PLEASE NOTE: Celebration is back in the sanctuary! Everyone will need to wear masks and provide proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test within 3 days of each Sunday. You also may watch the service on a live stream in the courtyard or at home. To learn more about these choices, please visit mpcfamily.org/celebrate. In order to keep everyone healthy & safe, we will:
- require mask-wearing when indoors
- require either proof of Covid vaccination OR a negative Covid test from within the last three days. Please see the ushers for details
- run the furnace filtration system for ventilation, doors and windows open only when necessary
If you can get tested using an at-home test or a clinical test before coming to Church, that’s one way you can help keep the congregation safe.
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In celebration this week:
- Kim Rankin will play a prelude
- Ben will welcome everyone to Celebration.
- Shelley Kelly will lead us in the Call to Celebration, adapted from a prayer by David Adam
- The opening hymn is, “Awake My Soul, and with the Sun”.
- Next, Shelley will lead us in a Prayer of Confession, adapted from a prayer by David Adam
- then there will be a Time With Children
- Invitations will be next.
- Then the MPC Choir, directed by Kim Rankin, will sing, “If You Love Me”, John 14:15, 27; music by Joel Raney.
- Next, Shelley will lead us in a scripture lesson from Ephesians 5:8-14.
- Ben will share a sermon, “Are You Ready for the Spring?”.
- The Hymn of Response is “O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright”,
- after which Ben will lead us in prayer.
- Deborah Brooks will share a God’s Work in the World moment about the food pantry,
- then the offering plates will be passed, and an offertory will be played, “Return Again”.
- The closing hymn will be “Our God, Our Help in Ages Past”,
- We will recite the Charge, Ben will offer a benediction.
- We will end with a postlude from Marcia Roy, “O Praise the Lord with One Consent”, by W. T. Best
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. Care for Creation. Love and serve God, rejoicing in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Celebration live stream recordings
Every week, we post a live stream recording to YouTube. You can view information about those live stream recordings and access a link to the playlist on our Celebration Recordings page.