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Notes on the Notes – April 6, 2014
Lent 5 – The Cross – Symbol of God’s Defiant Love Communion – Russian/Ukrainian Orthodox Cross This week’s reading: Romans 8: 6-11 This week’s music: “Glory in the Cross” “Let us stand together at the cross of Christ where we see God’s boundless love. We are saints and sinners who are joined by faith here […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – March 30, 2014
Lent 4 – The Coptic Orthodox Cross Theme – “Christi-anachy” This week’s scripture reading: John 9:1-41 This week’s music: “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross” (VU #149) “When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of glory died, my richest gain I count but loss, and pour contempt on all my pride. Forbid […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – March 3, 2013
This Sunday is the third Sunday of our Lenten journey. Theme: Reaffirming the covenant. Readings: Isaiah 55:1-9, 1 Corinthians 10: 1-5, 11-13 Todays music: “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” (VU #220) – Joachim Neander rebelled against his family’s piety, but was converted at age twenty at St. Martin’s Church in his native city […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – February 24, 2013
Lent 2 – Theme: Taking the hard way can be the right way! Readings: Philippians 3:17-4:1, Luke 13:31-35 This week’s music: “O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee” (VU #560) – The author, Washington Gladden, was an American Congregational minister and a leader of the social gospel movement. This text, from a devotional poem entitled […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – February 17, 2013
Lent 2013 began on Wednesday, February 13 and ends on Saturday, March 30 Lent 1 – Theme: What does it mean to have it all? Have nothing? Readings: Psalm 91, Romans 10:8b-13, Luke 4:1-13 This week’s music: “Throughout These Lenten Days and Nights” (VU #108) – Despite its penitential tone, this hymn evokes faith and […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – February 10, 2013
Transfiguration Sunday Readings: Exodus 34:29-35 and 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 Shine, Jesus, Shine – This week’s anthem, “Shine, Jesus, Shine” (also known by its first line, “Lord, the Light of Your Love”) is a Christian praise song written in 1987 by Graham Kendrick. In the book Behind The Songs which Kendrick wrote with Clive Price, the singer/songwriter […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – February 3, 2013
Readings: Jeremiah 1:4-10, Luke 4:21-30 This week’s music: “The Greatest of These” – This song, by Canadian composer Linnea Good, quotes from 1 Corinthians 13:1-12. The song was used at the Burnaby Centennial Interfaith Celebration in 1992. When speaking about this gathering, Linnea says, “Through a glass darkly; through a mirror dimly…Whether we are looking at the convolutions […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – January 27, 2013
Theme: Keeping Sabbath in a non-Christian country Readings: Nehemiah 8:1-3,5-6,8-10/Luke 4:14-21 This week’s music: “Take Time to be Holy” (VU #672) – William D. Longstaff, an English businessman, wrote this hymn at an annual Keswick Convention in response to an account of the work of Griffith Jones, a missionary in China who was reported to have been […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – January 20, 2013
Theme: The faithfulness of God and the gifts of the Spirit/Celebration of our Pastoral Care Ministry Readings: Psalm 36:5-10, 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 Today’s Music: “Great is Thy Faithfulness” – (VU #288) – Thomas O. Chisholm, a Methodist minister, wrote the poem in 1923 about God’s faithfulness over his lifetime. William Runyan set the poem to […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – January 13, 2013
Baptism of Jesus/Congregational renewal of Baptismal vows/Communion “Will You Come and See the Light?” (VU #96) – This invitation in song is packed with striking metaphors and thought progressions. Brian Wren has called upon his experience working for Third World aid and development projects to write this hymn. He chose the Scottish fold tune KELVINGROVE […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – January 6, 2013
This Sunday is Epiphany. The hymns we will be using are: “Arise, Your Light is Come” (VU #79) – This hymn quotes directed from today’s passage from the book of Isaiah, chapter 60. This hymn was first published by the Ecumenical Women’s Center of Chicago in the 1974 collection of hymn adaptations, Because We Are One People. […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – December 30, 2012
This week’s hymns are: “Once in Royal David’s City” – (VU #62) – This hymn was written in 1848 by Mrs C F Alexander (author of ‘All things bright and beautiful’ and ‘There is a green hill’), with the aim of explaining to children the mystery of the Incarnation as described in the Apostles’ Creed. […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – Dec. 23, 2012
This Sunday is the fourth Sunday of Advent. On our journey, the theme this week is”Coming home – the light in the window.” The music we will use this Sunday is: “Come and Journey with a Saviour” – The text for this hymn, by Herbert O’Driscoll, comes from “The Catholic Book of Worship III.” We will […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012
This week is the 3rd Sunday of Advent. On our journey, we are anticipating the excitement of coming home. The hymns we will be using in worship are: “Hark the Glad Sound” (VU #29) – This joyous hymn announced the Saviour’s imminent arrival. The text is a paraphrase of Luke 4:18-19, written by the Reverend […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – December 9, 2012
This week is the second Sunday of Advent. We will continue on our journey to the manger using the following music: “Man in the Mirror” – This song, made popular by Michael Jackson, reminds us to be the change we want to see in the world. The children of Bible Adventures will be sharing this […]
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