Author Archive: Laura

Notes on the Notes – May 22, 2016

This week’s theme – Trinity Sunday This week’s scripture readings: John 16:12-15  Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 This week’s music: “Praise Our Maker” (VU #316) “Praise our Maker, peoples of one family; God is love, God is love! Praise our Maker, peoples of one family; God is love, God is love! Love our Saviour, followers of Jesus; […]

Sharon’s Retirement Party!

Notes on the Notes – May 15, 2016

This week’s theme:  Pentecost Baptism/Confirmation Sunday This week’s scripture readings: Acts 2: 1-8, 11b-15, 36-41 Romans 8: 14-17 This week’s music: “Oh, a Song Must Rise” (MV #142) “Oh, a song must rise for the spirit to descend Oh, a song must rise once again Singing out God’s   praises and glory, the faithful voices blend, […]

Notes on the Notes – May 8, 2016

This week’s theme:  Ascension Sunday “As one door closed…a new one opens.” This week’s scripture readings: Luke 24: 44-53  Acts 1: 1-10a This week’s music: “All Things Bright and Beautiful” (VU #291) Those who have recently seen the local production of The Vicar of Dibley will have new memories of this old classic!  The text, […]

Local Production of “The Vicar of Dibley”

May 6 @ 7:30 pm and May 7 @ 7:30 pm Crescent Fort Rouge United Church – 525 Wardlaw Avenue The hit BBC comedy comes to the stage May 6 & 7 starring United Church and Anglican clergy. Tickets: $15 – benefit for Manitoba Association of Playwrights and St Matthew’s-Maryland Community Ministry. The parish of […]

Notes on the Notes – April 24, 2016

This Week’s Theme:  Earth Day This Week’s Scripture Readings: Genesis 1:1-31 Psalm 148 This Week’s Music: “In the Dawn of the Ages” “In the dawn of the ages God created the earth. Every living creature found in God its birth, From the birds in the sky to the deer in the wood. She looked all […]

WPUCs Women’s Heart Health Links

Complete audio from April 12, 2016 Women’s Heart Expo at Windsor Park United Church: Part 1 at:  https://youtu.be/gWh6VU57BWw Part 2 at: https://youtu.be/3WEykYxyW80 Part 3 at: https://youtu.be/ZXdkvpRizbo Jennifer Hudson Fight the Lady Killer ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEu2dSVHZk8 Dr. Noel Bairey Merz – TED Talk:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl479V5I0bU Photos from the event – http://www.windsorparkunitedchurch.com/general-news/womens-heart-health-follow-up/

Notes on the Notes – April 10, 2016

This week’s theme: This week’s scripture readings: Acts 9:1-20 & John 21:15-19 This week’s music: “Jesus, Stand Among Us” (VU #396) “Jesus, stand among us in your risen power; Let this time of worship be a hallowed hour. Breathe the Holy Spirit into every heart; Bid the fears and sorrows from each soul depart. Lead […]

Notes on the Notes – April 3, 2016

This week’s theme: Why the Christian church exists at all This week’s scripture reading: Acts 5:27-32 This week’s music: “Now the Green Blade Rises” (VU #186) “Now the green blade rises from the buried grain, Wheat that in dark earth many days has lain; Love lives again, that with the dead has been: Love is […]

Church Adopts UN Declaration as Framework for Reconciliation

You are invited to be part of an important moment in the church’s journey of reconciliation. On March 30 and 31, 2016, The United Church of Canada will participate in events marking our commitment—as a denomination and as part of the ecumenical community—to adopt the principles, norms, and standards of the United Nations Declaration on […]