Author Archive: Laura

Notes on the Notes – October 22, 2023

Homecoming Sunday/65th Anniversary of Windsor Park United Church “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 of the family. You know the reason why you came, Yet no reason […]

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Faith in Action – October 18, 2023

As we reconnect and move through the fall season, it’s great to see everyone pitching in to keep WPUC running smoothly! Livestream – We are still looking for 2 or 3 more people to learn how to livestream – all training supplied and we won’t leave you on your own until you feel ready!  Your commitment […]

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Worship Service – October 15, 2023

World Food Sunday Thank you to all in leadership this week: Liturgist – Gwen Polak Pulpit Supply – Rev. Larry McPhail Live Stream – John Lwiwski Music Leadership – Laura Steidl and Myrna Hagues After Church Coffee Time – Deanna Kernaghan  Click below for a recording of this week’s service: See the bulletin at: Bulletin – […]

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It’s That Time of Year!

Cold, Flu and COVID season is upon us! Just a reminder to please stay home from church if you are feeling ill.  Catch up on WPUC services via our livestream on Sundays or YouTube channel anytime.   Windsor Park United Church is mask-friendly!  Over the past two weeks we have heard of quite a few cases […]

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Notes on the Notes – October 15, 2023

 World Food Sunday 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 children cry, With gifts from God’s rich bounty may thankfulness reply. Give thanks, […]

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Worship Service – October 8, 2023

Creation 5 Thanksgiving Sunday “Prayers, Beautiful and Otherwise” Thank you to all in leadership this week: Liturgist – Dorothy Read Pulpit Supply – Sue Turley Live Stream – Doug Waldron Music Leadership – Sue Turley, Flo Olson, Eleanor Lwiwski, Courtney Maertens, Laura Steidl and Myrna Hagues After Church Coffee Time – Maxine Pattle  Click below […]

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Notes on the Notes – October 8, 2023

Thanksgiving Sunday  Fifth Sunday of the Season of Creation 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 Brick Presbyterian Church in […]

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Worship Service – October 1, 2023

Creation 4 World Communion Sunday “Where God Leads God Provides” Thank you to all in leadership this week: Executive Update – Howard Ashdown Liturgist – Alana Davis Pulpit Supply – Millie Lewis Communion Sacramental Elder – Jan Nazarko Live Stream – Doug Waldron Music Leadership – Courtney Maertens, Laura Steidl, Myrna Hagues   Click below for […]

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Notes on the Notes – October 1, 2023

World Communion Sunday 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 and every tree, we see your great diversity, Yet greater still […]

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The Moderator’s Orange Shirt Day Message

Moderator Carmen Lansdowne urges us to commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day, on September 30.  (Click to see the video above) This is a day to reflect, pray, learn, and honour survivors, their families, and the communities affected by Indian Residential Schools and those who operated them. For […]

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Creation Connection

October 22, 2023 The Seventh Generation Principle is based on an ancient Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) philosophy that the decisions made today should result in a sustainable world seven generations into the future. The first recorded idea of the Seventh Generation Principle dates back to the writing of The Great Law of Haudenosaunee Confederacy, written somewhere between […]

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Worship Service – September 24, 2023

Creation 3 Sunday Before National Day of Truth & Reconciliation “What is Fair?” to “What is Enough?” Thank you to all in leadership this week: Pulpit Supply – Susan Spindler Liturgist – Anne Thoroughgood Live Stream – Doug Waldron Music Leadership – Laura Steidl, Myrna Hagues, singers from the Worship Choir   After church fellowship – […]

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A Time Called…Creation Time

Creation Time (also called The Season of Creation) falls within the season of Pentecost.  In the United Church it begins the Sunday after Labour Day and continues through Thanksgiving Sunday.  It’s a chance to celebrate what it means to be Church against the real, urgent and increasing  threat of climate and other environmental crises.  It’s […]

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Faith in Action – We’re getting there!

As we reconnect and move through the fall season, let’s all pitch in to keep WPUC running smoothly! Livestream – We are looking for 2 or 3 more people to learn how to livestream – all training supplied!  Your commitment would be one Sunday per month.  This ministry brings our Sunday morning service to those […]

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