Worship

Notes on the Notes – Sept. 30, 2012

Great Shepherd of Your People (VU 398) – The words for this hymn were written by John Newton in 1769.   Newton was born in July, 1725.  His mother, a devotedly pious woman, died when he was only seven years of age.  He was only formally “schooled” from the ages of 8 to 10.  Newton was […]

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Notes on the Notes – September 23, 2012

VU #371 – Open My Eyes, That I May See – This hymn was written by Clara H. Scott in 1895 and is her most well-know hymn.  In 1882, she pub­lished the Roy­al An­them Book, the first vol­ume of an­thems pub­lished by a wo­man.   She was born in 1841 in Elk Grove, Illinois and died […]

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Sermon September 16, 2012 – Who Am I?

James 3: 1- 12 The letter of James shows one of the church’s early pastors skillfully going about his work of confronting, diagnosing, and dealing with areas of misbelief and misbehavior that had turned up in congregations committed to his care. Deep and living wisdom is on display here, wisdom both rare and essential. Wisdom […]

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About our music programs

Windsor Park United currently has 3 music programs: The Worship Choir is our adult choir.  This group leads the singing in worship on Sundays from September to June.   Practice times are on Thursday evenings from 7:45-9:15 p.m. with longer practices before Christmas and Easter. The Joyful Noise is our children’s choir that practices on Sunday […]

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A study in contrasts

Today’s readings are a wonderful example of how confusing contradictory scripture can be. Song of Solomon 2: 8-13 We are about to hear a passage that has nothing to do with the law or sacred history. The people who collected the books of scripture into what we have as the Bible argued for centuries about […]

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Sermon – I’m not perfect and that’s okay with God.

Many Bible scholars call the reading from 2 Samuel assigned for today’s worship as ‘sanitized’. Skipping verses 6-8 significant. These verses speak about David’s brutal capture of Jerusalem to make it his capital once he became king of Israel and Judah. Most of us carry our Sunday School picture of David in our heads: a […]

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