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:
- Marcia Roy will play a prelude, “Andante Semplice”, by Ernest Tomlinson
- Rev. Ben will welcome everyone to Celebration.
- Gretchen Garlinghouse will off a land acknowledgement
- Deborah Brooks will lead us in the Call to Celebration
- The opening hymn will be “All Creatures of the Earth and Sky”.
- Next, Deborah will lead us in a Prayer for Peace (adapted from “The Peace of Wild things” by Wendell Berry)
- then we will have a Time With Children.
- Invitations are next.
- Special Music will be “Mother, We’ll Meet Again” by Raye Zaragoza, sung by Deborah Brooks, Brenda Vallenas, and Linnea Gullikson
- followed by a scripture lesson from the Old Testament, Genesis 2:4-8;15 translated by Mary Phil Korsak.
- Linnea Gullikson will offer a homily, “Love, Grief, and the Sacred Earth”.
- The Hymn of Response is “We Belong to the Earth”,
- Then the offering plates will be passed while Gail Onion plays an offertory on the Native American flute.
- The closing hymn will be “Swimming to the Other Side” by Pat Humphries.
- We will recite the Charge,
- Ben will offer a benediction
- followed by a postlude from Marcia, “Minuet” from “Water Music” by GF Handel
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.