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 “Prelude on ‘Beecher'” by Jaebon Hwang, with Kim Rankin on the piano
- Katie Kilby will welcome everyone to Celebration
- Sari Kulberg will lead us in the Call to Celebration (World Council of Churches)
- the opening hymn will be “Called as Partners in Christ’s Service”,
- next Sari will lead us in the Prayer for Peace (World Council of Churches)
- then it’s Time with Children
- Invitations are next
- The MPC Choir will present an anthem, “The Way of Christ”, by Pepper Choplin
- next Sari will read from scripture, Luke 16:19-31
- Rev. Ben Daniel will offer a sermon, “On Giving a Damn”
- the hymn of response will be, “When the Poor Ones”
- next is Prayers of the People
- Pat Schwinn will present a God’s Work in the World on the Peace and Global Witness Offering
- then the offering plates will be passed,
- the closing hymn will be “We Are One in the Spirit”
- we will recite the Charge
- 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.