Worship

Thank You, Does Not Seem To Be Enough

Douglas and I were driving to the church one morning and we watched a couple walking their dogs along Osborne Street.  I mentioned to Douglas that I felt a little bad for the couple if they were not going to church, they would miss out on the wonderful joy of being a member of a […]

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Music programs at WPUC

WPUC has music programs for all ages!   THE WORSHIP CHOIR – Do you enjoy singing and want to have fun with a great group of people who share your love of music?  Our adult choir, under the direction of  Laura Steidl, practices on Thursday evenings and leads the music in worship each Sunday.   The first […]

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Notes on the Notes – September 29, 2013

This week’s scripture readings:                                                                       1 Timothy 6:6-19, Luke 16:19-31 This week’s music: “All Things Bright and Beautiful”      (VU #291) – The text, from Cecil Frances Alexander’s Hymns for Little Children (1846), is based on the phrase “Maker of heaven and earth” in the Apostles’ Creed.  The new words for verse four are particularly apt in the […]

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Notes on the Notes – September 22, 2013

This week’s Readings:  Psalm 79:1-9,                 1 Timothy 2:1-7 This week’s music: “We Praise You, Creator” (VU #293) – This is a hymn of exuberant celebration: “We praise you, Creator, in earth, sea, and sky:  our Ruler, our Maker, our Sovereign most high.  Each new generation lifts voices in praise;  how good your creation, how gracious […]

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Notes on the Notes – September 15, 2013

Today’s  scripture:  1 Timothy 1:12-17 – Paul’s call to serve Luke 15:1-10 – The parables of the persistent shepherd and persistent housewife    Today’s music:  “Come in, Come in and Sit Down” (VU #395) – This family song became known to United Church congregations in the arrangement made by Darryl Nixon for Songs for a Gospel People (1987).  […]

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Potluck Lunch

Hi Everyone! Please bring a dish for a potluck lunch at Prince of Peace after church this Sunday. Thank you – Sharon

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1 To Go

I as sit in my monastic cell, or so these rooms seem at times, I think about the 5 weeks that have already gone by and now there is only 1 to go.  This has been an experience.  It has been challenging and affirming, it has been stressful and full of laughter and fun.  A […]

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2 Down and 1 To Go

It sometimes is really amazing how time is so relative.  When I was told that I needed to be down here in Halifax for 6 weeks I was thinking to myself that that would be a very long time and now my time is almost up.  I have officially completed my first 2 courses in […]

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1/3 Of The Way Done

Wow! I can’t believe that 2 weeks has already gone by and I just handed in my last assignment for my Nature and Grace course.  In the last 2 weeks I have handed in 6 papers totaling about 18 pages and with less than a day’s preparation; researched, wrote and preached a sermon on a […]

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Notes on the Notes – June 23, 2013

This week’s Theme: Faith Scripture: Galatians 3:23-29 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 […]

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1 Week Down

Well there you have it, 1 week down and 5 more to go. It has been a week of reading and writing with a paper due everyday and reading every night. I must admit, this is most definitely intense. It is intense in the workload, intense in the learning and intense in the fellowship of […]

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