Author Archive: Laura

Notes on the Notes – May 17, 2020

No Good Deed Goes Unpunished      1 Peter 3:13-22  John 14:15-21 This week’s music: “God, We Praise You for the Morning” (VU #415) “God we praise you for the morning; Hope springs forth with each new day, New beginning, prayer, and promise, Joy in work and in play. God, we praise you for creation, Mountains, […]

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Notes on the Notes – May 10, 2020

Mother’s Day Proverbs 1:20-23 Luke 15:3-10 This week’s music: “I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry” (VU #644) “I was there to hear your borning cry,  I’ll be there when you are old. I rejoiced the day you were baptized,  to see your life unfold. I was there when you were but a child, […]

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Notes on the Notes – May 3, 2020

Our Emmaus Story! Communion Luke 24:13-35 This week’s music: “Jesus, Come to Our Hearts” (VU #324) “Jesus, come to our hearts like falling rain; Come to refresh, Come to renew, Wash all our sins away. Spirit, come to our hearts like rushing wind; Come with your fire, Come with your life, Blow all our doubts […]

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Notes on the Notes – April 26, 2020

 Doubting (place name here)        John 20:19-31 This week’s music: “As Comes the Breath of Spring” (VU #373) “As comes the breath of spring with light and mirth and song, So does your Spirit bring new days brave, free, and strong. You come with thrill of life to chase hence winter’s breath, To hush to […]

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Earth Day at Home

Some suggestions for celebrating Earth Day at home: clean your yard explore your garden, start some seeds plan to make your yard/gardens bird, bee and butterfly friendly take a trash bag with you to pick up trash on your walk start composting kitchen waste do an energy audit of your house – try to see […]

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Prayer for the People of Portapique, Nova Scotia

Please take a moment to offer this prayer for the people of Nova Scotia affected by the shootings of April 18-19: For the people of Portapique, neighbours and community, grieving today, I pray. For the victims of the shooting, though I don’t know name or number, I pray. For their pain and their loss, for […]

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A prayer, a remembrance, and lighting a candle for Nova Scotia

People across the country are asked to light a candle tonight, April 20, between 8:00 and 9:00 p.m. in their time zone to remember the victims and families of those killed in Nova Scotia just two days ago. In his video message to the church and the country, Moderator Richard Bott says simply, “There are […]

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Notes on the Notes – April 19, 2020

Sunday Before Earth Day Genesis 1:1-2:4a This week’s music: “All Things Bright and Beautiful” (VU #291) “All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful: In love, God made them all. Each little flower that opens, Each little bird that sings, God made their glowing colours, God made their […]

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Notes on the Notes – April 12, 2020

Easter Sunday A Fully Revealed Life Communion Matthew 28:1-10           Colossions 3:1-4 This week’s music: “This is the Day That God Has Made” (VU #175) “This is the day that God had made! Rejoice! Rejoice, and be exceeding glad! This is the day that God has made! Rejoice! Rejoice! Hallelujah! Christ has conquered death at last, […]

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