Notes on the Notes
Notes on the Notes – April 7, 2019
Fifth Sunday of Lent 5 Communion I am Doing Something New? Isaiah 43:16-21 Psalm 126 John 12:1-9 This week’s music: “Like a Healing Stream” (MV #144) “Like a healing stream in a barren desert, Spirit water bringing life to dusty earth, God is trickling through our lives as in a dream unfolding, Promising revival and […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 31, 2019
Fourth Sunday of Lent Getting What We Deserve? This week’s scripture readings: Joshua 5:9-12 Psalm 32 Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 This week’s music: “Just as I Am” (VU #508) “Just as I am, without one plea, But that thy blood was shed for me, And that thou bidd’st me come to thee, O Lamb of […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 24, 2019
Third Sunday of Lent Walking with God This week’s Scripture readings: Psalm 42 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 12:1-9 This week’s music: “All who are Thirsty” (MV #4) “All who are thirsty All who are weak Come to the fountain Dip your heart in the streams of life Let the pain and the […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 17, 2019
Second Sunday of Lent Baptism Today, Tomorrow and the Next Day This week’s scripture readings: Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 Psalm 27 Luke 13:31-35 This week’s music: “Be Still and Know” “Be still and know that I am God. Be still and know that I am God. Be still and know that I am God.” As we […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 10, 2019
First Sunday of Lent Wandering in the Wilderness This week’s scripture readings: Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Psalm 91: 1:1-2, 9-16 Luke 4:1-13 This week’s music: “Be Still and Know” “Be still and know that I am God. Be still and know that I am God. Be still and know that I am God.” In response to […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 6, 2019
Scripture Readings: Isaiah 58:1-12 Psalm 51:1-17 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10 Service Music: “Be Still and Know” “Be still and know that I am God, Be still and know that I am God, Be still and know that I am God.” During the season of Lent, this contemplative refrain will give us the opportunity to center […]
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Transfiguration Sunday – Changed by Hope This week’s scripture readings: 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 Luke 9:28-36, (37-43) This week’s music: “Jesus Bids Us Shine” (VU #585) Jesus bids us shine with a pure, clear light, Like a little candle burning in the night. In this world is darkness, so let us shine, You in your small […]
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Baptism “Risking Relationship” This Week’s Scripture Readings: Genesis 45:3-11, 15 Luke 6:27-38 This Week’s Music: “There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy” (VU #271) “There’s a wideness in God’s mercy like the wideness of the sea; There’s a kindness in God’s justice which is more than liberty. There is no place where earth’s sorrows are more […]
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“To be Blessed, to be a Blessing” Dedication of window in memory of Thelma and Ernie Mallard This week’s scripture readings: Jeremiah 17:5-10 Luke 6:17-26 This week’s music: “All Things Bright and Beautiful” (VU #291) This classic text, from Cecil Frances Alexander’s Hymns for Little Children (1846), is based on the phrase “Maker of […]
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Notes on the Notes – February 10, 2019
This week’s scripture readings: Isaiah 6:1-8 (9-13) Luke 5:1-11 This week’s music: “Thy Word is a Lamp Unto My Feet” “Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path; Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. When I feel afraid, think I’ve lost […]
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This week’s scripture readings: Jeremiah 1:4-10 Luke 4:21-30 This week’s music: “You, Creator God, Have Searched Me” (MV #131) “You, Creator God, have searched me and you know my ways. You perfectly understand me, It’s my cause of praise. I cannot escape your presence in air, land or sea. Your arms of love and protection […]
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This week’s scripture readings: Nehemiah 8: 1-3, 5-6, 8-10 1 Corinthians 12:12-31 This week’s music: “Blest Be the Tie That Binds” (VU #602) “Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love; The unity of heart and mind is like to that above. Before our Maker’s throne we pour our ardent prayers; Our […]
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This week’s scripture readings: 1 Corinthians 12: 1-11 John 2:1-11 This week’s music: “Sing a New Church” “Summoned by the God who made us Rich in our diversity, Gathering in the name of Jesus, Richer still in unity: Let us bring the gifts that differ And in splendid, varied ways, Sing a new church into […]
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Baptism of Jesus This week’s scripture readings: Isaiah 43:1-7 Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 The first Sunday after Epiphany is when we read about the Baptism of Jesus. This event marks the start of Jesus’ public ministry – His emergence from a life of seeming obscurity into a life of growing popularity on account of His preaching, […]
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Epiphany This week’s scripture readings: Isaiah 60:1-6 Matthew 2: 1-12 This week’s music: “Will You Come and See the Light” (VU #96) This invitation in song is packed with striking metaphors and thought progressions. Brian Wren has called upon his experience working for Third World aid and development projects to write this hymn. He chose […]
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