Notes on the Notes
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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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 […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – September 26, 2021
Fourth Sunday of Creation/Baptism “Mountain Top Experiences” This Week’s Music: “O Beautiful Gaia” (MV #41) “O beautiful Gaia, O Gaia, calling us home. O beautiful Gaia, calling us on.” The term Gaia (guy-ah) represents “Mother Earth,” inviting us to live into our care and respect for all creation. It asks us to consider our relationship […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – September 19, 2021
Season of Creation 3 Sky This Week’s Music: “O Beautiful Gaia” (MV #41) “O beautiful Gaia, O Gaia, calling us home. O beautiful Gaia, calling us on.” The term Gaia (guy-ah) represents “Mother Earth,” inviting us to live into our care and respect for all creation. It asks us to consider our relationship to the earth […]
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Season of Creation 2 Humanity This Week’s Music: “O Beautiful Gaia” (MV #41) “O beautiful Gaia, O Gaia, calling us home. O beautiful Gaia, calling us on.” The term Gaia (guy-ah) represents “Mother Earth,” inviting us to live into our care and respect for all creation. It asks us to consider our relationship to the […]
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Notes on the Notes – September 5, 2021
Season of Creation 1 Planet Earth/Communion This week’s music: “O Beautiful Gaia” (MV #41) “O beautiful Gaia, O Gaia, calling us home. O beautiful Gaia, calling us on.” The term Gaia (guy-ah) represents “Mother Earth,” inviting us to live into our care and respect for all creation. It asks us to consider our relationship to […]
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Notes on the Notes – August 29, 2021
This week’s music: “There is Room for All” (MV #62) “There is room for all in the shadow of God’s wing; There is room for all, sheltered in God’s love, And I rejoice and sing, “My refuge and my rock, in whom I trust.” There is room for all, There is room for all!” As […]
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Notes on the Notes – August 8, 2021
This week’s music: “Be a Light” “In a time full of war, be peace.In a time full of doubt, just believe.Yeah, there ain’t that much difference between you and me.In a time full of war, be peace. In a world full of hate, be a light.When you do somebody wrong, make it right.Don’t hide in […]
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Notes on the Notes – August 22, 2021
This week’s music: “Be a Light” “In a time full of war, be peace.In a time full of doubt, just believe.Yeah, there ain’t that much difference between you and me.In a time full of war, be peace. In a world full of hate, be a light.When you do somebody wrong, make it right.Don’t hide in […]
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Notes on the Notes – August 1, 2021
This week’s music: “Spirit God, Be Our Breath” (MV #150) Our service of music will open with an instrumental verse of the song “Spirit God, Be our Breath,” which was written by Bruce Harding in 1997. It was recorded on February 21, 2021. “Come and Find the Quiet Centre” (VU #374) “Come and find the […]
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Notes on the Notes – July 25, 2021
This week’s music: “Be a Light” “In a time full of war, be peace.In a time full of doubt, just believe.Yeah, there ain’t that much difference between you and me.In a time full of war, be peace. In a world full of hate, be a light.When you do somebody wrong, make it right.Don’t hide in […]
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“Worship Through Song” This Week’s Music “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” Our service this week will open with the first section of “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring,” one of the most popular choral compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach. It was crafted around 1714-1716. It was originally a choral piece, the 10th movement of “Herz und […]
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Notes on the Notes – May 30, 2021
Trinity Sunday 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 who feeds the hungry, Frees the […]
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Notes on the Notes – May 23, 2021
Pentecost This week’s music: “She Comes Sailing on the Wind” (VU #380) “She comes sailing on the wind, her wings flashing in the sun; On a journey just begun, she flies on. And in the passage of her flight, her song rings out through the night, Full of laughter, full of light, she flies on. […]
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Notes on the Notes – May 16, 2021
Live in God’s Joy This Week’s Music: “There is Joy in the Lord” “There is joy in the Lord, There is love in His Spirit There is hope in the knowledge of Him There’s a fountain that flows like a river from heaven Abounding in love to my soul All blessing and honour are his […]
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