Music Programs

Notes on the Notes – February 23, 2014

This week’s theme:  Do’s, Don’ts and the life of faith This week’s scripture:  Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18,  Matthew 5:38-48   This week’s music: “God Says” (MV #172)  God says, “Be still so you may hear the words I whisper in your ear.  If you will listen, you will know I’m with you always where you go.” God […]

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Notes on the Notes – February 16, 2014

This week’s theme:  Bullying is incompatible with Christianity This week’s scripture:  Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Matthew 5:33-37        This week’s music: “Love Knocks and Waits” (MV 94) “Love knocks and waits for us to hear, to open and invite; Love longs to quiet every fear, and seeks to set things right. Love offers life, in spite of […]

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Notes on the Notes – February 9, 2014

This week’s theme:  Getting on the right track This week’s readings: Isaiah 58:1-9a, Matthew 5:13-20 This week’s music: Bring Forth the Kingdom “You are salt for the earth, O people; salt for the Kingdom of God!  Share the flavor of life, O people:  life in the Kingdom of God! Bring forth the Kingdom of mercy, bring […]

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Notes on the Notes – February 2, 2014

This week’s theme:  “Outdated values or timeless wisdom?” This week’s scripture readings:  Micah 6:6-8, Psalm 15 This week’s music: “Blest Be the Tie That Binds” (VU #602) “Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love; the unity of heart and mind is like to that above. Before our Maker’s throne we pour […]

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Notes on the Notes – January 26, 2014

This week’s theme:  Choosing Sides…for Life – Why Belief Matters This week’s readings:  Psalm 27:1, 4-9,  Matthew 4:12, 17-22 This week’s music: “Jesus Loves Me” (VU #365) “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so, little ones to him belong, in his love we shall be strong.  Yes, Jesus loves me!  […]

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Notes on the Notes – January 19, 2014

This week’s theme: Will I hear the call? This week’s readings:  Isaiah 49:1-7, John 1:29-42 Leadership will be provided by Patrick and the Praise Team This week’s music: “Lord, Prepare Me to Be a Sanctuary” (MV #18) This song of preparation for prayer was written by John W. Thompson and Randy Scruggs in 1982.    The lyrics […]

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Notes on the Notes – January 12, 2014

Baptism of Jesus This week’s scripture readings: Isaiah 42:1-9, Matthew 3:13-17 This week’s music: “Let Us Build a House” (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 […]

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Notes on the Notes – January 5, 2014

This week’s theme: A light-bulb moment – I’m a Christian This week’s scripture readings: Ephesians 1:11-14, John 1:14-17   This week’s music: “A Light is Gleaming” (VU #82) “A light is gleaming, spreading its arms throughout the night, living in the light. Come share its gladness, God’s radiant love is burning bright, living in the […]

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Notes on the Notes – December 29, 2013

This week’s theme:  God with us…never absent…in our world…in the real world   This week’s readings: Isaiah 63:7-9, Hebrews 2: 10-18 This week’s music: “Good Christian Friends Rejoice” (VU #35) – “Good Christian friends, rejoice with heart and soul and voice!         Give ye heed to what we say:  News!  News!  Jesus Christ is born today.    […]

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Notes on the Notes – December 24, 2013

Christmas Eve Services 5 p.m. Family Service “O Little Town of Bethlehem” “O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie!  Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by;  yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting light;  the hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.” […]

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Notes on the Notes – December 22, 2013

This week’s theme: Advent 4 – Love for a Different World/Baptism This week’s readings:  Isaiah 7:10-16, Matthew 1:18-25 This week’s music: Join us at 10:15 a.m. before the service for the following carols: “What Child is This?” (VU #74) – “What child is this, who laid to rest, on Mary’s lap is sleeping?  Whom angels […]

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Notes on the Notes – December 15, 2013

This week’s theme:  Advent 3 – Joy for a Different World This week’s readings:  Isaiah 35:1-10, Matthew 11:2-11 This week’s music: Join us at 10:15 a.m. before the service for the following carols: “There’s a Voice in the Wilderness” (VU #18) –   There’s a voice in the wilderness crying, a call from the ways untrod: […]

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Notes on the Notes – December 8, 2013

This week’s theme: Advent 2 –  White Gift Sunday –  Peace for a Different World This week’s scripture: Isaiah 11:1-10, Romans 15:4-13 This week’s music: Join us at 10:15 a.m. for the following carols before the service: “All Poor Ones and Humble” (VU #68) –   “All poor ones and humble and all those who stumble, come hastening, […]

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Notes on the Notes – December 1, 2013

This week’s theme:  Advent 1 – Hope for a Different World This week’s scripture:  Isaiah 2:1-5, Matthew 24:36-44 This week’s music: Please join us before the service, at 10:15 a.m., to sing the following carols: “In the Bleak Midwinter” (VU #55) – “In the bleak mid-winter, frosty wind made moan,  earth stood hard as iron, water […]

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Notes on the Notes – November 24, 2013

This week’s theme:  Reign of Christ Sunday – How could Jesus be a King? This week’s scripture readings:               Jeremiah 23:5-6, Colossians 1:15-20 This week’s music: “This is the Day” (MV #122) – This hymn by Bruce Harding (2003) is inspired by the words of Psalm 118:24.   Harding wrote both the text and music, which was […]

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