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 “What Child is This?”, a traditional English melody, arr. David Schwoebel, performed by Kim Rankin on piano
- Rev. Ben Daniel will welcome everyone to Celebration
- Claire Kelly will lead the Opening Prayer (using a prayer by St. Oscar Romero of El Salvador
- the opening hymn will be “What Child is This?”,
- next Claire will lead us in the Prayer for Peace (from “A Procession of Prayers”, John Carden, editor)
- Time with Children follows, then
- Invitations are next
- Then the MPC Choir will perform “Gesu Bambino” by Pietro Yon, Kim Rankin directing
- next Claire will read from Matthew 2:13-23
- then Ben will offer a sermon, “Welcoming the Holy Family of Refugees”,
- the Hymn of Response will be “Still, Still, Still”
- Prayers of the People will follow
- then the offering plates will be passed, while Kim plays “O Little Town of Bethlehem”
- the closing hymn will be “O Little Town of Bethlehem”
- 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.