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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

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