Author Archive: Laura

Notes on the Notes – October 21, 2018

This week’s theme:   God answers Job – God’s world is still good This week’s scripture reading: Job 38: 1-7, (34-41) This week’s music: “Praise to the Lord” (VU #835) “Praise to the Lord, all of you, God’s servants, Blessed be the name of our God now and ever. From the rising up of the sun […]

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It’s Craft Sale day!

Join us today (October 20) for our annual Craft and Bake Sale from 10-3 p.m. at 1062 Autumnwood Drive Over 20 vendors FREE parking in the lot and across the street! FREE admission! Great items for holiday shopping!  

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Notes on the Notes – October 14, 2018

This week:   Baptism/Collection of food for West Broadway This week’s mediation: Abandoned and Alone! This week’s scripture readings: Job 23:1-9, 16-17 – Job offers his complaint against God Mark 10: 17-31 – the rich and the kingdom of God This week’s music: “Sing Your Praise to God Eternal” (VU #244) “Sing your praise to […]

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Faith in Action – Sunday October 14 – World Food Day

World Food Day (WFD) was founded by the United Nations’ (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 1945, and has been observed annually, every October 16, since 1981. The event was established to increase awareness of world hunger and poverty and to inspire solutions for world change. Today, World Food Day is celebrated by many […]

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It’s Corn Maze Time!!

It’s time for WPUC’s annual visit to A-maze in Corn!  We will be going on Friday, October 12.  Join us as we enjoy the maze and have snacks around the fire.  All ages are welcome – come and bring your friends!  We will meet at the front gate at 6:30 p.m. Entrance cost is $11 […]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Join us for Worship today at 10:30 a.m. All are Welcome! Worship starts at 10:30 a.m.  Parking is available in the lot beside the church as well as the parking lot across the street.  We are also wheelchair/walker accessible! When you arrive, you will receive a bulletin, which will guide you through the service.  This […]

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Notes on the Notes – October 7, 2018

Thanksgiving Dedication of Window in Memory of Angela Moodie World-Wide Communion This week’s scripture readings: 1 Timothy 2: 1-7           Job 1:1,2:1-10 This week’s music: “For the Fruit of All Creation” (VU #227) “For the fruit of all creation, thanks be to God. For the gifts to every nation, thanks be to God. For the ploughing, […]

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Notes on the Notes – September 30, 2018

This week’s theme: Power and Voice! This week’s scripture reading:     Esther 7:1-6, 9-10, 9:20-22 This week’s music: “Bathe Me in Your Light” (MV #82) “Bathe me in your light, O God of All, Creator; Let it shine upon my soul with healing and with grace. Be to me a beacon bright through shadows of […]

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Orange Shirt Day

On Sunday, September 30, everyone is invited to wear an orange shirt to remember and honour all the Indigenous children who went to Residential School and those children who died at school. Orange Shirt Day is an invitation to everyone to wear an orange shirt to show their compassion for the survivors of the Indian […]

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Notes on the Notes – September 23, 2018

This weeks theme: “To be a Servant” This week’s readings: Mark 9:30-37 This week’s music: “We are the Church” “I am the church! You are the church! We are the church together! All who follow Jesus all around the world – Yes! We’re the church together! The church is not a building, The church is […]

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Update for School Supplies and Fire Victims

Thank you to everyone who donated school supplies in August!  The following schools were all extremely grateful to receive the gift of our school supply donations: Frontenac School Archwood School Strathcona School We also have an update on our response to the fire at the apartment complex in Southdale: We have been in contact with […]

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Moderator’s Welcome Message

With so many things happening in our church and in the world around us, recently elected Moderator Richard Bott invites us to listen carefully to ourselves and to one another, and then to let our action be full of love.

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Notes on the Notes – September 16, 2018

This Week’s Theme: “A Saviour That Understands Suffering” This Week’s Readings: Proverbs 1:20-33       Mark 8:27-38 This Week’s Music: “This Day God Gives Me” (VU #410) “This day God gives me strength of high heaven, Sun and moon shining, flame in my hearth, Flashing of lightning, wind in its swiftness, Deeps of the ocean, firmness of […]

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Notes on the Notes – September 9, 2018

Welcome Sunday/Season of Creation 1 This week’s readings: James 2:1-10, (11-13), 14-17     Mark 7:24-37 This week’s music: “Welcome to Our Church” “Welcome to our church, why don’t you come on in? God’s love is alive – it’s truly, freely given. Come inside and here receive the gift of health There’s enough for all to […]

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Notes on the Notes – Sept. 2, 2018

This week’s readings: Song of Solomon 2:8-13,     Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23 This week’s music: “We are One” (VU #402) The tune for this hymn was composed in 1987 by Jeeva Sam of Regina, SK, a United Church minister.  The arrangement is by another United Church minister, David Kai, of Gloucester Ontario (1995) . Written especially for the […]

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