Notes on the Notes

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 […]

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Notes 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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Notes on the Notes – May 8, 2016

This week’s theme:  Ascension Sunday “As one door closed…a new one opens.” This week’s scripture readings: Luke 24: 44-53  Acts 1: 1-10a This week’s music: “All Things Bright and Beautiful” (VU #291) Those who have recently seen the local production of The Vicar of Dibley will have new memories of this old classic!  The text, […]

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Notes on the Notes – May 1, 2016

This Week’s Theme: “Healing old wounds… an unlikely woman can be ‘saved’… and play hostess.” This Week’s Scripture Readings: Acts 16:9-15   This Week’s Music: “O Christ, in Thee My Soul” (VU #630) “O Christ, in thee my soul hath found, and found in thee alone; The peace, the joy I sought so long, the […]

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Notes on the Notes – April 24, 2016

This Week’s Theme:  Earth Day This Week’s Scripture Readings: Genesis 1:1-31 Psalm 148 This Week’s Music: “In the Dawn of the Ages” “In the dawn of the ages God created the earth. Every living creature found in God its birth, From the birds in the sky to the deer in the wood. She looked all […]

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Notes on the Notes – April 17, 2016

This Week’s Theme:  Peter Begins His Ministry This Week’s Scripture Reading: Acts 9:36-43 This Week’s Music: “In the Bulb There is a Flower”  (VU #703) “In the bulb there is a flower; in the seed, an apple tree; In cocoons, a hidden promise: butterflies will soon be free! In the cold and snow of winter […]

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Notes on the Notes – April 10, 2016

This week’s theme: This week’s scripture readings: Acts 9:1-20 & John 21:15-19 This week’s music: “Jesus, Stand Among Us” (VU #396) “Jesus, stand among us in your risen power; Let this time of worship be a hallowed hour. Breathe the Holy Spirit into every heart; Bid the fears and sorrows from each soul depart. Lead […]

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