Notes on the Notes
Notes on the Notes – April 19, 2019
Good Friday John 18:1-19:42 Today’s music has been chosen to enhance the Passion narrative of Jesus’ journey to the cross. “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 […]
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Palm Sunday A Parade that Matters! This Week’s Scripture Readings: Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 Luke 19:28-40 This Week’s Music: “And on This Path” (MV #8) “And on this path, the gates of holiness are open wide… So enter in, the gates of holiness are open wide… Open wide! Open wide! Open wide! The gates […]
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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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