Notes on the Notes
Notes on the Notes – December 3, 2017
This week’s theme: Advent 1/Hope This week’s scripture readings: Isaiah 64:1-3a, 8-9 Mark 13:24-37 This week’s music: “In the Bleak Midwinter” (VU #55) “In the bleak mid-winter, frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, in the bleak mid-winter, long […]
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Notes on the Notes – November 26, 2017
This week’s theme: Reign of Christ This week’s scripture reading: Matthew 25:31-46 This week’s music: “Are You a Shepherd?” (MV #126) “Are you a shepherd, good shepherd who leads us safely through danger, while calming our fears? Are you a father who shelters and feeds us, shares in our laughter and wipes away tears? Yes, […]
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Notes on the Notes – November 19, 2017
This week’s theme: Who is the Master? This week’s scripture reading: Matthew 25:14-30 This week’s music: “Welcome to Our Church” “Welcome to our church, why don’t you come on in? God’s love is alive – it’s truly, freely given. Come inside and here receive the gift of health There’s enough for all to share the […]
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Notes on the Notes – November 12, 2017
This Week’s Theme: Where Do We Go From Here? This Week’s Scripture Readings: Wisdom 6:12-16, 17-20 Amos 5:18-24 Psalm 70 This Week’s Music: “God Weeps” (MV #78) “God weeps at love withheld, at strength misused, At children’s innocence abused, And till we change the way we love, God weeps. God bleeds at anger’s fist, at […]
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Notes on the Notes – November 5, 2017
This Week’s Theme: To Be a Servant This Week’s Scripture Reading: Matthew 23:1-12 This Week’s Music: “Come, Now is the Time to Worship” “Come, now is the time to worship, Come, now is the time to give your heart. Come, just as you are, to worship, Come, just as you are, before your God. Come. […]
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This week’s scripture readings Deuteronomy 34:1-12 Matthew 22:34-46 This week’s music: “I Sing the Mighty Power” (VU #231) “I sing the mighty power of God that made the mountains rise; That spread the flowing seas abroad, and built the lofty skies. I sing the wisdom that ordained the sun to rule the day; The moon […]
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This week’s theme: To Know God! This week’s scripture readings: Exodus 33:12-23 1 Thess. 1:4-5 This week’s music: “We Sing to You, O God” “We sing to you, O God, the Rock who gave us birth, Let our rejoicing sing your name in all the earth. To you, O God, let songs be raised, in […]
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This week’s theme: Who do we worship? This week’s scripture readings: Exodus 32:1-14 Matthew 22:1-14 This week’s music: “I Need Thee Every Hour” (VU #671) “I need Thee every hour, most gracious Lord; No tender voice like Thine can peace afford. I need Thee, oh, I need Thee; Every hour I need Thee; Oh, bless […]
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Notes on the Notes – October 8, 2017
This Week’s Theme: Thanksgiving This Week’s Scripture Readings: Isaiah 5:1-7 Matthew 21:33-46 This Week’s Music: “Let All Things Now Living” (VU #242) “Let all things now living a song of thanksgiving to God our Creator triumphantly raise; Who fashioned and made us, protected and stayed us, by guiding us on to the end of our […]
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Notes on the Notes – October 1, 2017
This week’s theme: The Path to Reconciliation This week’s scripture readings: Psalm 25:1-8 Philippians 2:1-13 This week’s music: “Come Just as You Are” Come just as you are, Hear the Spirit call. Call just as you are – Come and see, come, receive, come and live forever Life everlasting and strength for today Taste the […]
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This week’s theme: Jonah, Seriously? This week’s scripture reading: Jonah 3-4:11 This week’s music: “God of the Bible” (MV #28) “God of the Bible, God in the Gospel, Hope seen in Jesus, hope yet to come, You are our centre, daylight or darkness, freedom or prison, you are our home. God in our struggles, God […]
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This week’s theme: Walking Though Water? This week’s scripture readings: Exodus 14:19-31 Romans 14:1-12 This week’s music: “Come In, Come In and Sit Down” (VU #395) “Come in, come in and sit down, You are a part of the family. We are lost and we are found, And we are a part of the family. […]
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This week’s theme: All you need is love! This week’s scripture readings: Romans 13:8-14 Matthew 18:15-20 This week’s music: “This is the Day” (MV #122) “This is the day that God has made; We will rejoice and be glad! Singing hallelu! Singing hallelu! Singing hallelu! We will rejoice and be glad! Voici le jour que […]
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Notes on the Notes – September 3, 2017
This week’s theme: Who are We? This week’s scripture readings: Romans 12:9-21 Matthew 16:21-28 This week’s music: “Praise with Joy the World’s Creator” (VU #312) This new text in praise of the Trinity was written for an anniversary conference of the World Student Christian Federation held at Edinburgh in 1985 by the Iona Community. It […]
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This week’s theme: Truth and Power This week’s music: “Teach Me, God, to Wonder”(VU #299) “Teach me, God, to wonder, teach me, God, to see; Let your world of beauty capture me. Let me, God, be open, let me loving be; Let your world of people speak to me. Let me, God, be ready, let […]
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