Sunday Bulletin and Announcements

Notes on the Notes – September 29, 2013

This week’s scripture readings:                                                                       1 Timothy 6:6-19, Luke 16:19-31 This week’s music: “All Things Bright and Beautiful”      (VU #291) – The text, from Cecil Frances Alexander’s Hymns for Little Children (1846), is based on the phrase “Maker of heaven and earth” in the Apostles’ Creed.  The new words for verse four are particularly apt in the […]

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Notes on the Notes – September 22, 2013

This week’s Readings:  Psalm 79:1-9,                 1 Timothy 2:1-7 This week’s music: “We Praise You, Creator” (VU #293) – This is a hymn of exuberant celebration: “We praise you, Creator, in earth, sea, and sky:  our Ruler, our Maker, our Sovereign most high.  Each new generation lifts voices in praise;  how good your creation, how gracious […]

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Notes on the Notes – September 15, 2013

Today’s  scripture:  1 Timothy 1:12-17 – Paul’s call to serve Luke 15:1-10 – The parables of the persistent shepherd and persistent housewife    Today’s music:  “Come in, Come in and Sit Down” (VU #395) – This family song became known to United Church congregations in the arrangement made by Darryl Nixon for Songs for a Gospel People (1987).  […]

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