Author Archive: Laura

Worship Service – September 14, 2025

Second Sunday in the Season of Creation Welcome!  Thanks for joining us! Thank you to those in worship leadership this week: Worship Leaders  – Irma Nadeau, Gwen Polak Minute People – Gwen Polak (Outreach), Gayle Henders (Worship), Howard Ashdown (Property), Pat Lumsden (Pastoral Care), Debbie Ashdown (Rentals) Music Leadership – Laura Steidl, Myrna Hagues, & […]

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Notes on the Notes – September 14, 2025

Creation 2 This week’s music: “Help Us Accept Each Other” (SFGP #8) “Help us accept each other as Christ accepted us; Teach us as sister, brother, each person to embrace. Be present, God, among us and bring us to believe we are ourselves accepted and meant to love and live. Teach us, O God, your […]

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Worship Service – September 7, 2025

First Sunday in the Season of Creation Welcome!  Thanks for joining us! Thank you to those in worship leadership this week: Worship Leaders  – Minister Candidate Diane Meredith, Nancy Sulkers Minute People – Margot Baldwin (Celebration of Life Committee), Edna Erickson (U.C.W.), Deb Ashdown (Welcome Back Lunch) Music Leadership – Laura Steidl, Myrna Hagues, Jam […]

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Faith in Action – September 2025

September Start-Up! Welcome and Welcome Back!  Join us for worship: September 7 – Worship led by Minister Candidate Diane Meredith/Season of Creation begins September 14 – Worship led by Licensed Lay Worship Leader Irma Nadeau September 21 – Worship led by Diane Meredith September 28 – Worship led by Diane Meredith/Sunday before National Day for […]

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Notes on the Notes – September 7, 2025

Creation 1 This week’s music:  “What is the Place” (Songs For a Gospel People #70) “What is the place where we are meeting? Only a house, the earth its floor, walls and a roof sheltering people, windows for light, an open door. Yet it becomes a body that lives when we are gathered here, and […]

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Worship Service – August 31, 2025

Welcome!  Thanks for joining us! Thank you to those in worship leadership this week: Worship Leaders  – Minister Candidate Diane Meredith, June Kaan Minute People – Sue Turley/Howard Ashdown Music Leadership – Laura Steidl and Jam Calvez Live Stream – Doug Waldron Powerpoint Creation – Laura Steidl/Gwen Polak Powerpoint “Clicker” – Sue Turley Click below […]

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Notes on the Notes – August 31, 2025

This Week’s Music: “Let Us Build a House (All are Welcome)” (MV #1) “Let us build a house where love can dwell and all can safely live, a place where saints and children tell how hearts learn to forgive. Built of hopes and dreams and visions, rock of faith and vault of grace; Here the love […]

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Worship Service – August 24, 2025

Welcome!  Thanks for joining us! Thank you to those in leadership this week: Worship Leaders  – Rev. Teresa Moysey, Gwen Polak Music Leadership – Laura Steidl Live Stream – Doug Waldron Click below for a recording of this week’s service: Worship Service – August 24, 2025 See the bulletin by clicking here: Bulletin – August 24, […]

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Notes on the Notes – August 24, 2025

This week’s music: “Teach Me, God, to Wonder” (Voices United #299, Song for a Gospel People #36) “Teach me, God, to wonder, teach me, God, to see; Let your world of beauty capture me. Praise to you be given, love for you be lived, Life be celebrated, joy you give. Let me, God, be open, let […]

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Worship Service – August 17, 2025

Welcome!  Thanks for joining us! Thank you to those in leadership this week: Worship Leaders  – Minister Candidate Diane Meredith, Nancy Sulkers Music Leadership – Laura Steidl, Jam Calvez Live Stream – Doug Waldron Click below for a recording of this week’s service: Worship Service – August 17, 2025 See the bulletin by clicking here: Bulletin […]

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Notes on the Notes – August 17, 2025

This week’s music: “How Great Thou Art” (Voices United #238, Songs for a Gospel People #50) “O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder, Consider all the works Thy hands have made; I see the stars, I hear the mighty thunder, Thy power throughout the universe displayed. Then sings my soul, my Savior God, […]

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Worship Service – August 10, 2025

Thank you to those in leadership this week: Worship Leaders  – Minister Candidate Diane Meredith, Sue Turley Music Leadership – Laura Steidl, Jam Calvez Live Stream – Doug Waldron Click below for a recording of this week’s service: Worship Service – August 10, 2025 See the bulletin by clicking here: Bulletin – August 10, 2025 To […]

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UCC General Council Apology Service

On August 8, 2025, the United Church of Canada offered an apology to Two Spirit and LGMTQIA+ Communities.  View a recording of the service below: Recording of service The bulletin can be downloaded at: https://united-church.ca/sites/default/files/2025-08/apologyservice_bulletin-program_web.pdf

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Notes on the Notes – August 10, 2025

This week’s music:  “Are You a Shepherd” (MV #126) “Are you a shepherd, good shepherd who leads us safely through danger, while calming our fears? Are you a father who shelters and feeds us, shares in our laughter and wipes away tears? Yes, you are shepherd, parent and teacher, but you are greater than all that […]

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