Notes on the Notes
Notes on the Notes – November 1, 2015
This Week’s Theme: All Saints’ Sunday, Communion This Week’s Scripture: Isaiah 25:6-9, Revelation 21:1-6a This Week’s Music: “I See a New Heaven” (VU #713) “I see a new heaven, I see a new earth as the old one will pass away, Where the fountain of life flows and without price goes to all people […]
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This week’s special event: Premiere of the dramatic reading “Sola Fide” by John McTavish This week’s scripture readings: Job 42:1-6,10-17 Hebrews 7:23-28 This week’s music: “Let Us With a Gladsome Mind” (VU #234) “Let us, with a gladsome mind, praise our God, forever kind; Whose great mercies still endure, ever faithful, ever sure. God, […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – October 18, 2015
This week’s scripture readings: Job 38: 1-7, 34-4 Mark 10: 35-45 This week’s music: “Jesus, Teacher, Brave and Bold” (VU #605) “Jesus, teacher, brave and bold, Let us serve you, young and old. Let us faith-filled workers be, All around, you wisdom see. Let us play and dance and sing, Your goodness find in everything. […]
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This week’s theme: Thanksgiving Sunday/Praise Team Contemporary Service This week’s scripture readings: Hebrews 4:12-16, Mark 10:17-31 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! […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – October 4, 2015
This week’s theme: World Wide Communion Sunday/Creation 4 This week’s scripture readings: Job 1:1; 2:1-10, Mark 10:2-16 This week’s music: “We are One” (VU #402) This new hymn text was submitted for Voices United by Doreen Lankshear-Smith of Thunder Bay, Ontario. The tune was composed in 1987 by Jeeva Sam of Regina, SK and arranged by David […]
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Notes on the Notes – Sept. 27, 2015
This week’s theme: Creation 3/Worship Choir contemporary service This week’s music: “Each Blade of Grass (Circle of God)” (MV #37) “Each blade of grass, ev’ry wing that soars, The waves that sweep across a distant shore, Make full the circle of God. Each laughing child, ev’ry gentle eye, a forest lit beneath a moon-bright sky, […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – Sept. 20, 2015
This week’s Theme: Second Sunday of Creation/Baptism/Reception of New Members by Transfer/Gratitude Sunday This week’s Scripture Readings: James 3:13-4:3, Mark 9:30-37 This week’s music: “All Things Bright and Beautiful” (VU #291) The text, from Cecil Frances Alexander’s Hymns for Little Children (1846), is based on the phrase “Maker of heaven and earth” in the […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – September 13, 2015
This week’s theme: Welcome back!/First Sunday of Creation Time/Where Can God Be? What it means to be wise. This week’s scripture readings: Proverbs 1:20-33, Mark 8:27-38 This week’s music: “Come In, Come In and Sit Down” (VU #395) “Come in, come in and sit down, You are a part of the family. We are lost […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – September 6, 2015
This week’s Scripture readings: Proverbs 22:1-2, 8-9, 22-23, James 2:14-17 This week’s music: “Dance With the Spirit” (More Voices #156) “Dance with the Spirit early in the mornin’ Walk with the Spirit throughout the long day. Work and hope for the new life abornin’, Listen to the Spirit to show you the way.” Our gathering […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – July 26, 2015
This week’s scripture reading: Ephesians 3:14-21 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. God the still-point of the circle, ‘Round whom all creation turns; nothing lost, but […]
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This week’s scripture reading: Mark 6:14-29 This week’s music: “Bless the Lord” (MV #46) “Bless the Lord, O my soul, bless God’s holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, bless God’s holy name. Remember the kindness of our God, who showers us with blessing all our days. Remember the justice of our God, who […]
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This week’s Scripture Reading: 2 Corinthians 12: 2-10 This week’s music: “Bathe Me in Your Light” (MV #82) “Bathe me in your light, O God of All, Creator; let it shine upon my soul with healing and with grace. Be to me a beacon bright through shadows of life’s wounding, showing me the way to […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – June 28, 2015
This week’s theme: Straight talk when you’re backed into a corner This week’s Scripture readings: Psalm 130 Mark 5:21-34 This week’s music: “Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour” (VU #665) “Pass me not, O gentle Saviour, hear my humble cry, While on others thou art calling, do not pass me by. Let me at thy […]
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This week’s theme: Holy Superheroes This week’s scripture reading: Samuel 17: 32-33, 41-44, 45-49 Mark 4: 35-41 This week’s music: “Jesus, Saviour, Pilot Me” (VU #637) “Jesus, Saviour, pilot me over life’s tempestuous sea; Unknown waves before me roll, hiding rock and treacherous shoal; Chart and compass come from thee, Jesus, Saviour, pilot me. As […]
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Notes on the Notes – June 14, 2015
This week’s theme: The 90th Anniversary of the United Church of Canada! This week’s scripture readings: Mark 4:26-34 This week’s music: For the celebration of the 90th Anniversary, we will be using music representing the history of the United Church. “We are the Church” “I am the church! You are the church! We are the […]
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