Notes on the Notes
Notes on the Notes – November 11, 2018
Remembrance Day 100th Anniversary of the Armistice This week’s scripture readings: Revelation 21 John 15: 9-17 This week’s music: “Weep for the Dead” (VU #526) “Weep for the dead. Let tears and silence tell of blood and battle, horror and renown. The years diminish, but do not dispel the pain of lives destroyed, And […]
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Notes on the Notes – Covenanting Service – Nov. 4, 2018
Covenanting Service between Winnipeg Presbytery Windsor Park United Church Rev. Patrick Woodbeck “Come Touch Our Hearts” (MV #12) “Come touch our hearts that we may know compassion, From failing embers build a blazing fire; Love strong enough to overturn injustice, To seek a world more gracious, Come touch and bless our hearts. Come touch our […]
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Notes on the Notes – November 4, 2018
This week’s theme: Homecoming/60th Anniversary of Windsor Park United Church This week’s scripture readings: Ruth 1:1-18 Mark 12:28-34 This week’s music: “The Church is Wherever” (VU #579) “The church is wherever God’s people are praising, Singing God’s goodness for joy on this day. The church is wherever disciples of Jesus remember his story and walk […]
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This week’s theme: “Job and Bartimaeus – When to keep quiet?” This week’s scripture readings: Job 42:1-6 – 10-17 Psalm 34 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 […]
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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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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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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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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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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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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 […]
Continue ReadingNotes 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 […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – August 26, 2018
This week will be continuing to explore the Book of Ruth, Chapter 4. We will be singing: “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You” (VU #232) “Joyful, joyful we adore you God of glory, life and love; Hears unfold like flowers before you, opening to the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness, drive the […]
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This week we will be continuing to explore the Book of Ruth, Chapter 3. We will be singing: “This is God’s Wondrous World” (VU #296) This hymn is often recognized as the old CGIT (Christian Girls in Training) hymn, altered for inclusiveness from the original “This is My Father’s World.” It has helped shaped […]
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This week, we will continue to explore the Book of Ruth, looking at Chapter 2. We will be singing: “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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