Notes on the Notes
Notes on the Notes – April 24, 2022
Earth Day Sunday This Week’s Music: “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore You” (VU #232) “Joyful, joyful we adore you God of glory, life and love; Hearts unfold like flowers before you, opening to the sun above. Melt the clouds of sin and sadness, drive the gloom of doubt away; Giver of immortal gladness, fill us with […]
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Notes on the Notes – April 17, 2022 – Easter Sunday
Easter Sunday Communion This week’s music: “Jesus Christ is Risen Today” (VU #155) Jesus Christ is risen today, hallelujah! Our triumphant holy day, hallelujah! Who did once upon the cross, hallelujah! Suffer to redeem our loss. Hallelujah! Hymns of praise then let us sing… Unto Christ, our heavenly King,… Who endured the cross and grave,… […]
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Notes on the Notes – April 15, 2022 – Good Friday
Good Friday “We Remember” The opening anthem by Joal Raney (2011) draws us into the Good Friday story by retelling some of the events of Jesus’ ministry and leading us to the phrase “we remember Calvary.” It incorporates the traditional hymn “When I Survey The Wondrous Cross” by Isaac Watts, which was written in 1707. […]
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Notes on the Notes – April 10, 2022 – Palm Sunday – Online service only
Palm Sunday “Full to the Brim – Even the Stones Cry Out” This Week’s Music: “All Glory, Laud and Honour” (VU #122) “All glory, laud and honour to you, Redeemer, King, To whom the lips of children made sweet hosannas ring. You are the king of Israel, and David’s royal son, Now in the Lord’s […]
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Notes on the Notes – April 3, 2022 – Fifth Sunday of Lent
Lent 5 “Full to the Brim – Brazen Acts of Beauty” This week’s music: “Sing Your Praise to God Eternal” (VU #244) “Sing your praise to God eternal, sing your praise to God the Son, Sing your praise to God the Spirit, living and forever One. God has made us, God has blessed us, God has […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 27, 2022
Lent 4 Prodigal Grace This week’s music: “There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy” (VU #271 v 1, 2, 5) “There’s a wideness in God’s mercy like the wideness of the sea; There’s a kindness in God’s justice which is more than liberty. There is no place where earth’s sorrows are more felt than up in heaven; […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 20, 2022
Lent 3 You are Worthy This week’s music: “Come, Just As You Are” “Come just as you are, Hear the Spirit call. Come just as you are – Come and see, come receive, come and live forever. Life everlasting, And strength for today, Taste the Living Water and never thirst again.” Our opening song invites […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 13, 2022
Lent 2 Full to the Brim – Under God’s Wings This Week’s Music: “Let Us Build a House (All are Welcome)” “Let us build a house where love can dwell and all can safely live, a place where saints and children tell how hearts learn to forgive. Built of hopes and dreams and visions, rock of […]
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Notes on the Notes – March 6, 2022
Lent 1 Full to the Brim – Even in the Desert This week’s music: “Giver of the Perfect Gift” (VU #116 v. 1, 4, 5) “Giver of the perfect gift, only hope of human race, Hear the prayer our hearts uplift, gathered at thy throne of grace. Oh, may these our Lenten days, blest by […]
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Notes on the Notes – February 27, 2022
Transfiguration Sunday This Week’s Music: “Immortal, Invisible” (VU #264) Immortal, invisible, God only wise, In light inaccessible hid from our eyes, Most blessed, most glorious the Ancient of Days, Almighty, victorious, thy great name we praise. Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light, Nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might; Thy justice like mountains […]
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Notes on the Notes – February 20, 2022
Who are You? This Week’s Music: “Come to My Heart, Lord Jesus” (VU #661) “Come to my heart, Lord Jesus; teach me to walk in your way. Come to my heart, Lord Jesus; come to my heart today. Give me the peace and joy that only you can bring. Come to my heart, Lord Jesus; […]
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Notes on the Notes – February 13, 2022
The Context of Our Lives This Week’s Music: “Jesus, Draw Me Close” “Jesus draw me close; closer, Lord, to You. Let the world around me fade away. Jesus, draw me close; closer, Lord, to You. For I desire to worship and obey.” Rick Founds wrote this song in 1990. When asked about the writing of the […]
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Notes on the Notes – February 6, 2022
The Courage to Say “Yes!” Communion This week’s music: “Many are the Lightbeams” (VU #588 v. 1) “Many are the light beams from the one light. Our one light is Jesus. Many are the light beams from the one light; We are one in Christ.” In 1972, Anders Frostenson, a Swedish pastor and hymn writer, wrote […]
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Notes on the Notes – January 30, 2022
Are You Ready? This week’s music: “Many are the Lightbeams” (VU #588 v. 1) “Many are the light beams from the one light. Our one light is Jesus. Many are the light beams from the one light; We are one in Christ.” In 1972, Anders Frostenson, a Swedish pastor and hymn writer, wrote this paraphrase of […]
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Notes on the Notes – January 23, 2022
“The Lord’s Favour” This week’s music: “Many are the Lightbeams” (VU #588 v. 1) “Many are the light beams from the one light. Our one light is Jesus. Many are the light beams from the one light; We are one in Christ.” In 1972, Anders Frostenson, a Swedish pastor and hymn writer, wrote this paraphrase […]
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