Assurance | Hymn25

1873 | Fanny Crosby Have you ever wondered if you are secure in your salvation? I confess that many days I wonder if God’s saving power is real in my life. Thankfully our salvation is not dependent on our fickle hearts, but God’s unchanging faithfulness. And we have the promises forever written in the Scriptures…

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Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior | Hymn25

1868 | Fanny Crosby Have you ever felt ashamed, unworthy, or broken? In your brokenness, have you ever longed for the healing love of Jesus? Like the blind beggar who calls out for Christ as He passes by, and like the bleeding woman who reached for His robe, may we find ourselves yearning for our…

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The Old Rugged Cross | Hymn25

1913 | George Bennard In 1913 an American Methodist preacher by the name of George Bennard wrote a song about the Old Rugged Cross – the cross upon which Jesus was crucified. In Bennard’s words, Christ’s cross is seen as “the emblem of suffering and shame”, yet it has “a wondrous attraction” and “a wondrous…

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His Eye Is On The Sparrow | Hymn25

1905 | Civilla Mar­tin Gospel hymns have been a driving force in worship liturgy for over a century. Though the genre is hard to define in simple terms, gospel songs tend to convey a personal testimony and gratitude for salvation. Early in the Gospel movement, American Cevilla Martin penned one of the most influential and…

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The Love of God | Hymn25

1917 | Frederick Lehman When it comes to the things of God, sometimes our best efforts to describe Him must go beyond description. We must look beyond our limits of understanding, and simply admit that He is still more… “How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!…

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Praise to the Lord, the Almighty | Hymn25

1680 | Joachim Neander Catherine Winkler was a brilliant english woman who at a young age moved to Germany for study. She used her education and advantages to fight for women’s rights, particularly the right to higher education. While in Germany she gained an appreciation and affection for the great German hymns. Inspired, she took…

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Hymn25 O For A Thousands Tongues To Sing

O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing | Hymn25

1740 | Charles Wesley Charles Wesley was arguably the greatest hymn writer of all time in quality and certainly quantity. During his lifetime, Charles wrote over 6,500 hymns, hundreds of which are still sung today in the Methodist church and non-denominational churches like ours. You may recognize“And Can it be”, “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus”,…

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