All are welcome to this online worship service that is offered by the Minneapolis downtown congregations. This year’s online service is facilitated by Central Lutheran Church, with many of the downtown clergy participating from their place of worship. The preacher will be Rev. Jia Starr Brown of First Covenant Church in downtown Minneapolis. You are invited to join the online streamed service on the Central Lutheran Church website at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday night, November 25 or on Thanksgiving Day, November 26, at 10:00 a.m. There are 2 ways to access the service:
The worship link is http://centralmpls.sermon.net/main/main/20594165,
You can also click here to watch on YouTube
Service Order and Participants
Prelude – Central Carillon – Timothy Short, Central Carillonneur
Welcome – Pastor Peter Nycklemoe
Call to Worship – Poet, Joe Davis
Reading from Hebrew scripture – Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman
Reading from Islamic scripture – Imam Makram El-Amin
“Thou Visitest the Earth,” Greene – Central Quartet, Froya Olson, Marita Link, Bill Pederson, David Gindra
Reading from Christian scripture – The Very Rev. Paul Lebens-Englund
Reading from Unitarian/Universalist/Humanist text – Rev. David Breeden
Sermon – Rev. Jia Starr Brown
Power point of recipients of MIRF grants – Rev. Tim Hart-Andersen
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Gratitude
Fr. Kevin Kenney
Rev. Judy Zabel
Dr Hamdy El-Sawaf
Rev. Dr. Laurie Pound-Feille
“Shelter Me O God,” Joncas – Central Quartet, Froya Olson, Robin Helgen, Mike Fairbairn, David Gindra
Blessing and Sharing of the Peace – Rev. Paula Northwood
Postlude – “Now Thank We All Our God,” Deacon Mark Sedio