PLEASE NOTE: Celebration is back in the sanctuary! Masks are optional, but encouraged. You also may watch the service on a live stream at home. Please use this option if you aren’t feeling well. To learn more about these choices, please visit mpcfamily.org/celebrate. In order to keep everyone healthy & safe, we will:
- encourage masking when indoors
- run the furnace filtration system for ventilation, doors and windows open only when necessary
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In celebration this week:
- Marcia Roy will present a prelude, “Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow”, setting by Johanna Christoph Bach
- Rev. Ben Daniel will welcome everyone to Celebration,
- then Helen Hutchison will lead us in a Call to Celebration (by Rev. Sarah Are, from A Sanctified Art)
- The opening hymn will be “Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty”.
- Next, Helen will lead us in a Prayer of Confession (National Council of Churches, Creation Justice Ministries), Words of Assurance (by Thom Shuman, adapted)
- followed by a Time with Children. (Children will then be dismissed to Godly Play)
- Invitations will be presented next,
- Then the MPC Choir will perform “This We Know”, words attributed to Chief Seattle; music by Ron Jeffers, Kim Rankin directing
- Helen will read from Matthew 4:1-11
- Katie will deliver a sermon,
- Then we will sing the hymn of response, “Many and Great, O God, Are Thy Works”, with the MPC Choir singing in Dakota language, and accompanied by Kel Bowen, Kim Rankin, Gail Onion on the Native flute; Leslie Louie on drums; and an ensemble from the choir on hand chimes
- Next, the offering plates will be passed while an offertory, “Now I Walk in Beauty”. a Navajo (Diné) prayer, music by Gregg Smith, is played by Kim
- Then we will share Prayers of the People.
- The closing hymn will be “Wilderness Gifts Us a Holy Disruption”,
- We will recite the Charge together,
- There will be a benediction
- followed by a postlude from Marcia
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.