Notes on the Notes
Notes on the Notes – May 24, 2015
This week’s theme: Pentecost This week’s scripture readings: Romans 8:22-27 John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 This week’s music: “She Flies On” (VU #380) “She comes sailing on the wind, her wings flashing in the sun; On a journey just begun, she flies on. And in the passage of her flight, her song rings out through the night, […]
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Notes on the Notes – May 17, 2015
This week’s theme: The Ascension This week’s scripture readings: Acts 1:1-11 Luke 24:44-53 This week’s music: “Jesus, Friend of Little Children” (VU #340) “Jesus, friend of little children, let me be one too; Take my hand, and ever keep me close to you. Teach me how to grow in goodness, daily as I grow. You […]
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This week’s Scripture readings: Acts 10:44-48 John 15:9-17 This week’s music: “It Only Takes a Spark” (VU #289) “It only takes a spark to get a fire going, And soon all those around can warm up in its glowing: That’s how it is with God’s love, Once you’ve experienced it: You spread God’s love to […]
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This week’s scripture readings: John 15:1-8, 1John 4:16b-21 This week’s music: “Many Are the Lightbeams” (VU #588) “Many are the lightbeams from the one light. Our one light is Jesus. Many are the lightbeams from the one light; We are one in Christ. Many are the branches of the one tree. Our one tree is […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – April 26, 2015
This week’s scripture reading: 1 John 3: 16-24 This week’s music: “Mother Earth, Our Mother Birthing” (MV #39) “Mother Earth, our Mother birthing every creature from the ground. Jesus too was flesh and breathing, kin to all that’s green and brown. Sister Air, our Sister lifting every creature born with wings; Jesus shared the breath […]
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This week’s theme: Proof of Identity: Children of God This week’s scripture readings: 1 John 3:1-7 Luke 24:36b-48 This week’s music: “We Praise You for the Sun” (VU #225) “We praise you for the sun, the golden shining sun, That gives us healing, strength, and joy; We praise you for the sun. We praise you […]
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This week’s theme: Easter changed everything…and everyone! This week’s scripture readings: Acts 4:32-35, 1 John 1:5-2:2 This week’s music: “I Danced in the Morning” (VU #352) I danced in the morning when the world was begun, And I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun, And I came from heaven and I […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – April 5, 2015 – Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday Scripture Readings: 1 Corinthians 15: 1-11 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+15%3A1-11&version=MSG Mark 16: 1-8 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+16%3A1-8&version=MSG Acts 10: 37-40, 43a https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+10%3A37-40%2C+43a&version=MSG Easter Sunday 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! […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – April 3, 2015 – Good Friday
Good Friday readings: Isaiah 52:13-53:12 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Isaiah+52%3A13-53%3A12&version=MSG John 18:1-19:42 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+18-19%3A42&version=MSG Service Music: “In the Quiet Curve of Evening” (VU #278) “In the quiet curve of evening, in the sinking of the days, in the silky void of darkness, you are there. In the lapses of my breathing, in the space between my ways, in the crater […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – March 29, 2015 – Palm Sunday
This week’s scripture readings: Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+18%3A19-29+&version=MSG Mark 11:1-11 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Mark+11%3A1-11&version=MSG This week’s music: “Lift Up the Gates Eternal (Psalm 24)”(VU #750 – vs 1, 4, 5) “Lift up the gates eternal, lift up your voices: For God in glory comes, the nation rejoices. See, all the earth is God’s, its people and nations: God […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – March 22, 2015 – Lent 5
This week’s scripture readings: Hebrews 5:5-10 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Hebrews%205:5-10 John 12:20-33 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+12%3A20-33&version=MSG This week’s music: “Shadow and Substance” (MV #44) “Shadow and substance, wonder and mystery, Spellbinding spinner of atoms and earth; Soul of the cosmos, person and energy, Source of our being, we sing of your worth. We are your image, formed in community; Sisters and brothers […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – March 15, 2015 – Lent 4
This week’s theme: Complex, conflicting messages This week’s scripture readings: Numbers 21:4-9 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers+21%3A4-9&version=MSG John 3:14-21 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+3%3A14-21&version=NIV This week’s music: “Here I Am to Worship” “Light of the world You stepped down into darkness. Opened my eyes, let me see. Beauty that made this heart adore You Hope of a life spent with You Here I […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – March 8, 2015 – Lent 3
This week’s theme: Which Way is Up? This week’s scripture readings: John 2:13-22 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+2%3A13-22&version=NIV 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Corinthians+1%3A18-25&version=MSG This week’s music: “I Saw the Rich Ones” (MV #127) “I saw the rich ones, I saw what they gave; the widow who offered two pennies she’d saved; and I saw she was smiling and I knew […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – March 1, 2015 – Lent 2
This week’s theme: God of ALL people This week’s scripture reading: Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 This week’s music: “Let My Spirit Always Sing” (MV 83) “Let my spirit always sing, though my heart be wintering, Though the season of despair give no sign that you are there, God to whom my days belong, let there […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – February 22, 2015 – Lent 1
This week’s readings: Genesis 9:8-17, Mark 1:9-15 This week’s music: “Creator God, You Gave us Life” (MV#27) “Creator God you gave us life, your image formed within our souls, yet through the mist of time and space, we search for that which makes us whole. In every flower […]
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