Join us for Celebration worship services, in-person and online, every Sunday at 10 a.m.

Celebration Worship Service, July 4th

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In Celebration this week:

  • Kim will provide a prelude,
  • I will welcome folks to Celebration and
  • Clementina will lead us in a Call to Worship (riffing on Psalm 133),
  • The opening hymn is “We Gather Together”,
  • I will lead us in a prayer for peace adapted from a prayer by Walter Rauschenbusch,
  • Debbie Fallehy will lead us in the Celebration of July Birthdays
  • I will read Romans 12:9-21,
  • The MPC Storytellers will perform spoken word offerings,
  • Offering,
  • We will celebrate communion (be sure your elements are ready if attending on Zoom)
  • The closing hymn is “Amazing Grace”, and
  • I will lead us in the Charge and offer a benediction.

The Charge (say together) Go out into the world in peace. Have courage; hold on to what is good. Return no one evil for evil. Strengthen the faint-hearted, support the weak, and help the suffering. Honor all people. Love and serve God, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit.