Sunday Bulletin and Announcements
It’s Volunteer Appreciation Week!
Hi everyone! It is National Volunteer Week and we want to celebrate all that you have done to ensure our community is well served by Windsor Park United Church. Volunteering is a voluntary act, where you freely give your time and labour in service of the community, and volunteers are often the glue that holds […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Sunday, April 16, 2023 – Second Sunday of Easter / Baptism
Sunday, April 16, 2023 Second Sunday of Easter Baptism Approach Lighting the Christ Candle As we light this candle this morning, may we, our God, in the wake of Easter, ride a wave of irrepressible hope—rising from the deep following the trajectory of love over the turbulences of our living and through the currents of […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Sunday, April 9, 2023 – Easter Sunday
Sunday, April 9, 2023 Easter Sunday Approach Lighting the Candles The light which the world tried to extinguish cannot be put out. Today we light the candles again, proclaiming the transforming power of God. As the light returns, we give thanks that God’s transforming love has been, is now, and will ever be at work […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Friday, April 7, 2023 – Good Friday
Friday, April 7, 2023 Good Friday Approach Lenten Candles Never doubt the meaning of Lent. It happened a long time ago, but it happened. Jesus walked on this earth. He practiced a ministry of radical inclusivity, drawing to himself all the despised and rejected members of society. He lived what he taught: a life of […]
Continue ReadingSunday, April 2, 2023 – Sixth Sunday in Lent / Communion / Palm Sunday
Sunday, April 2, 2023 Sixth Sunday in Lent / Communion Palm Sunday Approach The Lenten Candle We have gathered here, week after week, sharing a common quest for a deeper faith and a deeper experience of the diving. I invite you now to close your eyes and let go of the things that distract and […]
Continue ReadingWorship Service – March 26, 2023
Fifth Sunday in Lent “Our Fifth Burden” This Week’s Worship Team is: Rev. Patrick Woodbeck, Dorothy Read, Laura Steidl, Myrna Hagues and members of The Worship Choir. Click below for a recording of this week’s livestream service. See the bulletin at: Bulletin To learn more about the service music, please visit Notes on the Notes […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Sunday, March 26, 2023 – Fifth Sunday in Lent
Sunday, March 26, 2023 Fifth Sunday in Lent Approach The Lenten Candles When we arrived this morning we entered into the normal bustle of a church on a Sunday morning: friends greeting each other. Now that we are sitting together in the pews, I invited you to close your eyes…and consider the word, “sanctuary”. A […]
Continue ReadingWorship Service – March 19, 2023
Fourth Sunday in Lent “Our Fourth Burden” Important announcement re: WPUC Viability We are in need of volunteers to step up for key roles in 2 areas of the church. Without these key positions filled the church will not function. Thank you! to those who have volunteered to sit on the Ministry and Personnel Committee. […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Sunday, March 19, 2023 – Fourth Sunday in Lent
Sunday, March 19, 2023 Fourth Sunday in Lent Approach The Lenten Candles It’s Sunday morning. Last week, with all its demands, is over. The coming week, with yet another round of challenges and demands, is not quite here. I invite you to close your eyes and be in the moment. No matter where you are […]
Continue ReadingWorship Service – March 12, 2023
Third Sunday in Lent “Our Third Burden” Important announcement re: WPUC Viability We are in need of volunteers to step up for key roles in 2 areas of the church. Without these key positions filled the church will not function. We need a minimum of 3 volunteers for the Ministry and Personnel Committee. This committee […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Sunday, March 12, 2023 – Third Sunday in Lent
Sunday, March 12, 2023 Third Sunday in Lent Approach The Lenten Candles There is so much during the day that clamours for our attention. Friends, family work, classes, households tasks. And the noise! We are bombarded with sound, from the clock that awakens us to the telephone, the radio, the television, the conversation that we […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Sunday, March 5, 2023 – Second Sunday in Lent / Communion
Sunday, March 5, 2023 Second Sunday in Lent / Communion Approach The Lenten Candle On Sunday morning, for a brief space of time, we leave behind the world of home and work and school—the world where we have our lists of things to do, activities to participate in, tasks to complete. We come here this […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Sunday, February 26, 2023 – First Sunday in Lent
Sunday, February 26, 2023 First Sunday in Lent Approach The Lenten Candle We have come together this morning for renewal—in worship and as a community of faith. We’ve greeted one another, laughed and hugged. But now the time of reflection and stillness is upon us. It is the first Sunday in Lent—the season for journeys […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Wednesday, February 22, 2023 – Ash Wednesday
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Ash Wednesday Introduction Dear brothers and sisters in Christ: the early Christians observed with great devotion the days of our Lord’s passion and resurrection, and it became the custom of the Church that before the Easter celebration there should be a forty-day season of spiritual preparation. During this season converts to […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Sunday, February 19, 2023 – Transfiguration Sunday
Sunday, February 19, 2023 Transfiguration Sunday Approach Lighting the Christ Candle As we light this candle today we remember our Epiphany journey, we remember that it was not on a mountain-top but by the Jordan we saw the glory of God. It was a revelation as the Messiah showed himself not as being set apart […]
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