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
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross | Hymn25
1707 | Isaac Watts We live in a beautiful world of God’s creation. From the wonders of nature to the warm embrace of an old friend, God’s goodness and greatness shines through the dark When I take the time to look around me …really look … I am moved to praise! There is so much…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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!…
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…
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”,…