Notes on the Notes

Notes on the Notes – December 24, 2017 – 7:30 p.m.

Christmas Eve music: “O Come, All Ye Faithful” “Away in a Manger” “Angels We Have Heard on High” “The First Noel” “A King Like This” “Silent Night” “Joy to the World” (VU #59) Bonus video from the Praise Team    from all of us at Windsor Park United Church!

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Notes on the Notes – December 24, 2017 Morning Service

This week’s theme: Advent 4 – Love This week’s scripture readings: 2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16    Luke 1:26-38 This week’s music: “O Little Town of Bethlehem” (VU #64) “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 […]

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Notes on the Notes – December 17, 2017

This week’s theme: Advent 3 – Joy This week’s scripture readings: Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11     1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 This week’s music: “The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy”  (VU #73) “The virgin Mary had a baby boy; The virgin Mary had a baby boy, The virgin Mary had a baby boy And they say that his […]

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Notes on the Notes – December 10, 2017

This week’s theme: Advent 2/Peace/White Gift Sunday This week’s scripture readings: Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13    Peter 3:8-15a This week’s music: “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” “O come, O come, Emmanuel and ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lowly exile here until the Son of God appear. Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel shall come to thee, O Israel! O […]

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Notes on the Notes – December 3, 2017

This week’s theme: Advent 1/Hope This week’s scripture readings: Isaiah 64:1-3a, 8-9                Mark 13:24-37 This week’s music: “In the Bleak Midwinter” (VU #55) “In the bleak mid-winter, frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, in the bleak mid-winter, long […]

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Notes on the Notes – November 26, 2017

This week’s theme:  Reign of Christ This week’s scripture reading: Matthew 25:31-46 This week’s music: “Are You a Shepherd?” (MV #126) “Are you a shepherd, good shepherd who leads us safely through danger, while calming our fears? Are you a father who shelters and feeds us, shares in our laughter and wipes away tears? Yes, […]

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Notes on the Notes – November 19, 2017

This week’s theme: Who is the Master? This week’s scripture reading: Matthew 25:14-30 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 share the […]

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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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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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