Author Archive: Laura
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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Worship Service – February 26, 2023
First Sunday in Lent “Our First Burden” Thank you for joining us! This Week’s Worship Team is: Rev. Patrick Woodbeck, Edna Erickson, Laura Steidl, Myrna Hagues and 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 […]
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Notes on the Notes – February 26, 2023
First Sunday in Lent This week’s music: “Throughout These Lenten Days and Nights” (VU #108) “Throughout these Lenten days and nights we turn to walk the inward way, Where, meeting Christ, our guide and light, we live in hope till Easter Day. The pilgrim Christ, the Lamb of God, who found in weakness greater power, Embraces […]
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A Time Called…Lent
Lent is the 40 day period of time between Ash Wednesday and Easter. In the Roman Catholic tradition, many people see this period 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 […]
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Worship Service – Ash Wednesday – February 22, 2023
Ash Wednesday Please join us as we mark the beginning of the season of Lent with an online Ash Wednesday service. The service will be led by Rev. Patrick Woodbeck of Windsor Park United Church and Rev. Phil Wilson of East Camden and Odessa Pastoral Charges of Ontario. Music is by The Harmony Singers. See […]
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Notes on the Notes – February 22, 2023
Ash Wednesday Service music: “Beneath the Cross of Jesus” (VU #135) “Beneath the cross of Jesus I fain would take my stand: The shadow of a mighty rock within a weary land, A home within the wilderness, a rest upon the way, From the burning of the noon-tide heat and the burden of the day. Upon […]
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A Time Called…Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent, and occurs six and a half weeks before Easter. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season and is a solemn reminder of human mortality and the need for reconciliation with God. In many denominations it is observed with ashes and fasting. History […]
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Worship Service – February 19, 2023
Transfiguration Sunday “Are You Listening?” Thank you for joining us! This Week’s Worship Team is: Rev. Patrick Woodbeck, Gloria Saindon, 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 […]
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Notes on the Notes – February 19, 2023
Transfiguration Sunday This week’s music: “Open Our Eyes, Lord” “Open our eyes, Lord, We want to see Jesus, To reach out and touch him, And say that we love him. Open our ears, Lord, And help us to listen. Open our eyes, Lord, We want to see Jesus.” The words and music for this simple […]
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A Time Called…Transfiguration
Words occupy the mind, but images haunt the soul. Scripture records that, after a ministry of sermons, stories, and conversations, Jesus was transfigured on a mountain before his disciples. He appeared in dazzling whiteness with two heavenly figures – Moses and Elijah. Historical Roots of the Transfiguration Widely adopted in the Eastern Church before 1,000 […]
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