Happy New Year (Christian version.) Let’s celebrate the first Sunday of Advent together. We hope you join us, in person or online.

Join us in Celebration on Christ the King Sunday, the final Sunday before Advent. Katie Kilby preaches on the meaning of Christ the King in the era of “No Kings.” We hope you join us, in person or online.

This week we will have special music by cellist Scott Thompson, and a guest minister, Erna Kim Hackett. We hope to see you in person or online.

In Celebration this Sunday, Rev. Ben offers the sermon “Remembering Peace.” We hope to see you in person or online.

Don’t forget about Daylight Savings, and set your clocks accordingly. This will be our Dia De Los Muertos service. If you are coming in person, please bring a memento to place on the ofrenda. We hope you can join us in person or online.

In Celebration this week, we are happy to welcome Rev. Fr. Jerry Drino, an Episcopal priest from San Jose who once served as Rev. Ben’s spiritual director. Rev. Fr. Jerry will lead us in an exploration of our relationship to the land and the native people who walked here before us. We hope you can join us in person or online.

Welcome to Celebration at MPC! Rev. Ben will offer the sermon “Permission to Ask,” which may have something to do with sports stadiums. If you are here in person, please stay afterward for the storytellers open mic session. We hope to see you in person or online.

Welcome to Celebration at MPC! Rev. Ben will offer the sermon “On Gratitude.” We hope to see you in person or online.

This week after Celebration, we’ll be voting on whether to adopt a statement in opposition to our national authoritarianism. If you’re a church member, please do your best to attend in person or online.

This week in Celebration, Rev. Ben preaches the sermon “On Giving a Damn” on the passage in Luke that changed the way he views the Gospels. Please join us, in person or online.