Notes on the Notes
Notes on the Notes – November 6, 2016
This week’s theme: Remembrance Sunday This week’s scripture readings: John 14:27 James 3:17-18 1 John 1:5 Matthew 5:1-12 This week’s music: “When Will People Cease Their Fighting?” (VU #687) “When will people cease their fighting? When will armies wage no war, Nations conquer not their neighbour, Weapons idle, used no more? When will guns and […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – October 30, 2016
This week’s theme: This week’s scripture readings: Habakkuk 1:1-2; 2:1-4 Luke 19:1-10 This week’s music: “Deep in Our Hearts” (MV #154) “Deep in our hearts there is a common vision; Deep in our hearts there is a common song; Deep in our hearts there is a common story, Telling Creation that we are one. Deep […]
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Notes on the Notes – October 23, 2016
This week’s theme: Who are You? This week’s scripture readings: Joel 2:23-32 Luke 18:9-14 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. […]
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Notes on the Notes – October 16, 2016
This week’s theme: Keeping Faith This week’s scripture readings: Jeremiah 31:27-34 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5 Luke 18:1-8 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. […]
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Notes on the Notes – October 9, 2016
This week’s theme: What is Thankfulness? This week’s scripture readings: Deuteronomy 26:1-11 John 6:25-35 This week’s music: “As Those of Old Their First-fruits Brought” (VU #518) We open our worship today with this Thanksgiving hymn, from Ten New Stewardship Hymns (1961) by Frank von Christierson. The tune, FOREST GREEN, […]
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Notes on the Notes – October 2, 2016
This week’s theme: World-Wide Communion “Would You Eat This Bread?” This week’s scripture readings: Lamentations 1:1-6 and 3:19-26 Luke 17:5-10 This week’s music: “All Who Hunger” (VU #460) Born in 1955, Sylvia Dunstan attributes her love of song to her grandparents, who kept song alive in the family and entrusted Sylvia’s formal musical education to […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – September 25, 2016
This week’s theme: I Can’t Even Imagine! This week’s scripture readings: 1 Tim. 6:6-19 Luke 16:19-31 This week’s music: “All Things Bright and Beautiful” (VU #296) This beloved text, from Cecil Frances Alexander’s Hymns for Little Children (1846), is based on the phrase “Maker of heaven and earth” in the Apostles’ Creed. The new […]
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Notes on the Notes – September 18, 2016
This week’s theme: “And So We Pray” This week’s scripture readings: 1 Tim. 2:1-7 Luke 16:1-13 This week’s music: “Let Us Build a House” (MV #1) “Let us build a house where love can dwell and all can safely live, a place where saints and children tell how hearts learn to forgive. Built of hopes […]
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Notes on the Notes – September 11, 2016
This week’s theme: Welcome Back Sunday – God Searches for Me? This week’s readings: Exodus 32:7-14 Luke 15:1-10 This week’s music: “Let’s Join In” “Let’s join in, let’s join in, Where there’s music and there’s laughter- This day we celebrate a brand new start. Come join in, come join in, Shout God’s praises to the […]
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Notes on the Notes – September 4, 2016
This week: Sharon’s Last Sunday at WPUC This week’s scriptures: Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18 Philemon 1-7 This week’s music: This week we will continue to sing some of Sharon’s favorite hymns! “Travel On” (VU #647) “Travel on, travel on, there’s a spirit that is flowing, A spirit that is flowing night and day. Travel on, travel on, […]
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Notes on the Notes – June 12, 2016
This week’s scripture reading: Galatians 2: 15-21 This week’s music: “This is the Day” (MV #122) “This is the day that God has made; We will rejoice and be glad! 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 […]
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Notes on the Notes – Sunday, June 5, 2016
This week’s theme: “What is it to know?” – A Celebration of Inclusivity This week’s scripture readings: Psalm 139 Revelation 21:1-7 This week’s music: “Draw the Circle Wide” (MV #145) “Draw the circle wide. Draw it wider still. Let this be our song, no one stands alone, standing side by side, Draw the circle wide. […]
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Notes on the Notes – May 29, 2016
This week’s theme: To Whom, or What, are We Building Altars? This week’s scripture readings: 1 Kings 18: 20-39 Luke 7:11-17 This week’s music: “Awaken the Dawn” “Sing to the Lord with all of your heart Sing of the glory that’s due to his name Sing to the Lord with all of your soul Join […]
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Notes on the Notes – May 22, 2016
This week’s theme – Trinity Sunday This week’s scripture readings: John 16:12-15 Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 This week’s music: “Praise Our Maker” (VU #316) “Praise our Maker, peoples of one family; God is love, God is love! Praise our Maker, peoples of one family; God is love, God is love! Love our Saviour, followers of Jesus; […]
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Notes on the Notes – May 15, 2016
This week’s theme: Pentecost Baptism/Confirmation Sunday This week’s scripture readings: Acts 2: 1-8, 11b-15, 36-41 Romans 8: 14-17 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, […]
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