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Notes on the Notes – January 5, 2014
This week’s theme: A light-bulb moment – I’m a Christian This week’s scripture readings: Ephesians 1:11-14, John 1:14-17 This week’s music: “A Light is Gleaming” (VU #82) “A light is gleaming, spreading its arms throughout the night, living in the light. Come share its gladness, God’s radiant love is burning bright, living in the […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – December 29, 2013
This week’s theme: God with us…never absent…in our world…in the real world This week’s readings: Isaiah 63:7-9, Hebrews 2: 10-18 This week’s music: “Good Christian Friends Rejoice” (VU #35) – “Good Christian friends, rejoice with heart and soul and voice! Give ye heed to what we say: News! News! Jesus Christ is born today. […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – December 24, 2013
Christmas Eve Services 5 p.m. Family Service “O Little Town of Bethlehem” “O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by; yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting light; the hopes and fears of all the years are met in thee tonight.” […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – December 22, 2013
This week’s theme: Advent 4 – Love for a Different World/Baptism This week’s readings: Isaiah 7:10-16, Matthew 1:18-25 This week’s music: Join us at 10:15 a.m. before the service for the following carols: “What Child is This?” (VU #74) – “What child is this, who laid to rest, on Mary’s lap is sleeping? Whom angels […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – December 15, 2013
This week’s theme: Advent 3 – Joy for a Different World This week’s readings: Isaiah 35:1-10, Matthew 11:2-11 This week’s music: Join us at 10:15 a.m. before the service for the following carols: “There’s a Voice in the Wilderness” (VU #18) – There’s a voice in the wilderness crying, a call from the ways untrod: […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – December 8, 2013
This week’s theme: Advent 2 – White Gift Sunday – Peace for a Different World This week’s scripture: Isaiah 11:1-10, Romans 15:4-13 This week’s music: Join us at 10:15 a.m. for the following carols before the service: “All Poor Ones and Humble” (VU #68) – “All poor ones and humble and all those who stumble, come hastening, […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – December 1, 2013
This week’s theme: Advent 1 – Hope for a Different World This week’s scripture: Isaiah 2:1-5, Matthew 24:36-44 This week’s music: Please join us before the service, at 10:15 a.m., to sing the following carols: “In the Bleak Midwinter” (VU #55) – “In the bleak mid-winter, frosty wind made moan, earth stood hard as iron, water […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – November 24, 2013
This week’s theme: Reign of Christ Sunday – How could Jesus be a King? This week’s scripture readings: Jeremiah 23:5-6, Colossians 1:15-20 This week’s music: “This is the Day” (MV #122) – This hymn by Bruce Harding (2003) is inspired by the words of Psalm 118:24. Harding wrote both the text and music, which was […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – November 17, 2013
This week’s theme: Change-makers with Vision/Celebration of Volunteers-Serving our church and community This week’s scripture: Isaiah 65: 17-25 This week’s music: “We are the Church” “I am the church! You are the church! We are the church together! All who follow Jesus, all around the world, yes, we’re the church together!” This song was written […]
Continue ReadingJoin the Choir for Christmas!
Christmas is just around the corner and the Worship Choir is starting to practice music for the Advent/Christmas season. Practices are on Thursday evenings from 7:30-9:30 p.m. starting November 14th. If you would like to sing with the choir for the special music of the season, we’ll see you on Thursday!
Continue ReadingRemembrance Day
Two Remembrance Day videos: The first video was taken at Brookside Cemetery at the Service of Remembrance in honour of the Queen’s Jubilee in 2012: http://animoto.com/play/NfkmDZwWwVJjhBtfLJkbwg The following video was created using photos from the war memorials in Ottawa: http://animoto.com/play/NJo97XrbU9ShZ95VcooDlw
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – November 10, 2013
This week’s theme: Now to Eternity – Telling the Stories This week’s scripture: Psalm 145: 1-5, 17-21 “Come and Find the Quiet Centre” (VU #374) “Come and find the quiet centre in the crowded life we lead, find the room for hope to enter, find the frame where we are freed: clear the chaos and the […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – November 3, 2013
This week’s scripture reading: Luke 19:1-10 This week’s music: “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah” (VU #651) – “Guide me, O though great Jehovah, pilgrim through this barren land. I am weak, but thou art mighty, hold me with thy powerful hand. Bread of heaven, bread of heaven, feed me till I want no more, […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – October 27, 2013
This week’s theme: A People of Faith This week’s guest: Rev. Dr. Lovett Weems This week’s scripture readings: Habakkuk 2:1-4; Romans 1:16-17 This week’s music: “Jesus Came a Child like me” (VU 583) – Walter Farquharson, a hymn writer and a former moderator of the United Church of Canada, submitted this new children’s hymn for […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – October 20, 2013
This week’s guest: Diane Haglund – United Church archivist This week’s scripture reading: 2 Timothy 4:1-5 This week’s music: “Let Us Build a House (All Are Welcome) (MV #1) – “Let us build a house where love can dwell and all can safely live, a place where saints and children tell how hearts […]
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