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:
- There will be a prelude from Mane Musica, Gaude virgo, by Josquin Desprez
- Katie Kilby will welcome everyone to Celebration
- Saralinda Jackson will lead the Call to Celebration (from Iona, adapted)
- the opening hymn will be “Lift Every Voice and Sing”,
- next Saralinda will lead us in a Litany of Peace (based on quotes by Bayard Rustin)
- Time with Children follows,
- Invitations are next
- Mane Musica will perform Sancta et immaculata, by Cristobal de Morales
- next Saralinda will read from Psalm 40
- then Ben will offer a sermon, “Waiting Patiently (or not so much)”,
- the Hymn of Response will be “Precious Lord, Take My Hand”,
- followed by Prayers of the People
- then the offering plates will be passed, while Mane Musica plays an offertory, Ave Maria. . . . benedicta tu by Josquin Desprez
- the closing hymn will be “God of Grace and God of Glory”,
- we will recite the Charge
- there will be a benediction
- followed by a postlude, Magnificat (excerpts) by Isabella Leonarda
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.