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Worship Service – March 13, 2022 – Second Sunday of Lent

*Tech tip: If you would like the spoken portions of the service to have closed captioning, click the play button and then click on the CC icon at the bottom of the video screen. 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 […]

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Notes on the Notes – March 13, 2022

Lent 2 Full to the Brim – Under God’s Wings This Week’s Music:  “Let Us Build a House (All are Welcome)”  “Let us build a house where love can dwell and all can safely live, a place where saints and children tell how hearts learn to forgive. Built of hopes and dreams and visions, rock of […]

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Mourning the death of The Very Reverend Bill Phipps

The United Church of Canada grieves the death of the Very Rev. Dr. William Phipps, the denomination’s 36th Moderator, who faithfully served in this role from 1997 to 2000.  Rev. Phipps died on March 4, 2022.  A fierce champion for economic and ecological justice, Rev. Phipps was originally trained as a lawyer before becoming an […]

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Bulletin – Wednesday, March 2, 2022 – Ash Wednesday

Wednesday, March 2, 2022 Ash Wednesday Scripture Reading:           Joel 2:1-2, 12-17 1 Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming, it is near— 2 a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and […]

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Sunflowers in Ukraine: Praying for a Miracle

(A Prayer by Moderator Richard Bott) God of all Creation, God of the heights and the depths, and everything in-between, God of this blue-green bauble, spinning in space, a place of such wonderous creatures, and abundant life… we are praying for a miracle, one of the smallest of changes, one that would have immense consequence. […]

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Worship Service – February 27, 2022

Transfiguration Sunday      Please click here for the Bulletin Click here for Notes on the Notes This week’s worship is led by:  Rev. Patrick Woodbeck and Laura Steidl. Thank you to everyone who provided music leadership: Myrna Hagues (piano), Amber Cottreau, Courtney Maertens, Sarah Closen, Trista Closen, Heather Karavas, Gloria Saindon, Patrick Woodbeck and Laura Steidl. […]

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Notes on the Notes – February 27, 2022

Transfiguration Sunday This Week’s Music: “Immortal, Invisible” (VU #264)  Immortal, invisible, God only wise, In light inaccessible hid from our eyes, Most blessed, most glorious the Ancient of Days, Almighty, victorious, thy great name we praise.   Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light, Nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might; Thy justice like mountains […]

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Pray for Peace

We ask that you hold the people of Ukraine in your prayers. May peace return swiftly to the region. God, hear our prayer. A Prayer for Ukraine from the Church of Scotland  The news can be difficult to listen to and to read. When that news relates to faces we know and to voices familiar […]

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Worship Service – February 20, 2022

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. Thank you to everyone who provided music leadership: Myrna Hagues (piano), Sarah Closen, Trista Closen, Amber Cottreau, Courtney Maertens, Heather Karavas, Julia Bateman, Gloria Saindon and Laura Steidl. *Tech tip: If you […]

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Notes on the Notes – February 20, 2022

Who are You?  This Week’s Music:  “Come to My Heart, Lord Jesus” (VU #661)  “Come to my heart, Lord Jesus; teach me to walk in your way. Come to my heart, Lord Jesus; come to my heart today. Give me the peace and joy that only you can bring. Come to my heart, Lord Jesus; […]

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