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Notes on the Notes – April 12, 2015
This week’s theme: Easter changed everything…and everyone! This week’s scripture readings: Acts 4:32-35, 1 John 1:5-2:2 This week’s music: “I Danced in the Morning” (VU #352) I danced in the morning when the world was begun, And I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun, And I came from heaven and I […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – April 5, 2015 – Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday Scripture Readings: 1 Corinthians 15: 1-11 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+15%3A1-11&version=MSG Mark 16: 1-8 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+16%3A1-8&version=MSG Acts 10: 37-40, 43a https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+10%3A37-40%2C+43a&version=MSG Easter Sunday Music: “This is the Day That God Has Made” (VU #175) “This is the day that God had made! Rejoice! Rejoice, and be exceeding glad! This is the day that God has made! Rejoice! Rejoice! […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – April 3, 2015 – Good Friday
Good Friday readings: Isaiah 52:13-53:12 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+52%3A13-53%3A12&version=MSG John 18:1-19:42 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+18-19%3A42&version=MSG Service Music: “In the Quiet Curve of Evening” (VU #278) “In the quiet curve of evening, in the sinking of the days, in the silky void of darkness, you are there. In the lapses of my breathing, in the space between my ways, in the crater […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – March 29, 2015 – Palm Sunday
This week’s scripture readings: Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+18%3A19-29+&version=MSG Mark 11:1-11 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+11%3A1-11&version=MSG This week’s music: “Lift Up the Gates Eternal (Psalm 24)”(VU #750 – vs 1, 4, 5) “Lift up the gates eternal, lift up your voices: For God in glory comes, the nation rejoices. See, all the earth is God’s, its people and nations: God […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – March 22, 2015 – Lent 5
This week’s scripture readings: Hebrews 5:5-10 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%205:5-10 John 12:20-33 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+12%3A20-33&version=MSG This week’s music: “Shadow and Substance” (MV #44) “Shadow and substance, wonder and mystery, Spellbinding spinner of atoms and earth; Soul of the cosmos, person and energy, Source of our being, we sing of your worth. We are your image, formed in community; Sisters and brothers […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – March 15, 2015 – Lent 4
This week’s theme: Complex, conflicting messages This week’s scripture readings: Numbers 21:4-9 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+21%3A4-9&version=MSG John 3:14-21 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+3%3A14-21&version=NIV This week’s music: “Here I Am to Worship” “Light of the world You stepped down into darkness. Opened my eyes, let me see. Beauty that made this heart adore You Hope of a life spent with You Here I […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – March 8, 2015 – Lent 3
This week’s theme: Which Way is Up? This week’s scripture readings: John 2:13-22 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+2%3A13-22&version=NIV 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+1%3A18-25&version=MSG This week’s music: “I Saw the Rich Ones” (MV #127) “I saw the rich ones, I saw what they gave; the widow who offered two pennies she’d saved; and I saw she was smiling and I knew […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – March 1, 2015 – Lent 2
This week’s theme: God of ALL people This week’s scripture reading: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 This week’s music: “Let My Spirit Always Sing” (MV 83) “Let my spirit always sing, though my heart be wintering, Though the season of despair give no sign that you are there, God to whom my days belong, let there […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – February 22, 2015 – Lent 1
This week’s readings: Genesis 9:8-17, Mark 1:9-15 This week’s music: “Creator God, You Gave us Life” (MV#27) “Creator God you gave us life, your image formed within our souls, yet through the mist of time and space, we search for that which makes us whole. In every flower […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – February 15, 2015
This week’s theme: Transfiguration Sunday/It’s all about Jesus This week’s scripture:2 Corinthians 4: 3-6, Mark 9: 2-9 This week’s music: “Jesus Came, A Child Like Me” (VU #583) “Jesus came, a child like me, so the face of God I’ll see, God is not left far away, God is with us every day. Jesus came […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – February 8, 2015
This week’s theme: God’s Resume This week’s scripture readings: Isaiah 40:21-31, Mark 1:29-39 This week’s music: “Like a Rock” (MV #92) “Like a rock, like a rock, God is under our feet. Like the starry night sky God is over our head. Like the sun on the horizon God is ever before. Like the river […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – February 1, 2015
This week’s theme: Yoga for the Heart/Praise Team Contemporary This week’s scripture reading: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 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 […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – January 25, 2015
This week’s theme: Being Spontaneous/Week of Prayer for Christian unity This week’s scripture readings: Mark 1:14-20, 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 This week’s music: “Part of the Family” (VU #395) “Come in, come in and sit down, You are a part of the family. We are lost and we are found, And we are a part of the […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – January 18, 2015
This week’s theme: Mirror, mirror on the wall… This week’s scripture readings: Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18, 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 This week’s music: “You, Creator God, Have Searched Me” (MV #131) “You, Creator God, have searched me and you know my ways. You perfectly understand me, It’s my cause of praise. I cannot escape your presence in […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – January 11, 2015
This week’s theme: Baptism of Jesus/The Whole Creation in a New Light This week’s Scripture: Genesis 1:1-5, Mark 1:4-11 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 […]
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