Author Archive: Laura

Notes on the Notes – November 14, 2021

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 mercies I see; […]

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Worship Service – Sunday, November 7, 2021

Remembrance Sunday/Communion Please click here for the Bulletin Click here for Notes on the Notes This week’s worship is led by:  Rev. Patrick Woodbeck and Gloria Saindon. Music leadership is provided by:  Laura Steidl, Sarah Closen, Trista Closen, Heather Karavas, Amber Cottreau, Courtney Maertens and Gloria Saindon, with Myrna Hagues on piano. To financially support the life […]

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Notes on the Notes – November 7, 2021

Remembrance Day – Communion This Week’s Music:  “When Quiet Peace is Shattered” (VU #615) “When quiet peace is shattered by dreadful noise of war, And we are bruised and battered by fighting’s constant roar; Lord, break the silence of your word and let your healing voice be heard. O let your healing voice be heard. […]

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Worship Service – October 31, 2021

“All Our Saints”  Please click here for the Bulletin Click here for Notes on the Notes This week’s worship is led by:  Rev. Patrick Woodbeck and Sarah Closen. Music leadership is provided by:  Laura Steidl, Sarah Closen, Trista Closen, Heather Karavas, Amber Cottreau, Julia Bateman and Gloria Saindon, with Myrna Hagues on piano/organ. The in person service […]

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Notes on the Notes – October 31, 2021

“Our Saints’ Day”  This Week’s Music:  “The Church is Wherever” (VU #579) “The church is wherever God’s people are praising, Singing God’s goodness for joy on this day. The church is wherever disciples of Jesus remember his story and walk in his way. The church is wherever God’s people are helping, Caring for neighbours in […]

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Worship Service – October 24, 2021

Welcome! Please click here for the Bulletin Click here for Notes on the Notes This week’s worship is led by:  Rev. Patrick Woodbeck and Sarah Closen. Music leadership is provided by:  Laura Steidl, Sarah Closen, Trista Closen, Heather Karavas and Amber Cottreau, with Myrna Hagues on piano/organ. To financially support the life and work of the church […]

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Notes on the Notes – October 24, 2021

This Week’s Music: “Praise to the Lord” (VU #835) “Praise to the Lord, all of you, God’s servants, Blessed be the name of our God now and ever. From the rising up of the sun may the Lord be praised, Praise to the name of the Lord. There is none like our God in the […]

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Worship Service – October 17, 2021

  Welcome! Please click here for the Bulletin Click here for Notes on the Notes This week’s worship is led by:  Rev. Patrick Woodbeck and Gloria Saindon. Music leadership is provided by:  Laura Steidl, Sarah Closen, Trista Closen, Heather Karavas, Julia Bateman, Amber Cottreau, Gloria Saindon, with Myrna Hagues on piano/organ. To financially support the life […]

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Notes on the Notes – October 17, 2021

World Food Day “Who’s Got the Power?” This Week’s Music: “God is Here” (VU #389 v. 1,2,4) “God is here! As we your people meet to offer praise and prayer, May we find in fuller measure what it is in Christ we share. Here, as in the world around us, all our varied skills and […]

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Worship Services – October 10, 2021

Please click here for the Bulletin Click here for Notes on the Notes This week’s worship is led by:  Rev. Patrick Woodbeck and Gloria Saindon. Music leadership is provided by:  Laura Steidl, Sarah Closen, Trista Closen, Heather Karavas, Julia Bateman, Amber Cottreau, Gloria Saindon, with Myrna Hagues on piano/organ. To financially support the life and work of […]

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Return to Church!

For those of you coming to in-person church (or planning to in the future!), we have a created a “Back to Church” video outlining our current protocols.  Please remember that Public Health Orders are changing and so protocols for future services may be loosened or restricted following Public Health Orders.  Enjoy! *If you would like […]

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Notes on the Notes – October 10, 2021

Thanksgiving 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 New York.  The words of the second […]

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Worship Service – October 3, 2021

World-Wide Communion Sunday Please click here for the Bulletin Click here for Notes on the Notes This week’s worship is led by:  Rev. Patrick Woodbeck, Sarah Closen and Gloria Saindon. Music is provided by:  Laura Steidl, Sarah Closen, Trista Closen, Heather Karavas, and Gloria Saindon, with Myrna Hagues on piano/organ. To financially support the life and […]

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Notes on the Notes – October 3, 2021

This week’s music: “All Who Hunger” (VU #460) “All who hunger, gather gladly; holy manna is our bread. Come from wilderness and wandering.  Here, in truth, we will be fed. You that yearn for days of fullness, all around us is our food. Taste and see the grace eternal. Taste and see that God is […]

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Orange Shirt Day

On September 30, wear an orange shirt to remember and honour Indigenous children who were taken from their homes. On September 30, people all across Canada will wear orange shirts to remember and honour Indigenous children who were taken from their communities and families to residential schools. The summer of 2021 was a summer of […]

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