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 Ruling Elders will play “Good Day for a Good Day” by Michael Franti;
- Katie will welcome everyone to Celebration;
- Shelley Kelly will lead us in the Call to Celebration (Teresa of Avila, 16th century);
- The opening hymn will be “Called as Partners in Christ’s Service”;
- Next, Shelley will lead us in a Prayer for Peace (by Mark H. Lanfried);
- Then we will have a Time With Children;
- Invitations are next;
- We will hear the MPC Choir with a piece entitled “Bonse Aba”, a Zambian folk song, arr. Victor C. Johnson;
- Then Shelley will read aloud the scripture reading from 1 Corinthians;
- Next, Katie will share a Reflection;
- Then we Celebrate the Work of the People with a “roll call” expressing our gratitude for those who lead, serve, and share their gifts with MPC and the broader community;
- The Hymn of Response is “Today We All Are Called to be Disciples”;
- There will be a pastoral prayer next;
- Cindy Gullikson will present God’s Work in the World: “Minute for Mission – Peace Offering”;
- The offering plates will be passed while the MPC Handchimes Ensemble plays “Da Pacem Cordium”;
- The closing hymn will be We Walk in Love”;
- We will recite the Charge;
- Katie will offer a benediction;
- Followed by a postlude from The Ruling Elders: “Brown-Eyed Girl” by Van Morrison
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.