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, “Love is Love is Love” by Abbie Betinis
- Katie Kilby will welcome everyone to Celebration.
- Susan Spore will lead us in the Call to Celebration (“On Traveling to Beautiful Places” by Mary Oliver)
- The opening hymn will be “For All the Children”.
- Next, Susan will lead us in a Prayer for Peace (excerpted from a prayer by Bishop Eugene Robinson)
- then we will have a Time With Children.
- Special Music will be offered by the MPC Choir, “Child of God” by Mark Miller
- followed by Susan sharing a scripture lesson from Matthew10:27-31
- Ben will offer a sermon, “Know Your Worth”.
- The Hymn of Response is “Why Should I Feel Discouraged”,
- followed by a Pastoral Prayer.
- Then the offering plates will be passed while Kim plays an offertory, “Over the Rainbow”, music by Harold Arlen, arr. Oscar Peterson.
- The closing hymn will be “O For a World”.
- We will recite the Charge,
- Ben will offer a benediction
- followed by a postlude from Kim
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.