Worship

Join the Worship Choir for Christmas

Join the Worship Choir for Christmas!  The Worship Choir is starting to practice music for Advent, Christmas Eve and our Christmas Concert on December 16.  If you would like to join us for this special season, practices are on Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m.  All are welcome!

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Notes on the Notes – November 4, 2012

“Praise to God, Your Praises Show” (VU # 875) – This paraphrase of Psalm 150 was published by Henry Francis Lyte in his “Spirit of the Psalms” (1834).  The music is credited to Robert Williams, a blind musician, reputed to have an exceptional memory for tunes, who made his living as a basket maker in […]

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UCW 50th Anniversary News

Please join us for a special UCW 50th Anniversary Service on Sunday October 28 (THIS Sunday!!)  at 10:30 a.m. followed by a light lunch. We also invite any UCW members and former members to join with the ladies of the Worship Choir at 9:30 a.m. Sunday morning to practice the special anniversary song “A Tapestry of […]

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Notes on the Notes – October 28, 2012

“This is God’s Wondrous World” – (VU 296) – Yes, this is the well-loved CGIT hymn, slightly altered for inclusiveness.   The original words for “This is My Father’s World” were by Rev. Maltbie D. Babcock.   Babcock was a pastor in upstate New York. The story is told that he loved to go hiking in an […]

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Notes on the Notes – October 21, 2012

“How Can I Keep From Singing” –  Chris Tomlin says the song “How Can I Keep From Singing?” that he and two friends wrote in 2006 was discovered and adapted by Matt Redman from a 19th Century hymn by the same name.  The song’s theme has remained the same since it was first penned — […]

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Notes on the Notes – October 14, 2012

“We Praise You, O God” – VU #218 – The title for 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 in New York.  The original 16th century text, known as the […]

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