Author Archive: Laura
Worship Service – March 10, 2024
Fourth Sunday in Lent Thank you to all in leadership this week: Worship Leaders – Rev. Peter Denton (pulpit supply), June Kaan (liturgist), Pat Lumsden (minute person) Live Stream – Doug Waldron Music Leadership – Laura Steidl, Myrna Hagues and the Worship Choir Click on the picture below for a recording of this week’s service: […]
Continue ReadingFaith in Action – March 7, 2024
Book Sale – Our next book sale will be before and after church on March 10 (this Sunday!) This “free will offering” sale is a “small but mighty” fund-raiser! Don’t forget to bring some cash/spare change when you come to church on Sunday! After church coffee – Thank you to those who have hosted coffee time after […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – March 10, 2024
Fourth Sunday in Lent This week’s music: “Come, Let Us Sing of a Wonderful Love” (VU #574) “Come, let us sing of a wonderful love, Tender and true, tender and true, Out of the heart of the Father above, Streaming to me and to you Wonderful love, wonderful love Dwells in the heart of the Father […]
Continue ReadingWorship Service – March 3, 2024
Third Sunday in Lent/Communion Thank you to all in leadership this week: Worship Leaders – Rev. Peter Denton (pulpit supply), Dorothy Read (liturgist) Live Stream – John Lwiwski Music Leadership – Laura Steidl, Myrna Hagues and the Harmony Singers Reminder to gather your communion elements for the service. Click on the picture below for a […]
Continue ReadingWorld Day of Prayer Service
Thank you to everyone who joined us today to view the World Day of Prayer Service. The World Day of Prayer 2024 Service was written by Palestinian Christian women with the theme: “I Beg You.. Bear With One Another in Love” and presented by the Women’s Inter-Church Council of Canada. The World Day of Prayer […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – March 3, 2024
Third Sunday in Lent This week’s music: “Great is Thy Faithfulness” (VU #288) “Great is thy faithfulness, God our Creator; There is no shadow of turning with thee; Thou changest not, thy compassions, they fail not; As thou hast been thou forever wilt be. Great is thy faithfulness! Great is thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new […]
Continue ReadingPeace in and for Ukraine: An Ecumenical Letter
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, sparked a humanitarian crisis and has left more than 30,000 Ukrainian civilians dead in the two years since. As of January 2024, more than 3.6 million people are displaced within the country and about 6.3 million others have sought refuge abroad. As the second anniversary approaches, leaders from The […]
Continue ReadingWorship Service – February 25, 2024
Second Sunday in Lent Thank you to everyone who joined us this morning – it was great to see so many of you in person this week! Thank you to all in leadership this week: Worship Leaders – Padre Matthew Lucas (pulpit supply), Alana Davis (liturgist) Live Stream – Doug Waldron Music Leadership – Laura […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – February 25, 2024
Second Sunday in Lent This week’s music: “Take Time to Be Holy” (VU #672) “Take time to be holy, speak oft with your Lord; Abide in him always, and feed on his word. Make friends of God’s children, help those who are weak, Forgetting in nothing his blessing to seek. Take time to be holy, let […]
Continue ReadingWorship Service – February 18, 2024
First Sunday in Lent Thank you to everyone who joined us this morning – it was great to see so many of you in person this week! Thank you to all in leadership this week: Worship Leaders – Millie Lewis (pulpit supply), June Kaan (liturgist), Congregational Update – John Lwiwski Live Stream – John Lwiwski/Doug […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – February 18, 2024
Lent 1 This week’s music: “Come and Journey with a Saviour” “Come and journey with a Saviour who has called us from our birth, Who has washed us in the waters, and who loved us on the earth. Come and journey, come and journey, with a Saviour who has come. We are all God’s sons […]
Continue ReadingAsh Wednesday Service
Thank you for joining us Thank you to all in leadership for this service: Worship Leaders – Alana Davis, Sue Turley, Laura Steidl Worship Liturgy – Laura Steidl (inspired by/adapted from WPUC’s 2021 Ash Wednesday service and a blog post by Joe Iovino of United Methodist Communications) Music Leadership – Laura Steidl, Myrna Hagues and […]
Continue ReadingA Time Called…Lent
Lent is the 40 day period of time between Ash Wednesday and Easter Saturday. In some traditions, it is seen as a time of sacrifice and focus on personal guilt (“giving up” things for Lent). But, Lent can also reveal the great blessings of being a Christian, by offering us a time set aside for […]
Continue ReadingWorship Service – February 11, 2024
Sixth Sunday after Epiphany/ Transfiguration Sunday Thank you to everyone who joined us this morning in person or via the live stream! Thank you to all in leadership this week: Worship Leaders – Major Matthew Lucas (guest speaker), Dorothy Read (liturgist) Worship Liturgy – Sue Turley Live Stream – Doug Waldron Music Leadership – Laura […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – February 11, 2024
Transfiguration Sunday This week’s music: “Open My Eyes” (VU #371) “Open my eyes, that I may see glimpses of truth thou hast for me; place in my hand the wonderful key that shall unclasp and set me free. Silently now I wait for thee, ready, my God, thy will to see. Open my eyes, illumine me, […]
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