Notes on the Notes

Notes on the Notes – November 27, 2022

First Sunday of Advent  Hope in Hope! This week’s music: “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” (VU #1) “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 Come, O Come, Emmanuel” is a well-known Advent hymn. […]

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Notes on the Notes – November 20, 2022

Reign of Christ Sunday Music for this service will be led by The Worship Choir. This week’s music:  “Come, Children, Join to Sing” (VU #345) “Come, children, join to sing: Hallelujah! Praise to our Servant-King: Hallelujah! Let all with heart and voice, saved by God’s gracious choice, Now in this place rejoice: Hallelujah! Come, lift your […]

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Notes on the Notes – November 13, 2022

“A New World” Music for this service will be led by The Worship Choir. This Week’s Music: “Isaiah the Prophet Has Written of Old” (VU #680) “Isaiah the prophet has written of old how God’s new creation shall come, Instead of the thorn tree, the fir tree shall grow; The wolf shall lie down with the […]

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Notes on the Notes – November 6, 2022

Remembrance Sunday Music for this service will be led by The Harmony Singers. This week’s music:  “Make Me a Channel of Your Peace” (VU #684) “Make me a channel of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me bring your love. Where there is injury, your healing power, And where there’s doubt, true faith in […]

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Notes on the Notes – October 30, 2022

“Our Saints Day”  Music for this service will be led by The Worship Choir.  This week’s music: “Eternal, Unchanging, We Sing” (VU #223) “Eternal, Unchanging, we sing to your praise: Your mercies are endless, and righteous your ways; Your servants proclaim the renown of your name Who rules over all and is ever the same. […]

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Notes on the Notes – October 23, 2022

Homecoming Sunday! To Be Lost and Found  Music for this service will be led by The Harmony Singers. This week’s music:  “Come In, Come in and Sit Down” (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 […]

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Notes on the Notes – October 16, 2022

World Food Sunday Service music for this week’s service will be led by the Worship Choir. This Week’s Music: “Give Thanks, My Soul, for Harvest” (VU #522) “Give thanks, my soul, for harvest, for store of fruit and grain, But know the owner gives so that we may share again. Where people suffer hunger, or little […]

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Notes on the Notes – October 9, 2022

Thanksgiving Sunday Music for this service will be led by The Harmony Singers. This week’s music: “We Praise You, O God” (VU #218) The title for our hymn book, Voices United,  comes from the third stanza of this hymn.  The words were written by Julia Cory in 1902 at the request of the organist, for a Thanksgiving service at […]

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Notes on the Notes – October 2, 2022

World-Wide Communion Sunday This Week’s Music:  “All Who Hunger” (VU #460) “All who hunger, gather gladly; holy manna is our bread. Come from wilderness and wandering.  Here, in truth, we will be fed. You that yearn for days of fullness, all around us is our food. Taste and see the grace eternal. Taste and see that […]

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Notes on the Notes – September 25, 2022

4th Sunday of Creation Sunday Before National Day of Truth & Reconciliation “Justice!” This Week’s Music:  “Many and Great, O God, Are Your Works” (VU #308) “Many and great, O God, are your works, Maker of earth and sky. Your hands have set the heavens with stars, Your fingers spread the mountains and plains. Lo, […]

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Notes on the Notes – September 18, 2022

Third Sunday in the Season of Creation  “Grief and Loss” This Week’s Music: “A Voice is Heard” “Come, let us praise our God, come let us sing for joy, With a heart of thanks we give honour. You are a mighty God, you are the source of life. Creator God, we give praise. From the deepest […]

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Notes on the Notes – September 11, 2022

Second Sunday in the Season of Creation “To Lament & Grieve”  This Week’s Music: “Come, Just as You Are” “Come just as you are, Hear the Spirit call. Come just as you are – Come and see, come receive, come and live forever. Life everlasting, And strength for today, Taste the Living Water and never […]

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Notes on the Notes – September 4, 2022

First Sunday of Creation  “Rose-Colored Glasses” Communion This Week’s Music:  “We are One” (VU #402)  “We are one as we come, as we come, joyful to be here, In the praise on our lips there’s a sense that God is near. We are one as we sing, as we seek, we are found; And we […]

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Notes on the Notes – June 19, 2022

“Music & Worship” This week’s music:  “Be the Centre”  “Jesus, be the centre, Be my source, be my light, Jesus. Jesus, be the centre, Be my hope, be my song, Jesus. Be the fire in my heart, Be the wind in these sails, Be the reason that I live, Jesus, Jesus. Jesus, be my vision, […]

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Notes on the Notes – June 12, 2022

Trinity Sunday  This week’s music: “Holy, Holy, Holy” (VU #315) “Holy, holy, holy! Lord God almighty; Early in the morning our song shall rise to thee; Holy, holy, holy, merciful and mighty, God in three persons, blessed Trinity! Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea; […]

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