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:
- The prelude, “Elijah rock”, arr. Moses Hogan, will be sung by Continuum, directed by Cameron Miya,
- Katie Kilby will welcome everyone to Celebration
- then Cynthia Blumgart will lead us in a Call to Celebration
- The opening hymn will be “Sing Praise to God who Reigns Above”
- Next, Cynthia will lead us in a Prayer for Peace
- next, Time with Children (children will then be dismissed to Godly Play and Echo the Story)
- we will hear invitations next
- then Continuum will perform “The Road Home”, by Stephen Paulus
- Cynthia will read from Luke 24: 13-35,
- Rev. Ben Daniel will deliver a sermon, “Open Your Heart, Open Your Eyes”
- Then we will sing the hymn of response, “Open Now the Gates of Beauty”
- The offering plates will be passed while Marcia Roy plays an offertory,
- The closing hymn will be “Be Thou My Vision”
- We will recite the Charge together
- There will be a benediction
- followed by a postlude from Continuum, “Sweet Dreams”, by Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, arr. Deke Sharon
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.