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 played by Marcia Roy, “Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven”, John Goss, arr. Richard Warner
- Rev. Ben Daniel will welcome everyone to Celebration,
- Kate Bell will lead us in the Call to Celebration, (adapted from an Indonesian prayer published by the World Council of Churches).
- The opening hymn will be “Crown Him with Many Crowns”.
- Next, Kate will lead us in a Prayer for Peace (adapted from a Malaysian prayer, published by the World Council of Churches),
- Followed by a Time with Children.
- Invitations are next,
- Followed by the MPC Choir anthem: ““The Lord’s My Shepherd”, Psalm 23, music by Bob Chilcott, directed by Kim Rankin
- Then Kate will read aloud the scripture reading from Ezekiel 34:11-16
- Next, Katie will share a sermon.
- The hymn of response will be “We Wait the Peaceful Kingdom”,
- The offering plates will be passed while an offertory is played, “Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace”, words attributed to St. Francis of Assisi; music by Kim Rankin
- The closing hymn will be “He Came Down”.
- 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.