by Johann Pachelbel Marcia Roy, organ
by Johann Pachelbel Marcia Roy, organ
On Thursday, February 21st at 7pm, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Garry Wills will be at MPC discussing his new book Why Priests? A Failed Tradition. In this latest work, Wills taps into years of study and reflection to raise some key questions about his Catholic faith: why do we have priests? How did the priesthood begin?
On Wednesday, February 13th, at 7:00 pm, we will gather for a reflective Ash Wednesday service in the Sanctuary. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the season of Lent, a 40 day period of reflection and introspection. Lent is a time of turning away from all that harms our humanity and turning toward all that heals and makes us whole.
Yesterday in church we focused on gun violence prevention. The city of Oakland, CA, where Montclair Presbyterian Church is located, has seen escalating gun violence over the past few years. Some blame it on fewer police officers, some blame it on fewer jobs, and others blame it on gangs. Wherever the blame gets put, one thing is certain. Every single person living…
Dr. Rebecca Parker will speak at MPC! Rebecca Parker, who is the co-author of our class discussion book, A House for Hope, has agreed to come to MPC for an evening to talk with us about Progressive Christianity, what it is and why? She will be here on Monday evening February 11 from 7:30 to 9 PM. Rebecca is the first woman…
For years I have watched our daughters’ friends make very different choices regarding food. Emily, our older daughter, had a friend in middle school who organized a whole group of kids in a protest against eating chicken. They stood on a very busy street corner in Napa, trading off on who got to wear the hilarious chicken costume and they shouted at…
Montclair Presbyterian Church Choir Ensemble Marcia Roy conducting and piano
by Pat Humphries, arr. Kim Rankin Talitha Aho, vocals and guitar
Traditional Caribbean Arr. Iona Community
By Alison Krauss Talitha Phillips, vocals and guitar Kim Rankin, vocals