Author Archive: Laura
Special Year-End Appeal
God has a plan for everyone and everything. That includes you, and it includes Windsor Park United Church. None of us can fully know God’s plan – the best we can do is pray and listen for clarity. For the past 60 years, you, the members of Windsor Park United Church, have felt God’s call […]
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A Time Called…Christmas Season
God has come among us. After centuries of looking up to find God, people looked down into a mother’s arms to see the face of God. In becoming human, God shows absolute commitment to humanity and creation. Things can never be the same again. What can this event mean to me? Historical Roots of the […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – December 29, 2019
First Sunday after Christmas To Live in Exile This week’s Scripture Readings: Isaiah 63:7-9 Matthew 2:13-23 This week’s music: “Unto Us a Boy is Born” (VU #54) “Unto us a boy is born! King of all creation, Came he to a world forlorn, the Lord of every nation, The Lord of every nation. Christ from […]
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A Time Called…Christmas Day
For many, this is a truly wonderful day. It’s a day of family, of special and traditional food, sharing of gifts, conversation, and laughter. It is a day (unless you have little children in the house!) when time seems to run more slowly. The day has a drowsy, gentle pace. It is a day to […]
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Meditation Blue Christmas/Longest Night Service – December 23, 2019
This has been a difficult season for many of us. Illness; unemployment; separation from loved ones; broken relationships; unmet hopes and expectations; events that have divided our homes, families, communities and country; loneliness and isolation; the death of a friend or family member; the hustle and bustle and ongoing frantic joy at this time of […]
Continue ReadingA Time Called…Christmas Eve
The stores are closed. There are only a few things left to do. The children have to wait for just one more sleep. At last, we can give ourselves over to the mystery of it all and let the carols, the church, and the story speak to us again. What is the meaning of Christmas […]
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Notes on the Notes – December 24, 2019
Christmas Eve Tonight’s music: “O Come, All Ye Faithful” (VU #60) The original four verses of “O Come All Ye Faithful” were discovered in an eighteenth century Jacobean manuscript with John Francis Wade’s signature. At one time historians believed that Wade had simply discovered an ancient hymn by an unknown author, possibly St. Bonaventura, a […]
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Notes on the Notes – Monday, December 23, 2019 at 7 p.m.
Longest Night Blue Christmas Service Tonight’s music: “Just as I Am” (VU #508) “Just as I am, without one plea, But that thy blood was shed for me, And that thou bidd’st me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come. Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind; Sight, riches, healing […]
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Notes on the Notes – December 22, 2019
Advent 4 – Christmas Sunday To Dream of Something New Isaiah 7:10-16 Matthew 1:18-25 “Angels from the Realms of Glory” (VU #36) “Angels, from the realms of glory, Wing your flight o’er all the earth; Ye who sang creation’s story, Now proclaim Messiah’s birth: Come and worship, come and worship, Worship Christ, […]
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Notes on the Notes – December 15, 2019
Advent 3 To See God’s Glory Isaiah 35:1-10 Luke 1:47-55 “There Was A Child in Galilee (Dreaming Mary)” (MV #134) “There was a child in Galilee who wandered wild along the sea. A holy child, alone was she, and they called her Dreaming Mary. And she dreamed, rejoicing in her saviour; She dreamed of justice […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – December 8, 2019
Advent 2 To Turn Towards God White Gift Sunday Isaiah 11:1-10 Matthew 3:1-12 This week’s music: “All Poor Ones and Humble” (VU #68) “All poor ones and humble and all those who stumble, Come hastening, and feel not afraid; For Jesus, our treasure, with love past all measure, In lowly poor manger was laid. […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – December 1, 2019
Advent 1 TO WATCH Communion Romans 13:11-14 Matthew 24:36-44 This week’s music: “While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks” (VU # 75) “While shepherds watched their flocks by night all seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came down, and glory shone around. ‘Fear not,’ said he, for mighty dread had seized […]
Continue ReadingA Time Called…ADVENT
When children say, “I can’t wait for Christmas,” they convey what it means to live in Advent. With joy they are waiting for an event that is good, that has been promised, and is now hidden from sight. Children do manage to wait. One way they do this is by sharing in the many preparations […]
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Fire up your ovens!
If you like to bake, we are looking for cookies for our Annual Cookie Walk! Please bring your cookies to the church this Friday, November 29 during the day. The Cookie Walk takes place on Saturday, November 30 from 10-11:30 a.m. (or until the cookies run out)!
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Notes on the Notes – November 24, 2019
Reign of Christ Sunday Saved! Jeremiah 23:1-6 Luke 23: 33-43 “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 […]
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