Notes on the Notes
Notes on the Notes – November 3, 2024
All Saints/Our Saints Sunday This week’s music: “For the Faithful Who Have Answered” (VU #707) “For the faithful who have answered when they heard your call to serve, For the many ways you led them testing will and stretching nerve, For their work and for their witness as they strove against the odds, For their courage […]
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Notes on the Notes – October 27, 2024
This week’s music: “I am the Light of the World” (VU #87) I am the light of the world! You people come and follow me!” If you follow and love you’ll learn the mystery of what you were meant to do and be. When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in […]
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Notes on the Notes – October 20, 2024
World Food Sunday This week’s music: “This is the Day” (VU #412) “This is the day, this is the day that our God has made, that our God has made; we will rejoice, we will rejoice, and be glad in it, and be glad in it. This is the day that our God has made, we […]
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Notes on the Notes – October 13, 2024
Thanksgiving Sunday Sixth Sunday in the Season of Creation This week’s music: “We Praise You, O God” (VU #218) The title for our hymn book, Voices United, comes from the third stanza of this hymn. The words were written by Julia Cory in 1902 at the request of the organist, for a Thanksgiving service at Brick Presbyterian Church […]
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Notes on the Notes – October 6, 2024
Creation 5 World Wide Communion Sunday “God, Who Gives to Life Its Goodness” (VU #260) “God who gives to life its goodness, God creator of all joy, God who gives to us our freedom, God who blesses tool and toy; Teach us now to laugh and praise you, Deep within your praises sing, Till the whole […]
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Notes on the Notes – September 29, 2024
Fourth Sunday in the Season of Creation/ Sunday before the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation This week’s music: “Many and Great, O God, Are Your Works” (VU #308) “Many and great, O God, are your works, Maker of earth and sky. Your hands have set the heavens with stars, Your fingers spread the mountains and […]
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Notes on the Notes – September 22, 2024
Third Sunday in the Season of Creation/Communion This week’s music: “Called by Earth and Sky” (MV #135) “Called by earth and sky, promise of hope held high, This is our sacred living trust, Treasure of life sanctified, Called by earth and sky. Precious these waters, endless seas, Deep ocean’s dream, Waters of healing, rivers of rain, […]
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Notes on the Notes – September 15, 2024
Second Sunday in the Season of Creation This week’s music: “It’s a Song of Praise to the Maker” (MV #30) “It’s a song of praise to the Maker, the thrush sings high in the tree. It’s a song of praise to the Maker, the gray whale sings in the sea, And by the Spirit you and […]
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Notes on the Notes – September 8, 2024
First Sunday in the Season of Creation Welcome Sunday 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 and we are found, And we are a part of the family. You know the reason why you […]
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Notes on the Notes – September 1, 2024
This week’s music: “I Sing the Mighty Power” (VU #231) “I sing the mighty power of God that made the mountains rise; That spread the flowing seas abroad, and built the lofty skies. I sing the wisdom that ordained the sun to rule the day; The moon shines full at God’s command and all the stars […]
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Notes on the Notes – August 25, 2024
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 and every tree, we see your great diversity, Yet greater still we see your […]
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Notes on the Notes – August 18, 2024
This week’s music: “Praise the Lord with the Sound of Trumpet” (VU #245) “Praise the Lord with the sound of trumpet, Praise the Lord with the harp and lute, Praise the Lord with the gentle-sounding flute Praise the Lord in the field and forest, Praise the Lord in the city square, Praise the Lord anytime and […]
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Notes on the Notes – August 11, 2024
This week’s music: “As the Deer” “As the deer pants for the water, so my soul longs after you; You alone are my heart’s desire and I long to worship you. You alone are my strength, my shield, To you alone may my spirit yield; You alone are my heart’s desire, and I long to […]
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Notes on the Notes – August 4, 2024
This week’s music: “How Great Thou Art” (VU #238) “O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder, Consider all the works Thy hands have made; I see the stars, I hear the mighty thunder, Thy power throughout the universe displayed. Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee, How great Thou art! How […]
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Notes on the Notes – June 30, 2024
Sixth Sunday after Pentecost This week’s music: “Jesus, Come to Our Hearts” (VU #324) “Jesus, come to our hearts like falling rain; Come to refresh, come to renew, Wash all our sins away. Spirit, come to our hearts like rushing wind; Come with your fire, come with your life, Blow all our doubts away. Come, God, […]
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