Worship

Notes on the Notes – February 16, 2014

This week’s theme:  Bullying is incompatible with Christianity This week’s scripture:  Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Matthew 5:33-37        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 […]

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Notes on the Notes – February 9, 2014

This week’s theme:  Getting on the right track This week’s readings: Isaiah 58:1-9a, Matthew 5:13-20 This week’s music: Bring Forth the Kingdom “You are salt for the earth, O people; salt for the Kingdom of God!  Share the flavor of life, O people:  life in the Kingdom of God! Bring forth the Kingdom of mercy, bring […]

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Notes on the Notes – February 2, 2014

This week’s theme:  “Outdated values or timeless wisdom?” This week’s scripture readings:  Micah 6:6-8, Psalm 15 This week’s music: “Blest Be the Tie That Binds” (VU #602) “Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love; the unity of heart and mind is like to that above. Before our Maker’s throne we pour […]

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Notes on the Notes – January 26, 2014

This week’s theme:  Choosing Sides…for Life – Why Belief Matters This week’s readings:  Psalm 27:1, 4-9,  Matthew 4:12, 17-22 This week’s music: “Jesus Loves Me” (VU #365) “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so, little ones to him belong, in his love we shall be strong.  Yes, Jesus loves me!  […]

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Notes on the Notes – January 19, 2014

This week’s theme: Will I hear the call? This week’s readings:  Isaiah 49:1-7, John 1:29-42 Leadership will be provided by Patrick and the Praise Team This week’s music: “Lord, Prepare Me to Be a Sanctuary” (MV #18) This song of preparation for prayer was written by John W. Thompson and Randy Scruggs in 1982.    The lyrics […]

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Notes on the Notes – January 12, 2014

Baptism of Jesus This week’s scripture readings: Isaiah 42:1-9, Matthew 3:13-17 This week’s music: “Let Us Build a House” (MV #1) “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 […]

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