Notes on the Notes
Notes on the Notes – 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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Notes on the Notes – May 31, 2020
Pentecost To Be Filled With the Spirit Acts 2:1-21 This week’s music: “Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness” (VU #375) “Spirit, Spirit of gentleness, Blow thro’ the wilderness calling and free; Spirit, Spirit of restlessness, Stir me from placidness, Wind, Wind on the sea. You moved on the waters, you called to the deep, Then you coaxed […]
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Notes on the Notes – May 24, 2020
What is God Telling Us? Matthew 28:16-20 This week’s music: “I Can Feel You Near Me God” (MV #48) “I can feel you near me God – I can feel you near Yes, I know you’re with me God – I feel you here I can feel you near me God – I can feel […]
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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished 1 Peter 3:13-22 John 14:15-21 This week’s music: “God, We Praise You for the Morning” (VU #415) “God we praise you for the morning; Hope springs forth with each new day, New beginning, prayer, and promise, Joy in work and in play. God, we praise you for creation, Mountains, […]
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Mother’s Day Proverbs 1:20-23 Luke 15:3-10 This week’s music: “I Was There to Hear Your Borning Cry” (VU #644) “I was there to hear your borning cry, I’ll be there when you are old. I rejoiced the day you were baptized, to see your life unfold. I was there when you were but a child, […]
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Our Emmaus Story! Communion Luke 24:13-35 This week’s music: “Jesus, Come to Our Hearts” (VU #324) “Jesus, come to our hearts like falling rain; Come to refresh, Come to renew, Wash all our sins away. Spirit, come to our hearts like rushing wind; Come with your fire, Come with your life, Blow all our doubts […]
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Doubting (place name here) John 20:19-31 This week’s music: “As Comes the Breath of Spring” (VU #373) “As comes the breath of spring with light and mirth and song, So does your Spirit bring new days brave, free, and strong. You come with thrill of life to chase hence winter’s breath, To hush to […]
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Sunday Before Earth Day Genesis 1:1-2:4a This week’s music: “All Things Bright and Beautiful” (VU #291) “All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful: In love, God made them all. Each little flower that opens, Each little bird that sings, God made their glowing colours, God made their […]
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Easter Sunday A Fully Revealed Life Communion Matthew 28:1-10 Colossions 3:1-4 This week’s music: “This is the Day That God Has Made” (VU #175) “This is the day that God had made! Rejoice! Rejoice, and be exceeding glad! This is the day that God has made! Rejoice! Rejoice! Hallelujah! Christ has conquered death at last, […]
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Good Friday John 18:1-19:42 Service music: “Beneath the Cross of Jesus” (VU #135) “Beneath the cross of Jesus I fain would take my stand: The shadow of a mighty rock within a weary land, A home within the wilderness, a rest upon the way, From the burning of the noon-tide heat and the burden of […]
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Notes on the Notes – April 5, 2020
Palm Sunday On the Edge of Glory Matthew 21:1-11 Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 This Week’s Music: Lenten Response (VU #121) “Christ, you lead and we shall follow, Stumbling though our steps may be, One with you in joy and sorrow, We the river, you the sea, We the river, you the sea. Gentle Jesus, […]
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Lent 5 On the edge of change John 11:1-45 This week’s music: Lenten Response (VU #121) “God of all our fear and sorrow, God who lives beyond our death; Hold us close through each tomorrow, Love as near as every breath, Love as near as every breath. Gentle Jesus, mighty Spirit, Come inflame our hearts […]
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Lent 4 The Edge of Darkness Ephesians 5:8-14 John 9:1-41 This Week’s music: “Take Time to Be Holy” (VU #672) “Take time to be holy, speak oft with your Lord; Abide in him always, and feed on his word. Make friends of God’s children, help those who are weak, Forgetting in nothing his blessing […]
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Lent 3 The Edge of Our Need Exodus 17:1-7 John 4:5-42 This week’s music: “Come Just as You Are” “Come just as you are, Hear the Spirit call. Come just as you are – Come and see, come receive, come and live forever. Life everlasting, And strength for today, Taste the Living […]
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Lent 2 The Edge of Others Genesis 12:1-4a John 3:1-17 This week’s music: “To Abraham and Sarah” (VU #634) “To Abraham and Sarah the call of God was clear; ‘Go forth and I will show you a country rich and fair. You need not fear the journey for I have pledged my word: That you […]
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