Worship

Notes on the Notes – March 10, 2013

Theme: Readings: Psalm 32, 2 Corintians 5:16-21 This week’s music: “Come Just as You Are” – This song, by contemporary Christian song-writer, Crystal Lewis, reminds us that all are welcome before God.  Watch a 4 minute video meditation on this idea at:  Come Just As You Are    “Bless the Lord” (MV #46) – This song, based on Psalm […]

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Notes on the Notes – March 3, 2013

  This Sunday is the third Sunday of our Lenten journey. Theme:  Reaffirming the covenant. Readings: Isaiah 55:1-9, 1 Corinthians 10: 1-5, 11-13 Todays music: “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” (VU #220) – Joachim Neander rebelled against his family’s piety, but was converted at age twenty at St. Martin’s Church in his native city […]

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Notes on the Notes – February 24, 2013

Lent 2 – Theme:  Taking the hard way can be the right way! Readings:  Philippians 3:17-4:1, Luke 13:31-35 This week’s music: “O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee” (VU #560) –  The author, Washington Gladden, was an American Congregational minister and a leader of the social gospel movement.  This text, from a devotional poem entitled […]

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Notes on the Notes – February 17, 2013

Lent 2013  began on Wednesday, February 13 and ends on Saturday, March 30 Lent 1 – Theme:  What does it mean to have it all?  Have nothing? Readings:  Psalm 91, Romans 10:8b-13, Luke 4:1-13 This week’s music: “Throughout These Lenten Days and Nights” (VU #108) – Despite its penitential tone, this hymn evokes faith and […]

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Mardi Gras/Lent

I would like to send a great big thank you to all of you who joined us last night for our Mardi Gras celebration at the church.  To those who provided food, those who provided entertainment and those who came to watch, this event would not have been the same without you all. As we […]

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