Notes on the Notes
Notes on the Notes – March 25, 2016 – Good Friday
Hungering and Thirsting for Salvation “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 rest upon the way, from the burning of the noon-tide heat and the burden of the […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 28, 2016 – Easter Sunday
Hungering and Thirsting for Good News This week’s scripture readings: Acts 10: 34-36 Psalm 118: 23-24 Luke 24: 1-12 This week’s music: “Jesus Christ is Risen Today” (VU #155) “Jesus Christ is risen today, hallelujah! Our triumphant holy day, hallelujah! Who did once upon the cross, hallelujah! Suffer to redeem our loss. Hallelujah! Hymns of […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 20, 2016 – Palm Sunday
Hungering and Thirsting for Living Water This week’s scripture readings: Luke 19:28-40, Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 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 sorrow Be washed away In the […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 13, 2016
Lent 5 Hungering and Thirsting for Community This week’s scripture readings: Psalm 126, Philippians 3:4b-14 This week’s music: “Part of the Family” (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. You know […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 6, 2016
Lent 4 Hungering and Thirsting for a Place at the Table This week’s scripture readings: 2 Corinthians 5: 16-21, Luke 15: 1-3, 11b-32 This week’s music: “Softly and Tenderly” “Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, Calling for you and for me; See, on the portals He’s waiting and watching, Watching for you and […]
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Notes on the Notes – February 28, 2016
Lent 3 Hungering and Thirsting for Generational Connection This week’s scripture readings: Psalm 63:1-8 Luke 13:1-9 This week’s music: “Jesus Loves Me” (VU #365) “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so, Little ones to him belong, in his love we shall be strong. Yes, Jesus loves me! […]
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Notes on the Notes – February 21, 2016
Lent 2 Hungering and thirsting for Sanctuary/Home This week’s scripture readings: Psalm 27 Philippians 3: 17-4:1 This week’s music: “What is the place” (SFGP 70) “What is the place where we are meeting? Only a house, the earth its floor, Walls and a roof sheltering people, Windows for light, an open door. Yet it becomes […]
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Notes on the Notes – February 14, 2016
Lent 1 Hungering and Thirsting for the Word This week’s scripture readings: Romans 10: 8b-13, Luke 4: 1-13 This week’s music: “Tell Me the Stories of Jesus” (VU #357) “Tell me the stories of Jesus I love to hear, things I would ask him to tell me if he were here: scenes by the wayside, […]
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Notes on the Notes – February 10 – Ash Wednesday
“What Wondrous Love is This” (VU #147) “What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul, What wondrous love is this, O my soul! What wondrous love is this that caused the Lord of bliss To bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my soul, To bear the dreadful curse for my […]
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Notes on the Notes – February 7, 2016
This week’s theme: Transfiguration Sunday This week’s scripture readings: Exodus 34: 29-35, Luke 9:28-36 This week’s music: “Holy Moment” As we come today, we remind ourselves of what we do; that these songs are not just songs, but signs of love for You. This is a holy moment now, something of heaven touches earth, […]
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Notes on the Notes – January 31, 2016
This week’s theme: What is Love? This week’s scripture readings: Jeremiah 1:4-10, 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 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; […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – January 24, 2016
This week’s theme: A corporate job description This week’s scripture readings: 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a – God creates a “body” with all the right parts Luke 4:14021 – Jesus returns to Nazareth and proclaims his mission This week’s music: “Many Are the Lightbeams” (VU #588) “Many are the lightbeams from the one light. Our one light […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – January 17, 2016
This week’s theme: The Holy Spirit works best for those who want it to work! This week’s scripture readings: 1 Corinthians 12: 1-11 – gifts of the Spirit John 2:1-11 – the wedding at Cana – Jesus did what was best for the community This week’s music: “Jesus Bids Us Shine” (VU #585) “Jesus bids […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – January 10, 2016
This week’s theme: Baptism of Jesus – a new ritual for a new era This week’s Scripture readings: Isaiah 43:1-7 – God creates us and calls us by name Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 – the baptism of Jesus by John This week’s music: “I am the Light of the World” (VU #87) I am the […]
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Notes on the Notes – January 3, 2016
This week’s theme: Epiphany – A Time of New Beginning – The Jesus Era This week’s Scripture readings: Ecclesiastes 3 – to everything there is a season Revelation 21: 1-6a – a new heaven and a new earth This week’s music: “The First Nowell” (VU #91) “The first Nowell the angel did say was to […]
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