Worship
A Time Called…Creation Time
Creation Time (also called The Season of Creation) falls within the season of Pentecost. In the United Church it begins the Sunday after Labour Day and continues through Thanksgiving Sunday. It’s a chance to celebrate what it means to be Church against the real, urgent and increasing threat of climate and other environmental crises. It’s […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Sunday, September 24, 2023 – Creation 3 / Orange Shirt Sunday
Sunday, September 24, 2023 Creation 3 / Orange Shirt Sunday Approach Welcome Land Acknowledgement One: Please join me in the land acknowledgement. All: Indigenous peoples, for thousands of years, have walked on this land. We acknowledge the first peoples and their stewardship throughout the ages. The relationship with the land we worship and live on […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – September 24, 2023
Third Sunday of Creation Sunday Before Orange Shirt Day/National Day of Truth & Reconciliation This week’s music: “Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah” (VU #651) “Guide me, O though great Jehovah, pilgrim through this barren land. I am weak, but thou art mighty, hold me with thy powerful hand. Bread of heaven, bread of heaven, feed […]
Continue ReadingWorship Service – September 17, 2023
Second Sunday in the Season of Creation Communion Sunday Thank you to all in leadership this week: Pulpit Supply – Rev. Ken DeLisle Liturgist – Edna Erickson Live Stream – John Lwiwski Music Leadership – Laura Steidl, Myrna Hagues, singers from the Worship Choir & Harmony Singers After church fellowship – Maxine Pattle Click below […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Sunday, September 17, 2023 – Creation 2 / Communion
Sunday, September 17, 2023 Creation 2 / Communion Approach Welcome Lighting the Christ Candle One: After darkness and death, there was a resurrected Christ, promising hope, and new life. All: After Noah and family survived the storm, there was a rainbow, promising hope, and new life. One: We will all face times of storms and […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – September 17, 2023
Second Sunday of the Season of Creation Communion This week’s music: “God is Here” (VU #389) “God is here! As we your people meet to offer praise and prayer, May we find in fuller measure what it is in Christ we share. Here, as in the world around us, all our varied skills and arts […]
Continue ReadingWorship Service – September 10, 2023
Welcome Sunday! Thank you to all in leadership this week: Executive Team – Caitlyn Trias, Alan Davis, Howard Ashdown, John Lwiwski, Dorothy Read Live Stream – Doug Waldron Music Leadership – Laura Steidl, Myrna Hagues, singers from the Worship Choir & Harmony Singers Click below for a recording of this week’s service: See the bulletin […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Sunday, September 10, 2023 – Creation 1 / Welcome Sunday
Sunday, September 10, 2023 Creation 1 / Welcome Sunday Approach Welcome Call to Worship One: Creator, we come together in community, as one heart and body. All: Braid us together. Let us be bound in love to one another. One: We recognize in community that when one of us struggles, all of us struggle. All: […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – September 10, 2023
First Sunday in the Season of Creation Welcome Sunday! This week’s music: “Let Us Build a House (All are Welcome)” (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, […]
Continue ReadingMusic Programs at WPUC!
Worship Choir – The Worship Choir is the group that leads the music in worship on Sunday mornings (“The Choir”). This group practices on Thursday evenings from 7:30-9 p.m. and on Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m. We are currently in a re-building phase and have openings for all voices. From “no experience” to “lots of […]
Continue ReadingWorship Service – September 3, 2023
Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost Thank you to all in leadership this week: Millie Lewis – Licensed Lay Leader June Kaan – liturgist Doug Waldron – livestream Laura Steidl & Myrna Hagues – music leadership Click below for a recording of this week’s service: See the bulletin at: Bulletin – September 3, 2023 To learn more about […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Sunday, September 3, 2023 – Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost / Blessing of the School Supplies
Sunday, September 3, 2023 Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost / Blessing of the School Supplies Approach Lighting the Christ Candle One: We light the Christ candle with great expectations. All: It is a symbol of hope and eternal love. One: We light the Christ candle to acknowledge the One who walks among us. All: The candle […]
Continue ReadingNotes on the Notes – September 3, 2023
This week’s music: “Praise God for This Holy Ground” (MV #42) “Praise God for this holy ground, place and people, sight and sound. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! God’s goodness is eternal. Praise God in whose word we find food for body, soul and mind. Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! God’s goodness is eternal. Praise God who through Christ […]
Continue ReadingWorship Service for August 27 Not Available
Our apologies – due to technical difficulties we were unable to livestream/record the service for August 27. Thank you to Susan Spindler and everyone who helped with the worship service and after church fellowship time today! Even though we don’t have today’s service… You can still catch up on services that you missed in August! […]
Continue ReadingBulletin – Sunday, August 27, 2023 – Thirteenth After Pentecost
Sunday, August 27, 2023 Thirteenth Sunday After Pentecost Approach Lighting the Christ Candle: One: We light this Christ candle as a symbol of Christ’s presence here with us today. But Christ is not just here in this place. Christ is with us always wherever we go. All: May the light of Christ expose us to […]
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