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 Kim Rankin,
- Katie Kilby will welcome everyone to Celebration
- Cheryl Geckeler will lead the Opening Prayer, (from Iona)
- the opening hymn will be “Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above”,
- next Cheryl will lead us in a Universal Prayer for Peace
- Time with Children follows,
- Invitations are next
- the MPC Choir will perform “There is More Love Somewhere”, traditional spiritual, arr. Adam and Matt Podd, Kim Rankin directing
- next Cheryl will read from Romans 5: 1-5
- then Ben will offer a sermon,
- the Hymn of Response will be “Standing on the Promises”,
- Prayers of the People are next
- then a God’s Work in the World from Ashraf Jaraysa about olive wood
- followed by passing the offering plates,
- the closing hymn will be “How Firm a Foundation”,
- we will recite the Charge together
- 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.