Welcome to MPC Connected! With our church family separated, we will be communicating with you throughout the week in a more intentional way, including emails from Max and Jeff, opportunities to serve others, and more. Enjoy!
Greetings MPC!
Jeff here. We have a full weekend ahead of us - not as full as usual on Easter, but still a couple of chances to "gather" together.
How to Join Us for Worship
We'll be streaming our Good Friday service tonight at 5:30 PM in the usual place - www.meadowcroftchurch.org/live. This service is different in that it is pre-recorded so that everyone could be home this evening. Pre-recording also allowed us to involve a couple of our church members with reading. We hope the service is an encouragement and blessing to you.
On Easter Sunday, as is the "new normal," the church building will be closed to everyone except those directly involved with leading and administering the service. So, please stay home but tune in to our livestream at 10:30. We'll be streaming again at www.meadowcroftchurch.org/live. Max will be preaching on Luke 24:1-12 - Why Do You Seek The Living Among the Dead? We will have the the usual skeleton crew there to serve all of us (special thanks to those that are coming and will be apart from their families on Easter morning). You can preview Sunday's songs by clicking here.
To assist you in your at-home worship on Sunday, here is our bulletin, devotional guide and children’s sermon sheet. Thanks again to Cathy for providing the children's sermon sheet! If you’d like a packet of sheet music of the songs we will be singing, please reach out to Donna (email below). Copyright issues preclude us from posting these sheets on our website.
Between Two Sundays
Episode #4 is now available! We talk about:
Last week's service, and how we try to balance lament and joy in our Christian lives and worship services
Our Easter service, including our call to worship (Psalm 121)
Whether or not there is pressure for a pastor to "do well" on Easter Sunday
We also took a break to share some memories of sports moments that were meaningful to us. Enjoy!
That's all for now. We will "see" you on Sunday and be in touch again on Monday. Please reach out if you need anything.
Jeff
Though we are separated during this unique season, we want you to know we are available. We will be doing our best to stay in touch in many ways, but if you need prayer or just need someone to talk to, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. You can always send a prayer request to Donna (mpcadminteam@gmail.com). You can also email or call Max or Jeff or any of our elders. Max's email is mbenfer@meadowcroftchurch.org and his phone # is 484-886-7726. Jeff's email is jeff@meadowcroftchurch.org and his phone number is 540-818-6215.