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Repairers of the Breach

Sunday, January 30th, 2011

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Jane SpahrRev Janie Spahr

 

God did so totally not just say that

Sunday, January 23rd, 2011

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Talitha PhillipsTalitha G Phillips (Coordinator for Children and Youth) imagines that the prophet Isaiah might have had an attitude… when God introduced a scandalous new idea that God cared for all the nations of the earth. We always draw boundaries around ourselves, our loved ones, our neighbors, our nation — but God pushes us to expand them.

 

Magnificat

Sunday, December 19th, 2010

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For their Winter Major Work for 2010, the MPC Choir performed several settings of the Magnificat by English Renaissance composers, accompanied by a viol consort. This recording includes the first two works presented during celebration that day.

 

Thoughts on the Magnificat

Sunday, December 19th, 2010

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Kim Rankin, MPC Choir Director, offers her insights on the Magnificat and why she selected these pieces

 

Follow That Star

Sunday, December 12th, 2010

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The MPC Children Choir’s Christmas Pageant: Follow That Star, written & directed by Kim Rankin

 

Jesus is Coming – R U Ready?

Sunday, November 28th, 2010

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Rev Beth Buckingham-Brown recalls a common sign in the rural south and its implications for us today.

 

Water Use and Abuse

Sunday, November 14th, 2010

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The youth of MPC explore the importance of water in our lives and how we use and abuse it both within the US and in developing countries.

 

You are Precious!

Sunday, October 31st, 2010

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Rev. Beth Buckingham-Brown in her first sermon explores the core Christian principle that we all are precious in the eyes of God.

 

Forgiving

Sunday, October 24th, 2010

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Stan Stevens reflects on Jesus’ teachings on forgiving

 

Student of One Teacher

Sunday, October 17th, 2010

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Karen Stokes preaches on the joy and responsibility of ministry, particularly the privilege of immersing oneself in peoples’ stories for the sermon during the Ordination Service for Leonard Nielson