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 will be “Let All things Now Living” arr. Nate Terry, Kim Rankin, piano
- Rev. Ben Daniel will welcome everyone to Celebration
- Mike Griffith will lead us in a Call to Celebration (an adaptation of Psalm 150 from Iona)
- the opening hymn will be “Come All You People”,
- next Mike will lead us in the Prayer for Transformation and Renewal (from Iona)
- then it’s Time with Children
- Invitations are next
- An ensemble of the MPC Choir will present an anthem, “What Wondrous Love is This” from Walker’s “Southern Harmony” (1835), Kim Rankin directing
- next Mike will read from scripture, Luke 17:11-19
- Rev. Ben Daniel will offer a sermon, “On Gratitude”
- the hymn of response will be, “Give Thanks to God Who Hears Our Cries”
- Ben will lead Prayers of the People next
- then the offering plates will be passed,
- the closing hymn will be “Let All Things Now Living”
- we will recite the Charge
- there will be a benediction
- followed by a postlude
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.