Notes on the Notes
Notes on the Notes – November 15, 2020
The Gifts of God Judges 4:1-7 Matthew 25:14-30 This week’s music: “Eternal, Unchanging, We Sing” (VU #223) “Eternal, Unchanging, we sing to your praise: Your mercies are endless, and righteous your ways; Your servants proclaim the renown of your name Who rules over all and is ever the same. Again we rejoice in the world […]
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Notes on the Notes – November 8, 2020
Remembrance Sunday Service of Lament and Remembrance This week’s music: “God! As with Silent Hearts” (VU #527) “God! As with silent hearts we bring to mind How hate and war diminish humankind, We pause, and seek in worship to increase Our knowledge of the things that make for peace. Hallow our will as humbly we […]
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Notes on the Notes – November 1, 2020
Homecoming Sunday The Road That We Have Travelled Communion Isaiah 43:18-25 Matthew 2:1-12 “Joyful, Joyful We Adore You” (VU #232) “Joyful, joyful we adore you God of glory, life and love; Hearts unfold like flowers before you, opening to the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness, drive the gloom of doubt away; […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – October 25, 2020
To love, but only with God as our help? Deut. 34:1-12 Matthew 22:34-46 This week’s music: “Great is Thy Faithfulness” (VU #288) “Great is thy faithfulness, God our Creator; There is no shadow of turning with thee; Thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not; As thou hast been thou forever wilt be. […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – October 18, 2020
“Giving to God What is God’s” Exodus 33: 12 – 23 Matthew 22: 15 – 22 This Week’s Music: “Come and Find the Quiet Centre” (VU #374) “Come and find the quiet centre in the crowded life we lead, Find the room for hope to enter, find the frame where we are freed: Clear the […]
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Notes on the Notes – October 11, 2020
Creation 5 Thanksgiving Communion Offering Thanks in Today’s World Deuteronomy 8:7-18 This week’s music: “We Praise You, O God” (VU #218) The title for our hymn book, Voices United, comes from the third stanza of this hymn. The words were written by Julia Cory in 1902 at the request of the organist, for a Thanksgiving service […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – October 4, 2020
Creation 4 To Live as God’s People Exodus 20:1-4, 7-9, 12-20 This week’s music: “In Christ There is No East or West” (VU #606) “In Christ there is no east or west, in him no south or north, But one great family of love throughout the whole wide earth. In him shall true hearts everywhere […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – September 27, 2020
Creation 3 Life-giving Water Exodus 17:1–7 Phil. 2:1-13 This Week’s Music: “Crashing Waters at Creation” (VU #449) “Crashing waters at creation, ordered by the spirit’s breath, First to witness day’s beginning from the brightness of night’s death. Parting water stood and trembled as the captives passed on through, Washing off the chains of bondage – […]
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Creation 2 Only what we need! Exodus 16:2-15 This week’s music: “Sing Your Praise to God Eternal” (VU #244) “Sing your praise to God eternal, sing your praise to God the Son, Sing your praise to God the Spirit, living and forever One. God has made us, God has blessed us, God has called us […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – September 13, 2020
Creation 1 Do We Dare Enter the Sea? Exodus 14:19-31 This week’s music: “Praise God for This Holy Ground” (MV #42) “Praise God for this holy ground, place and people, sight and sound. Praise God in whose word we find food for body, soul and mind. Praise God who through Christ makes known all are […]
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Notes on the Notes – September 6, 2020
To Gather in God’s Love Communion Romans 13:8-14 Matthew 18:15-20 This Week’s Music: “Praise Our Maker” (VU #316) “Praise our Maker, peoples of one family; God is love, God is love! Praise our Maker, peoples of one family; God is love, God is love! Love our Saviour, followers of Jesus; God is love, God is […]
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Notes on the Notes – August 23, 2020
Learning as We Go Matthew 15:21-28 Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 This week’s music: “We Praise You, Creator” (VU #293) “We praise you, Creator, in earth, sea, and sky; Our Ruler, our Maker, our Sovereign most high. Each new generation lifts voices in praise; How good your creation, how gracious your ways! Each springtime the blossoms bloom […]
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To Wrestle with God This week’s music: “As the Deer Pants for the Water” (VU #766) As the deer pants for the water, so my soul longs after you; You alone are my heart’s desire and I long to worship you. You alone are my strength, my shield, To you alone may my spirit yield, […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – July 26, 2020
Meeting God Genesis 28:10-19a This Week’s Music: “Teach Me, God to Wonder” (VU #299) “Teach me, God, to wonder, teach me, God, to see; Let your world of beauty capture me. Praise to you be given, love for you be lived, Life be celebrated, joy you give. Let me, God, be open, let me loving […]
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Notes on the Notes – July 12, 2020
The Sower and the Seeds Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 This week’s music: “Praise With Joy the World’s Creator” (VU #312) “Praise with joy the world’s Creator, God of justice, love, and peace, Source and end of human knowledge, God whose grace shall never cease. Celebrate the Maker’s glory, Power to rescue and release. Praise to Christ […]
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