Montclair Presbyterian Church

On Good Friday (March 29), at 7:00 pm, the MPC Choir will present their spring major choral work: a performance of Mozart’s Requiem. This date was chosen as the best setting for Mozart’s heart-wrenching, soul-stirring musical response to the human realities of suffering and death. For this performance, the MPC Choir will be joined by singers from several other Bay Area choirs, including the Oakland Symphony Chorus, the UC Alumni Chorus, the Pacific Boychoir, and other area church choirs. Our orchestra and quartet of professional vocal soloists are particularly fine this year. The choir been rehearsing and living with this astonishing music for the past two months, and we look forward to sharing it with you at the end of our communal Lenten journey.

All are welcome to join us for this free performance.

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Photo credit: Thomas Hawk

Learn more about the Requiem

The Mozart Requiem (Wikipedia)
Read an English translation of the text

Our 2nd Annual Eco-Friendly Easter Egg Hunt for toddlers through 6th graders will be held following Celebration on Sunday, March 31st, accompanied by Jazz, strawberries, and sparkling cider. Easter morning is an excellent day to invite a neighbor or friend to visit MPC and if they have kids, we’d love to welcome them to participate in our youth group led egg hunt.

Please join us this Sunday following the Palm Sunday Celebration for a Youth Group catered pancake brunch, from 11:15 am- 12:30 pm. Donation cups will be on each table for receiving your free will offerings to help support the youth group summer mission trip, where we will learn about refugee and migrant experiences, serving with Fresno Interdenominational Refugee Ministry. Thank you in advance for planning to dine with us this Sunday in the Family Room.

On Tuesday, March 12th at 7pm, filmmaker and author Rebecca Miller will be at MPC discussing her new book Jacob’s Folly. This critically-acclaimed novel takes on a wide range of topics including faith, love, acting, and reincarnation. We hope you will join us for what is sure to be a fascinating evening.

Rebecca Miller’s previous works include the short-story collection Personal Velocity, and The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, both of which she adapted for the screen. She lives in New York and Ireland with her family. Learn more at her website: rebecca-miller.com.

Parking will be available in the lot at nearby Thornhill Elementary School (see below); more parking info and directions info are available on MPC’s parking and directions page.

The book talk is co-sponsored by Great Good Place for Books in Montclair. You’ll have the option of purchasing the book from them right after the talk.