Author Archive: Laura
Worship Service – March 31, 2024 – Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday Thank you to all in leadership this week: Worship Leaders – Susan Spindler (pulpit supply), Edna Erickson (liturgist) Music Leadership – Laura Steidl, Myrna Hagues and the Worship Choir Live Stream – Doug Waldron It was wonderful to celebrate the resurrection with more than 60 people in the pews this week! Click on the […]
Continue ReadingModerator’s Easter Message
In her Easter message, United Church of Canada’s Moderator Carmen Lansdowne’s hope for the church is that we will know that even in our deepest grief the risen Christ will show up, call us by name, and remind us that this is not the end of our story.
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A Time Called…Easter Sunday
Easter shatters the natural order. The crucified one lives again. Reality is redefined through Christ’s death and resurrection. God has spoken the last word on death – and that word is LIFE! All creation can live again through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. Alleluia! What is Easter? Easter is a festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 31, 2024 – Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday This week’s music: “Joy Comes With the Dawn” (VU #166) “Joy comes with the dawn; Joy comes with the morning sun; Joy springs from the tomb and scatters the night with her song, Joy comes with the dawn. Weeping may come; Weeping may come in the night, when dark shadows cloud our sight. […]
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Worship Service – March 29, 2024 – Good Friday
Good Friday Thank you for taking the time to join us. Thank you to all in leadership this week: Worship Leaders – Alana Davis, Dorothy Read, Pat Lumsden, Gwen Polak Music Leadership – Laura Steidl, Myrna Hagues and the Worship Choir Live Stream – Doug Waldron Click on the picture below for a recording of […]
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Notes on the Notes – Good Friday – March 29, 2024
Good Friday Today’s music has been chosen to enhance the Passion narrative of Jesus’ journey to the cross. “We Remember” The opening anthem by Joel Raney (2011) draws us into the Good Friday story by retelling some of the events of Jesus’ ministry and leading us to the phrase “we remember Calvary.” It incorporates the […]
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A Time Called…Good Friday
Set between the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, and the celebration of the resurrection on Easter Sunday, Good Friday tells the story of Christ’s Passion and is a central part to our Christian story. Of course, we would all like to skip the less savory parts of life. Good Friday shows […]
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Worship Service – March 24, 2024
Palm Sunday Thank you to all in leadership this week: Worship Leaders – Susan Spindler (pulpit supply), Anne Thoroughgood (liturgist) Live Stream – Doug Waldron Congregational Update – Caitlyn Trias Music Leadership – Laura Steidl, Myrna Hagues and the Worship Choir Click on the picture below for a recording of this week’s service: See the […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 24, 2024
Palm Sunday This week’s music: “He Came Riding on a Donkey” (VU #124) “He came riding on a donkey, he came riding into town; Slow and easy kind of lowly he came riding with the dawn. His disciples walked beside him, staying close, a little shy; Not too sure where he would guide them, on to […]
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Faith in Action – March 20, 2024
After church coffee – Thank you to those who have hosted coffee time after church and also to those who have donated treats and helped out with serving/washing up/putting away chairs, etc! Please use the sign-up sheet for March/April Sundays so we can let people know when we will be having coffee. Also, feel free […]
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A Time Called…Palm Sunday
For many, the procession of the palms re-enacted by Sunday school children is a vivid and lasting memory of this day. But once you know the whole story of the upcoming week, it is hard to see Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem except as set against his passion – betrayal, humiliation, and death. Historical Roots […]
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Worship Service – March 17, 2024
Fifth Sunday in Lent Thank you to all in leadership this week: Worship Leaders – Susan Spindler (pulpit supply), June Kaan (liturgist) Live Stream – Doug Waldron Music Leadership – Laura Steidl, Myrna Hagues and the Worship Choir Thank you to the Radcliffe family for sharing the flowers from the Celebration of Life Service for […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 17, 2024
Lent 5 This week’s music: “I am the Dream” (MV #106) “I am the dream and you the dreamer, I am the song and you are the rhyme. You are the tune sung in every silence. You are the now in the endless stream of time. I am the bell and you the silence. You […]
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Worship Service – March 10, 2024
Fourth Sunday in Lent Thank you to all in leadership this week: Worship Leaders – Rev. Peter Denton (pulpit supply), June Kaan (liturgist), Pat Lumsden (minute person) Live Stream – Doug Waldron Music Leadership – Laura Steidl, Myrna Hagues and the Worship Choir Click on the picture below for a recording of this week’s service: […]
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Faith in Action – March 7, 2024
Book Sale – Our next book sale will be before and after church on March 10 (this Sunday!) This “free will offering” sale is a “small but mighty” fund-raiser! Don’t forget to bring some cash/spare change when you come to church on Sunday! After church coffee – Thank you to those who have hosted coffee time after […]
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