Notes on the Notes
Notes on the Notes – April 2, 2023
Palm Sunday This Week’s Music: “Hosanna, Loud Hosanna” (VU #123) “Hosanna, loud hosanna!” the happy children sang; Through pillared court and temple the joyful anthem rang; To Jesus, who had blessed them close folded to his breast; The children sang their praises, the simplest and the best. From Olivet they followed ‘mid an exultant crowd, […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 26, 2023
Fifth Sunday in Lent This Week’s Music: “As Comes the Breath of Spring” (VU #373) “As comes the breath of spring with light and mirth and song, So does your Spirit bring new days brave, free, and strong. You come with thrill of life to chase hence winter’s breath, To hush to peace the strife of […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 19, 2023
Fourth Sunday in Lent This week’s music: “I Need Thee Every Hour” (VU #671) “I need Thee every hour, most gracious Lord; No tender voice like Thine can peace afford. I need Thee, oh, I need Thee; Every hour I need Thee; Oh, bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee. I need Thee every […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 12, 2023
Third Sunday in Lent 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 waves of his mercy As deep cries out to deep, we […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 5, 2023
Second Sunday in Lent This week’s music: “In Suffering Love” (VU #614) v 1,2,3,5 “In suffering love the thread of life is woven through our care, For God is with us, not alone our pain and toil we bear. There is a rock, a place secure within the storm’s cold blast; Concealed within the suffering […]
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Notes on the Notes – February 26, 2023
First Sunday in Lent This week’s music: “Throughout These Lenten Days and Nights” (VU #108) “Throughout these Lenten days and nights we turn to walk the inward way, Where, meeting Christ, our guide and light, we live in hope till Easter Day. The pilgrim Christ, the Lamb of God, who found in weakness greater power, Embraces […]
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Notes on the Notes – February 22, 2023
Ash Wednesday Service music: “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 day. Upon […]
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Notes on the Notes – February 19, 2023
Transfiguration Sunday This week’s music: “Open Our Eyes, Lord” “Open our eyes, Lord, We want to see Jesus, To reach out and touch him, And say that we love him. Open our ears, Lord, And help us to listen. Open our eyes, Lord, We want to see Jesus.” The words and music for this simple […]
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Notes on the Notes – February 12, 2023
Sixth Sunday of Epiphany “Rules and Regulations” This week’s music: “Love Knocks and Waits” (MV #94) “Love knocks and waits for us to hear, to open and invite; Love longs to quiet every fear, and seeks to set things right. Love offers life, in spite of foes who threaten and condemn; Embracing enemies, Love […]
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Notes on the Notes – February 5, 2023
Fifth Sunday of Epiphany This week’s music: “You are Salt for the Earth” “You are salt for the earth, O people: Salt for the reign of God! Share the flavor of life, O people: Life in the City of God! Bring forth the reign of mercy, Bring forth the reign of peace; Bring forth the […]
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Notes on the Notes – January 29, 2023
Fourth Sunday of Epiphany This week’s music: “Spirit, Open My Heart” (MV #79) “Spirit, open my heart to the joy and pain of living. As you love may I love, in receiving and in giving, Spirit, open my heart. God, replace my stony heart with a heart that’s kind and tender. All my coldness and […]
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Notes on the Notes – January 22, 2023
Third Sunday of the Season of Epiphany This week’s music: “Jesus Calls Us” (VU #562) “Jesus calls us, o’er the tumult of our life’s wild restless sea, Day by day his clear voice sounding, saying, “Christian, follow me.” Long ago apostles heard it by the Galilean lake, Turned from home and toil and kindred, leaving all […]
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Notes on the Notes – January 15, 2023
Baptism of Christ Second Sunday of the Season of Epiphany This week’s music: “Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart” (VU #378) “Spirit of God, descend upon my heart: Wean it from earth, thro’ all its pulses move; Stoop to my weakness, strength to me impart, And make me love you as I ought to love. […]
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Notes on the Notes – January 8, 2023
Epiphany Sunday This week’s music: “Arise, Your Light is Come” (VU #79) “Arise, your light is come! The Spirit’s call obey; Show forth the glory of your God, Which shines on you today. Arise, your light is come! All you in sorrow born, Bind up the broken-hearted ones And comfort those who mourn. Arise, your light […]
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Notes on the Notes – December 31, 2022
New Year’s Eve Service Music: “On this Day of Celebration” “On this day of celebration, at this time when hopes are new, God, we gather as your people, called to put our trust in you. You have made the world we live in; you have worked through history. In your plan we find our purpose, […]
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