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- 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:
- Sally Cole-White and Kim Rankin will play a prelude, “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”, a Welsh hymn tune, arr. Deanna Witkowski
- Katie Kilby will welcome everyone to Celebration
- Doug Brookes will lead us in a Call to Celebration (PC(USA) Book of Common Worship, adapted)
- the opening hymn will be “Come Thou Almighty King”,
- next Doug will lead us in the Prayer for Peace (PC(USA) Book of Common Worship, adapted)
- Time with children follows, then
- Invitations are next
- Special Music will be “This Is My Father’s World/He’s Got the Whole World In His Hands”, traditional hymn tunes, arr. Brant Adams
- next Doug will read from Luke 23:33-43,
- Katie will offer a sermon, “Christ the King Sunday in a year of ‘No Kings'”
- the hymn of response will be, “On a Barren Hilltop”
- Prayers of the People are next
- then the offering plates will be passed, offertory will be “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty”, German chorale tune, arr. Brant Adams
- the closing hymn will be “Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty”
- 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.