Author Archive: Laura

Worship Service – July 26, 2020

Sunday, July 26, 2020

  Link to the bulletin Link to Notes on the Notes This week’s service is led by:  Rev. Patrick Woodbeck, Sarah Closen, Gloria Saindon, Laura Steidl and Myrna Hagues.  A special thank you to Chris Saindon for the guitar solo! **Re:  Closed captioning – We have just discovered that our services can be viewed with […]

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Notes on the Notes – July 26, 2020

Saturday, July 25, 2020

Meeting God Genesis 28:10-19a This Week’s Music: “Teach Me, God to Wonder” (VU #299) “Teach me, God, to wonder, teach me, God, to see; Let your world of beauty capture me. Praise to you be given, love for you be lived, Life be celebrated, joy you give. Let me, God, be open, let me loving […]

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Notes on the Notes – July 12, 2020

Saturday, July 11, 2020

The Sower and the Seeds Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23 This week’s music: “Praise With Joy the World’s Creator” (VU #312) “Praise with joy the world’s Creator, God of justice, love, and peace, Source and end of human knowledge, God whose grace shall never cease. Celebrate the Maker’s glory, Power to rescue and release. Praise to Christ […]

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Calling All Gardeners!

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Be a part of our first WPUC Virtual Garden Tour! Submit up to 5 photos of your favourite spots in your garden to be part of a slide show. Send your photos to: laura.wpuc@gmail.com Please include: – name of whose garden it is (first names are fine) – name of the photographer (if different from […]

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Notes on the Notes – June 28, 2020

Saturday, June 27, 2020

To Truly Offer Welcome Matthew 10:40-42, 25:34-45 “The House of Our God” “The house of our God is not just for the holy, The house of our God is not just for the wise; Come in and be one with the common and lowly Who wait with the hunger for God in their eyes. The […]

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Black Lives Matter in the United Church

Monday, June 22, 2020

Letter to members of the United Church of Canada from the Executive of the General Council Dear Siblings in Christ: We are writing to you as people of the same church. On 2 June, Moderator Richard Bott joined with Evangelical Lutheran National Bishop Susan Johnson and Anglican Primate Linda Nicholls in a letter acknowledging the […]

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Notes on the Notes – June 21, 2020

Saturday, June 20, 2020

When Fear Stops Us Father’s Day Genesis 21:8-21           Matthew 10:34-39 “We are All One People” (MV #141) “We are all one people, We all come from one creation way on high. We are all one nation under one great sky, You and I. We are all one people. We are all one colour in his […]

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Notes on the Notes – June 14, 2020

Saturday, June 13, 2020

Living in Hope Genesis 18:1-15    Romans 5:1-8 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 […]

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Notes on the Notes – June 7, 2020

Sunday, June 7, 2020

PRIDE Sunday Communion Psalm 139: 1 – 18               Ruth 1: 14 – 18 This week’s music: “Though I May Speak” (VU #372) “Though I may speak with bravest fire, And have the gift to all inspire, And have not love, my words are vain, As sounding brass, and hopeless gain. Though I may give all […]

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Church Leaders Acknowledge the Racism in Their Midst

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

In response to the demonstrations across the United States and Canada in the wake of the May 25 death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, the leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, the Anglican Church of Canada, and The United Church of Canada have issued a joint letter. They write, “It is important for church […]

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