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 are moving into a special time of the year, when we specifically remember the death and resurrection of Jesus. Max and I decided to spend a couple of weeks in passages that highlight Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and his resurrection. In between, we're planning something for Good Friday. We're not sure exactly what it will look like yet, but we are going to be calling for the church, as able, to join us in a day of fasting and prayer next Friday. We'll have more details for you next week, but we wanted to give you a heads up. We'll be joining with many churches in our area and our denomination (and a few other denominations) for this special and important day.
How to Join Us for Worship
As a reminder, 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. I will be preaching on Luke 19:28-44 - Drawing Near. Once again, we've further minimized the number of people in the sanctuary on Sunday, and so you will see Max and I up front and Erik will be leading music on his own. You can preview Sunday's songs by clicking here.
To assist you in your at-home worship, you can download our bulletin, devotional guide and children's sermon sheet. Thanks again to Cathy for providing the children's sermon sheet!
Starting this week, we're also providing the sheet music for our songs so that those who enjoy having it for singing can print out and sing along. This music was included in the email version of this message. If you didn’t get it and would like the sheet music, send a note to Donna at mpcadminteam@gmail.com.
Between Two Sundays
Episode #3 is now available! We talk about:
Last week's service, including a couple of questions from the congregation
Our new song of the month, "Christ Our Hope in Life and Death"
Why are we are celebrating Easter now and not waiting until we are all back together
We also took a break to tackle some more 1980s music trivia. It was another very close matchup!
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.