Author Archive: Laura
Worship Service – Good Friday – April 7, 2023
Good Friday Service Today’s worship leaders are: Rev. Patrick Woodbeck, Edna Erickson, Dorothy Read, Doug Waldron, Alana Davis, Laura Steidl, Myrna Hagues, The Worship Choir and The Harmony Singers. Click below for a recording of our Good Friday service: See the bulletin at: Bulletin To learn more about the service music, please visit Notes on the Notes […]
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Notes on the Notes – April 7, 2023
Good Friday Service music: The Good Friday music will be sung as a response to the scripture readings and reflections on the burdens represented. You are invited to use the words of the songs in a time of prayer, reading them aloud and reflecting on them. “I Come to the Cross” “I come to the […]
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A Time Called…Good Friday
A woman lamented the poor attendance of church members at her church’s Good Friday worship: “If we can’t even bear the cost of one hour to hear the story of Jesus’ death, how can we begin to consider and how can we begin to fathom the cost he bore for us, and how deeply we […]
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Worship Service – April 2, 2023 – Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday “Our Sixth Burden” This Week’s Worship Team is: Rev. Patrick Woodbeck, Laura Steidl, Myrna Hagues and The Harmony Singers. 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 To view services for the previous weeks […]
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Notes on the Notes – April 2, 2023
Palm Sunday This Week’s Music: “Hosanna, Loud Hosanna” (VU #123) “Hosanna, loud hosanna!” the happy children sang; Through pillared court and temple the joyful anthem rang; To Jesus, who had blessed them close folded to his breast; The children sang their praises, the simplest and the best. From Olivet they followed ‘mid an exultant crowd, […]
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A Time Called…Palm/Passion Sunday
For many, the procession of the palms re-enacted by Sunday school children is a vivid and lasting memory of this day. But once you know the whole story of the upcoming week, it is hard to see Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem except as set against his passion – betrayal, humiliation, and death. Historical Roots […]
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Worship 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 […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 26, 2023
Fifth Sunday in Lent This Week’s Music: “As Comes the Breath of Spring” (VU #373) “As comes the breath of spring with light and mirth and song, So does your Spirit bring new days brave, free, and strong. You come with thrill of life to chase hence winter’s breath, To hush to peace the strife of […]
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Worship 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. […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 19, 2023
Fourth Sunday in Lent This week’s music: “I Need Thee Every Hour” (VU #671) “I need Thee every hour, most gracious Lord; No tender voice like Thine can peace afford. I need Thee, oh, I need Thee; Every hour I need Thee; Oh, bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee. I need Thee every […]
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Worship 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 […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 12, 2023
Third Sunday in Lent This week’s music: “All Who are Thirsty” (MV #4) “All who are thirsty All who are weak Come to the fountain Dip your heart in the streams of life Let the pain and the sorrow Be washed away In the waves of his mercy As deep cries out to deep, we […]
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Worship Service – March 5, 2023
Second Sunday in Lent Communion Sunday/”Our Second Burden” A message from the Chair of the Executive Board of Windsor Park United Church, Gloria Saindon: As many of you saw in the Blast this week, we are in need of volunteers to step up for key roles in 2 key areas on committees. Without these key […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 5, 2023
Second Sunday in Lent This week’s music: “In Suffering Love” (VU #614) v 1,2,3,5 “In suffering love the thread of life is woven through our care, For God is with us, not alone our pain and toil we bear. There is a rock, a place secure within the storm’s cold blast; Concealed within the suffering […]
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World Day of Prayer
Imagine over 1.5 million Christians speaking 90 different languages in 150 countries coming together in spirit; uniting to pray for relevant issues affecting women and children. This was the 2022 reality for this tremendous movement that has been active for nearly 100 years. Observed on the first Friday in March, World Day of Prayer is a global, ecumenical movement of Christian women joined […]
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