Worship

A Time Called…Palm/Passion Sunday

For many, the procession of the palms re-enacted by Sunday school children is a vivid and lasting memory of this day. But once you know the whole story of the upcoming week, it is hard to see Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem except as set against his passion – betrayal, humiliation, and death. Historical Roots […]

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Worship Service – March 26, 2023

Fifth Sunday in Lent “Our Fifth Burden” This Week’s Worship Team is: Rev. Patrick Woodbeck, Dorothy Read, Laura Steidl, Myrna Hagues and members of The Worship Choir. Click below for a recording of this week’s livestream service. See the bulletin at:  Bulletin To learn more about the service music, please visit Notes on the Notes […]

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Bulletin – Sunday, March 26, 2023 – Fifth Sunday in Lent

Sunday, March 26, 2023 Fifth Sunday in Lent Approach The Lenten Candles When we arrived this morning we entered into the normal bustle of a church on a Sunday morning: friends greeting each other. Now that we are sitting together in the pews, I invited you to close your eyes…and consider the word, “sanctuary”. A […]

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Notes on the Notes – March 26, 2023

Fifth Sunday in Lent 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 hush to peace the strife of […]

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Worship Service – March 19, 2023

Fourth Sunday in Lent “Our Fourth Burden” Important announcement re: WPUC Viability We are in need of volunteers to step up for key roles in 2 areas of the church. Without these key positions filled the church will not function.  Thank you! to those who have volunteered to sit on the Ministry and Personnel Committee. […]

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Notes on the Notes – March 19, 2023

Fourth Sunday in Lent This week’s music:  “I Need Thee Every Hour” (VU #671) “I need Thee every hour, most gracious Lord; No tender voice like Thine can peace afford. I need Thee, oh, I need Thee; Every hour I need Thee; Oh, bless me now, my Savior, I come to Thee. I need Thee every […]

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Worship Service – March 12, 2023

Third Sunday in Lent “Our Third Burden” Important announcement re: WPUC Viability We are in need of volunteers to step up for key roles in 2 areas of the church. Without these key positions filled the church will not function.  We need a minimum of 3 volunteers for the Ministry and Personnel Committee. This committee […]

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Bulletin – Sunday, March 12, 2023 – Third Sunday in Lent

Sunday, March 12, 2023 Third Sunday in Lent Approach The Lenten Candles There is so much during the day that clamours for our attention. Friends, family work, classes, households tasks. And the noise! We are bombarded with sound, from the clock that awakens us to the telephone, the radio, the television, the conversation that we […]

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Notes on the Notes – March 12, 2023

Third Sunday in Lent This week’s music: “All Who are Thirsty” (MV #4) “All who are thirsty All who are weak Come to the fountain Dip your heart in the streams of life Let the pain and the sorrow Be washed away In the waves of his mercy As deep cries out to deep, we […]

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Worship Service – March 5, 2023

Second Sunday in Lent  Communion Sunday/”Our Second Burden” A message from the Chair of the Executive Board of Windsor Park United Church, Gloria Saindon: As many of you saw in the Blast this week, we are in need of volunteers to step up for key roles in 2 key areas on committees. Without these key […]

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Notes on the Notes – March 5, 2023

Second Sunday in Lent This week’s music:  “In Suffering Love” (VU #614) v 1,2,3,5 “In suffering love the thread of life is woven through our care, For God is with us, not alone our pain and toil we bear. There is a rock, a place secure within the storm’s cold blast; Concealed within the suffering […]

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World Day of Prayer

Imagine over 1.5 million Christians speaking 90 different languages in 150 countries coming together in spirit; uniting to pray for relevant issues affecting women and children. This was the 2022 reality for this tremendous movement that has been active for nearly 100 years. Observed on the first Friday in March, World Day of Prayer is a global, ecumenical movement of Christian women joined […]

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Worship Service – February 26, 2023

First Sunday in Lent  “Our First Burden”  Thank you for joining us!  This Week’s Worship Team is: Rev. Patrick Woodbeck, Edna Erickson, Laura Steidl, Myrna Hagues and The Worship Choir. Click below for a recording of this week’s livestream service. See the bulletin at:  Bulletin To learn more about the service music, please visit Notes on the […]

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