Author Archive: Laura

Notes on the Notes – November 12, 2017

This Week’s Theme: Where Do We Go From Here? This Week’s Scripture Readings: Wisdom 6:12-16, 17-20       Amos 5:18-24      Psalm 70 This Week’s Music: “God Weeps” (MV #78) “God weeps at love withheld, at strength misused, At children’s innocence abused, And till we change the way we love, God weeps. God bleeds at anger’s fist, at […]

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Notes on the Notes – November 5, 2017

This Week’s Theme: To Be a Servant This Week’s Scripture Reading:  Matthew 23:1-12 This Week’s Music: “Come, Now is the Time to Worship” “Come, now is the time to worship, Come, now is the time to give your heart. Come, just as you are, to worship, Come, just as you are, before your God.  Come. […]

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Notes on the Notes – October 29, 2017

This week’s scripture readings Deuteronomy 34:1-12        Matthew 22:34-46 This week’s music: “I Sing the Mighty Power” (VU #231) “I sing the mighty power of God that made the mountains rise; That spread the flowing seas abroad, and built the lofty skies. I sing the wisdom that ordained the sun to rule the day; The moon […]

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Notes on the Notes – October 22, 2017

This week’s theme:  To Know God! This week’s scripture readings: Exodus 33:12-23         1 Thess. 1:4-5 This week’s music: “We Sing to You, O God” “We sing to you, O God, the Rock who gave us birth, Let our rejoicing sing your name in all the earth. To you, O God, let songs be raised, in […]

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Notes on the Notes – October 15, 2017

This week’s theme:  Who do we worship? This week’s scripture readings: Exodus 32:1-14    Matthew 22:1-14 This week’s music: “I Need Thee Every Hour” (VU #671) “I need Thee every hour, most gracious Lord; No tender voice like Thine can peace afford. I need Thee, oh, I need Thee; Every hour I need Thee; Oh, bless […]

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Notes on the Notes – October 8, 2017

This Week’s Theme: Thanksgiving This Week’s Scripture Readings: Isaiah 5:1-7         Matthew 21:33-46 This Week’s Music: “Let All Things Now Living” (VU #242) “Let all things now living a song of thanksgiving to God our Creator triumphantly raise; Who fashioned and made us, protected and stayed us, by guiding us on to the end of our […]

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Humbled at the Table – Oct. 1, 2017

You think you own whatever land you land on The earth is just a dead thing you can claim But I know ev’ry rock and tree and creature Has a life, has a spirit, has a name.   You think the only people who are people Are the people who look and think like you […]

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Notes on the Notes – October 1, 2017

This week’s theme:  The Path to Reconciliation This week’s scripture readings: Psalm 25:1-8  Philippians 2:1-13 This week’s music: “Come Just as You Are” Come just as you are, Hear the Spirit call. Call just as you are – Come and see, come, receive, come and live forever Life everlasting and strength for today Taste the […]

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Notes on the Notes – September 24, 2017

This week’s theme: Jonah, Seriously? This week’s scripture reading: Jonah 3-4:11 This week’s music: “God of the Bible” (MV #28)  “God of the Bible, God in the Gospel, Hope seen in Jesus, hope yet to come, You are our centre, daylight or darkness, freedom or prison, you are our home. God in our struggles, God […]

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Notes on the Notes – September 17, 2017

This week’s theme: Walking Though Water? This week’s scripture readings: Exodus 14:19-31    Romans 14:1-12 This week’s music: “Come In, Come In and Sit Down” (VU #395) “Come in, come in and sit down, You are a part of the family. We are lost and we are found, And we are a part of the family. […]

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A Prayer for All Those Being Affected by Extreme Weather Events

Great Creator, Nature is a powerful force of both creation and destruction that we can neither control nor tame.  As the lush lands of the Caribbean and Florida prepare for Irma, a hurricane of unknown strength and size, and as we still weep with those recently affected by other extreme weather systems in Nepal, India, […]

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Notes on the Notes – September 10, 2017

This week’s theme: All you need is love! This week’s scripture readings: Romans 13:8-14     Matthew 18:15-20 This week’s music: “This is the Day” (MV #122) “This is the day that God has made; We will rejoice and be glad! Singing hallelu! Singing hallelu! Singing hallelu! We will rejoice and be glad! Voici le jour que […]

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Welcome Back Lunch!

Please join us this Sunday (September 10th) after worship for our WELCOME BACK LUNCHEON! There will be hamburgers, fresh garden vegetables, coleslaw, refreshments, ice cream and cupcakes! Cost: Adults $5, Children (12 and under) $2.   A great chance to visit, catch-up or meet some new people!  

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Hurricane Relief

The United Church of Canada is accepting donations for Hurricane Irma relief.  Please click the link below to connect to the website for the United Church of Canada: http://www.united-church.ca/hurricane-irma

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Notes on the Notes – September 3, 2017

This week’s theme: Who are We? This week’s scripture readings: Romans 12:9-21            Matthew 16:21-28 This week’s music: “Praise with Joy the World’s Creator” (VU #312) This new text in praise of the Trinity was written for an anniversary conference of the World Student Christian Federation held at Edinburgh in 1985 by the Iona Community. It […]

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