Author Archive: Laura

Notes on the Notes – December 22, 2024

Thursday, December 19, 2024

Fourth Week of Advent Love This week’s music:  “O Come, All Ye Faithful” (VU #60) “O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant, O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem; Come and behold Him, born the King of angels; O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let […]

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Blue Christmas Service Video

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Blue Christmas Service  Thank you to all in leadership: Worship Leaders:  Susan Turley, Alana Davis, Laura Steidl Music Leadership – Laura Steidl, Myrna Hagues with additional recordings by the Praise Singers (2020), Harmony Singers and the Worship Choir Recorded By – Laura Steidl Click below for a recording of this service: (If you are receiving […]

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Notes on the Notes – December 18, 2024 – Blue Christmas

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Blue Christmas Service Music:  “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” Our opening music is the familiar advent hymn “O Come, O Come Emmanuel,” arranged by Eugenie R. Rocherolle and recorded in 2020 with Laura Steidl at the piano. “Where is He, Immanuel” “Where is He, the One who comes to save? Where is He, O Israel? […]

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Worship Service – December 15, 2024 – Advent 3

Sunday, December 15, 2024

Third Sunday of Advent Joy Thank you to all in leadership this week: Pulpit Supply – Rev. Jeff Cook Liturgist – Alana Davis Music Leadership – Laura Steidl, Myrna Hagues and the Worship Choir Live Stream – Doug Waldron Click below for a recording of this week’s service: (If you are receiving this via email […]

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Faith in Action – December 11, 2024 🎄

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

It’s a busy time of year – please help out where you are able! CHRISTMAS HAMPER SEASON – Our Outreach Group and friends (led by Gwen Polak), packed Christmas Hampers for 12 families/individuals this year.  Thank you to everyone who helped with the hamper packing or delivery! Click below for a short “Behind the Scenes” look […]

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Notes on the Notes – December 15, 2024

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Third Sunday of Advent Joy This week’s music: “Holy Child Within the Manger”  “Holy Child within the manger, long ago, yet ever near, Come as friend to ev’ry stranger, come as hope for ev’ry fear. As you lived to heal the broken, greet the outcast, free the bound. As you taught us love unspoken, teach […]

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Worship Service – December 8, 2024 – Advent 2

Sunday, December 8, 2024

Second Sunday of Advent Peace Thank you to all in leadership this week: Pulpit Supply – Rev. Jeff Cook Liturgist – Pat Lumsden Music Leadership – Laura Steidl, Myrna Hagues and the Worship Choir Live Stream – Doug Waldron Click below for a recording of this week’s service: (If you are receiving this via email […]

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Notes on the Notes – December 8, 2024 – Advent 2

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Second Sunday of Advent Peace  This week’s music: “We Raise a Song of Advent Praise: “We raise a song of Advent praise, expectant hope proclaim, For God who has in Christ once come, comes to us yet again. The wilderness shall burst in flower, the streams shall overflow, When God shall bless the earth with […]

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Giving Tuesday

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

What is Giving Tuesday?  Giving Tuesday has become a day focused on giving as a counterbalance to the excess of buying on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It encourages us to place the events side by side and consider how we share both our time and money with the charitable organizations around us. If you […]

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Worship Service – December 1, 2024 – Advent 1

Sunday, December 1, 2024

First Sunday of Advent – Hope Communion Thank you to all in leadership this week: Pulpit Supply – Rev. Jeff Cook Liturgist – Edna Erickson Minute Person – John Lwiwski Music Leadership – Laura Steidl, Myrna Hagues and the Worship Choir Live Stream – Doug Waldron Click below for a recording of this week’s service: […]

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Notes on the Notes – December 1, 2024

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

First Sunday of Advent Hope This week’s music: “Once in Royal David’s City” (VU #62) “Once in royal David’s city stood a lowly cattle shed, Where a mother laid her baby in a manger for his bed. Mary was that mother mild, Jesus Christ her little child. He came down to earth from heaven who, with […]

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A Time Called…Advent

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

The snow has arrived, Christmas lights and Christmas trees are lighting up the streets. The calendar year may begin on January 1, but for Christians the Christian year begins with Advent – four weeks before Christmas.  But, what exactly is Advent? Last week, we completed the yearly cycle with the celebration of Reign of Christ […]

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