Notes on the Notes
Notes on the Notes – December 21, 2016
Longest Night/Blue Christmas Service “Where Two or Three are Gathered” (MV #14) “Where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there, I am there.” Hear the song at: https://youtu.be/26xik5R19j0 “Don’t be Afraid” (MV #90) “Don’t be afraid. My love is stronger, my love is stronger than your fear. Don’t be afraid. My […]
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Notes on the Notes – Sunday, December 18, 2016
This week’s theme: Advent 4 – Follow The Star Do We Truly Believe? This week’s scripture readings: Isaiah 7:10-16 Matthew 1:18-25 Pre-Service carols at 10:20 a.m.: “What Child is This” (VU #74) “What child is this, who laid to rest, on Mary’s lap is sleeping? Whom angels greet with anthems sweet while shepherds watch are […]
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Notes on the Notes – December 11, 2016
This week’s theme: Advent 3 – Follow the Star Will We Truly Follow? White Gift Sunday This week’s scripture readings: James 5:7-10 Luke 1:46b-55 Pre-service carols at 10:20 a.m.: “Angels We Have Heard on High” (VU #38) “Angels we have heard on high sweetly singing o’er the plains, and the mountains in reply, echoing their […]
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Notes on the Notes – December 4, 2016
This week’s theme: ADVENT 2 – Follow the Star Do We Truly Search for God? This week’s scripture readings: Romans 15:4-13 Matthew 3:1-12 Pre-service carols starting at 10:20 a.m.: “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear” (VU #44) “It came upon the midnight clear, that glorious song of old, from angels bending near the […]
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Notes on the Notes – November 27, 2016
This week’s theme: Advent 1 – Follow the Star What is it to Hope today? This week’s scripture readings: Isaiah 2:1-5 Romans 13:11-14 Pre-Service Carols (starting at 10:20 a.m.) “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 […]
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Notes on the Notes – November 20, 2016
This week’s theme: Reign of Christ Sunday Would you follow this King? This week’s scripture readings: Jeremiah 23:5-6 Luke 1:68-79 This week’s music: “This is the Day” (MV #122) “This is the day that God has made; We will rejoice and be glad! This is the day that God has made; We will rejoice […]
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This week’s theme: “A Tear in God’s Eye” This week’s scripture readings: Isaiah 65: 17-25, 2Thessalonians 3: 6-13, Luke 21: 5-19 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! […]
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Notes on the Notes – November 6, 2016
This week’s theme: Remembrance Sunday This week’s scripture readings: John 14:27 James 3:17-18 1 John 1:5 Matthew 5:1-12 This week’s music: “When Will People Cease Their Fighting?” (VU #687) “When will people cease their fighting? When will armies wage no war, Nations conquer not their neighbour, Weapons idle, used no more? When will guns and […]
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This week’s theme: This week’s scripture readings: Habakkuk 1:1-2; 2:1-4 Luke 19:1-10 This week’s music: “Deep in Our Hearts” (MV #154) “Deep in our hearts there is a common vision; Deep in our hearts there is a common song; Deep in our hearts there is a common story, Telling Creation that we are one. Deep […]
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Notes on the Notes – October 23, 2016
This week’s theme: Who are You? This week’s scripture readings: Joel 2:23-32 Luke 18:9-14 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. […]
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Notes on the Notes – October 16, 2016
This week’s theme: Keeping Faith This week’s scripture readings: Jeremiah 31:27-34 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 Luke 18:1-8 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. […]
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Notes on the Notes – October 9, 2016
This week’s theme: What is Thankfulness? This week’s scripture readings: Deuteronomy 26:1-11 John 6:25-35 This week’s music: “As Those of Old Their First-fruits Brought” (VU #518) We open our worship today with this Thanksgiving hymn, from Ten New Stewardship Hymns (1961) by Frank von Christierson. The tune, FOREST GREEN, […]
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Notes on the Notes – October 2, 2016
This week’s theme: World-Wide Communion “Would You Eat This Bread?” This week’s scripture readings: Lamentations 1:1-6 and 3:19-26 Luke 17:5-10 This week’s music: “All Who Hunger” (VU #460) Born in 1955, Sylvia Dunstan attributes her love of song to her grandparents, who kept song alive in the family and entrusted Sylvia’s formal musical education to […]
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This week’s theme: I Can’t Even Imagine! This week’s scripture readings: 1 Tim. 6:6-19 Luke 16:19-31 This week’s music: “All Things Bright and Beautiful” (VU #296) This beloved text, from Cecil Frances Alexander’s Hymns for Little Children (1846), is based on the phrase “Maker of heaven and earth” in the Apostles’ Creed. The new […]
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Notes on the Notes – September 18, 2016
This week’s theme: “And So We Pray” This week’s scripture readings: 1 Tim. 2:1-7 Luke 16:1-13 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 […]
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