This Celebration worship service features wonderful music, a thought-provoking sermon, and a congratulatory message to graduates.

Our June 20th Celebration — one fo the first to be live streamed — included inspiring prayers and rousing preaching.

Our June 13th Celebration, one of our first in-person meetings, included wonderful music and bell ringing, as well as the usual wonderful preaching and scripture.

This Sunday, for the first time in over a year, we have new ways to gather! There are two choices: meeting in person (with a reservation), or joining via live stream at 10am. To learn more about these choices, please visit mpcfamily.org/celebrate . You can submit comments and prayer requests via our Comments Form at mpcfamily.org/comments . We’d love to hear from you! If…

From Rev. Ben – I don’t know about you, but I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that this weekend’s online celebration is the last pre-recorded online celebration we plan on putting together here at Montclair Presbyterian Church (I say plan because the Coronavirus may have other plans, but I surely hope this is it). And speaking of…

From Rev. Ben – Happy Pentecost to you! This week’s celebration observes the holy day that tradition calls the Church’s birthday. It is a day when we remember that God speaks every language, and that the people of God come from every place. It’s also a Sunday when people wear red to church, and so if you are coming to our online…

From Rev. Ben – This week our celebration will focus on the story of the ascension, the last miracle of Jesus’ earthly ministry. For most Christians, the ascension is understood to be a miracle of power—Jesus leaves the earth to take his place on Heaven’s throne—but in my sermon I will try to see if there is another way to think about…

From Rev. Ben – In this week’s service we’ll focus on the work of Stewardship, which is the euphemism Presbyterian use when we talk about fundraising for the church. But while the word “euphemism” often is used pejoratively, in this case “euphemism”, which means “good speech” is actually really appropriate and good, because when we raise money to support the work of…

From Rev. Ben – This week’s service marks the beginning of what I hope will be our last full month of pre-recorded celebration. Starting in June we will be worshiping in person in the courtyard. More details about that will be available once they are worked out, but if California’s low COVID numbers continue, we should be back together in person soon.…

From Rev. Ben – Like last week, this week’s celebration will have a creation-care focus in honor of Earth Day, and as a way of preparing ourselves for a congregational meeting at 11 AM on Sunday, at which we will vote on actions we can take as a congregation to address climate change. You can submit comments and prayer requests via our…