Notes on the Notes

Notes on the Notes – January 28, 2018

This Week’s Theme: To Truly Listen This Week’s Scripture Readings: Deuteronomy 18:15-20                      1 Corinthians 8:1-13 This Week’s Music: For the past two weeks we have been exploring what it means to hear God’s call through the call of Samuel and the calling of the disciples by Jesus.  This week we will continue to […]

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Notes on the Notes – January 21, 2018

This Week’s Theme: To Follow This Week’s Scripture Readings: Mark 1:14-20    1 Corinthians 7:29-31 This Week’s Music: This week we will continue to explore our response to God’s call.   What does it mean to follow God – to follow Jesus? “Jesus, Teacher Brave and Bold” (VU #605) “Jesus, teacher, brave and bold, Let us serve […]

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Notes on the Notes – January 14, 2018

This week’s theme:  Are We Listening? This week’s scripture readings: 1 Samuel 3:1-10     John 1:43-51 This week’s music: All of the music this week is centered around the idea of hearing God’s call.  Do we hear when God calls? And what is our response? “Walk With Me” (VU #649) “Walk with me, I will walk […]

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Notes on the Notes – January 7, 2018

This week’s theme:  Lost in Wonder This week’s scripture readings: Genesis 1:1-5   Mark 1:4-11 This week’s music: This is the first Sunday after Epiphany, which was officially on January 6 this year.   The lectionary readings give us the very beginning of the Bible – “In the beginning…God created light,” and the baptism of Jesus […]

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Notes on the Notes – December 31, 2017

This week’s scripture readings: Galatians 4:4-7   Luke 2:22-40 This week’s music: This year, the first Sunday following Christmas Day is also New Year’s Eve.       The secular world has, for the most part, moved on past Boxing Day sales and into New Year’s resolutions.   This week’s scripture readings remind us that we are children […]

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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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