Notes on the Notes
Notes on the Notes – June 30, 2024
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost 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 away. Come, God, […]
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Notes on the Notes – June 23, 2024
Fifth Sunday after Pentecost This week’s music: “Come and Find the Quiet Centre” (VU #374) “Come and find the quiet centre in the crowded life we lead, Find the room for hope to enter, find the frame where we are freed: Clear the chaos and the clutter, clear our eyes, that we can see All the […]
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Notes on the Notes – June 16, 2024
4th Sunday after Pentecost Father’s Day This week’s music: “All Creatures of Our God and King” (VU #217) “All creatures of our God and King, Lift up your voice and with us sing: Hallelujah, hallelujah! Bright burning sun with golden beam, Soft shining moon with silver gleam, Sing praises, sing praises, Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah! O rushing […]
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Notes on the Notes – June 9, 2024
99th Anniversary of the United Church of Canada Music this week will be led by the Harmony Singers This week’s music: “Make a Joyful Noise” (VU #820) “Make a joyful noise all the earth! Worship your God with gladness. Make a joyful noise all the earth! Come to this place with a song! Know that your […]
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Notes on the Notes – June 2, 2024
2nd Sunday after Pentecost PRIDE Sunday 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 are always with […]
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Notes on the Notes – May 26, 2024
Second Sunday of Pentecost 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 […]
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Notes on the Notes – May 19, 2024
Pentecost Sunday This week’s music: “Oh, a Song Must Rise” (MV #142) “Oh, a song must rise for the spirit to descend Oh, a song must rise once again Singing out God’s praises and glory, The faithful voices blend, Oh, a song must rise for the spirit to descend. From […]
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Notes on the Notes – May 12, 2024
Seventh Sunday of Easter/Mother’s Day 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 tiny wings. […]
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Notes on the Notes – May 5, 2024
Sixth Sunday of Easter This week’s music: “When We Come Together” “When we come together gladly Our community grows strong. When we meet to tell our story, When we join to sing our song, We are celebrating friendship, We are building bonds of peace; Pass a vision to each other; Let God’s spirit never cease. […]
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Notes on the Notes – April 28, 2024
Fifth Sunday of Easter This week’s music: “Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Give Thanks” (VU #179) “Hallelujah, hallelujah. Give thanks to the risen Christ. Hallelujah, hallelujah. Give praise to God’s name. Jesus is Lord of all the earth, Firstborn of all creation. Hallelujah… Spread the good news o’er all the earth: Jesus has died and is risen. Hallelujah…. We […]
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Notes on the Notes – April 21, 2024
Fourth Sunday of Easter This week’s music: “God of Freedom, God of Justice” (VU #700) God of freedom, God of justice, you whose love is strong as death, you who saw the dark of prison, you who knew the price of faith: touch our world of sad oppression with your Spirit’s healing breath. Rid the earth […]
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Notes on the Notes – April 14, 2024
Third Sunday of Easter This week’s music: “Come, Children, Join to Sing” (VU #345) “Come, children, join to sing: Hallelujah! Praise to our Servant-King: Hallelujah! Let all with heart and voice, saved by God’s gracious choice, Now in this place rejoice: Hallelujah! Come, lift your hearts on high: Hallelujah! Let praises fill the sky: Hallelujah! Christ […]
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Notes on the Notes – April 7, 2024
Second Sunday of Easter 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, Left the tomb that held him fast! Gone […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 31, 2024 – Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday This week’s music: “Joy Comes With the Dawn” (VU #166) “Joy comes with the dawn; Joy comes with the morning sun; Joy springs from the tomb and scatters the night with her song, Joy comes with the dawn. Weeping may come; Weeping may come in the night, when dark shadows cloud our sight. […]
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Notes on the Notes – Good Friday – March 29, 2024
Good Friday Today’s music has been chosen to enhance the Passion narrative of Jesus’ journey to the cross. “We Remember” The opening anthem by Joel Raney (2011) draws us into the Good Friday story by retelling some of the events of Jesus’ ministry and leading us to the phrase “we remember Calvary.” It incorporates the […]
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