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 is “Confirma hoc Deus”” (Confirm this, O God, by G. Palestrina), played by Mane Musica
- Katie Kilby will welcome everyone to Celebration
- Sally Cole-White will lead us in a Call to Celebration (based on Psalm 104, by Rev. Michelle Torigian, United Church of Christ)
- the opening hymn will be “Come Down, O Love Divine”,
- next Sally will lead us in a Prayer of Confession (by Rev. Beth Merrill Neel, PC (USA))
- Time With Children will follow
- Invitations are next
- then Special Music, “Repleti sunt omnes” (All were filled with the Holy Spirit, by D. Phinot)
- Sally will read from the scriptures, first John 14:25-27 then Acts 2:1-21
- Katie will preach a sermon
- the Hymn of Response will be “Breathe on Me, Breath of God”
- next will be Prayers of the People
- then the offering plates will be passed, the offertory will be “Loquebantur variis linguis” (They spoke in many languages, by D. Palestrina)
- the Closing Hymn will be “Go to the World”
- we will recite the Charge
- there will be a benediction
- followed by a postlude, “Amen, amen dico vobis” (Truly, truly I say to you, by P. Dulichius)
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.