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 MPC Choir will present gathering music, “Mungu ni mwema” (Know that God is Good)
- Rev. Ben will welcome everyone to Celebration,
- Then Linda Spencer will lead us in a Call to Celebration (adapted from a third-century hymn)
- The opening hymn will be “All Things Bright and Beautiful”.
- Next, Linda will lead us in a Prayer for Peace (Presbyterian CREDO. adapted)
- Followed by a Time with Children. (Children will then be dismissed to Godly Play)
- Invitations will be presented next,
- Then the MPC Choir will perform “I Sing Because I’m Happy” traditional, arr. Rollo Dilworth, directed by Kim Rankin
- Linda will read from Psalm 111
- Rev. Ben will deliver a sermon entitled, “Do Not Be Unmoved”,
- Then we will sing the hymn of response, “‘How Great Thou Art”,
- Followed by a Pastoral Prayer.
- Next, the offering plates will be passed while an offertory is played by Kim,
- The closing hymn will be “When Morning Gilds the Skies”,
- We will recite the Charge together,
- There will be a benediction
- Followed by a postlude from Kim.
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.