Upcoming Special Events

March 7 – Ordination Service

March 13 – Parenting Workshop

March 16 – Cono Christian School Choir Concert
The choir of Cono Christian School, a Christian boarding and day school from Iowa, will perform at MPC on Tuesday, March 16 at 7:30pm. Everyone is invited. The 40-member choir, which sings nationally each year, sings a full range of sacred songs – from gospel music, spirituals, and hymns, to classical choir selections. The choir’s season extends through May 2010. The choir will travel to Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Missouri in March on an 11-day tour. The group will sing 24 times this year with more than a dozen concerts in Iowa. The Cono Choir has been performing since the school began in 1951.  In recent years, it has sung in 38 states, including at state capitol buildings, at the 7,000-member Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Florida, and at the Moody Church in Chicago, besides singing before hundreds of congregations.  In Iowa, the choir visits local churches and retirement centers. Cono Christian School is a Christian boarding and college preparatory school in Iowa.  Its boarding students have come from nearly every state in the U.S. and from more than a dozen foreign countries over its 59-year history. For more information, email Sara Raak.

March 20 – Potomac Presbytery

March 27 – Potomac Presbytery Missions Leaders’ Conference
On Saturday, March 27, from 9am-2:30pm, the Potomac Presbytery’s annual World Missions Conference will be held here at MPC.  Brochures are available at ministry tables and from the wooden display case in the Grand Foyer.  Dr. Samuel Logan will teach 3 sessions related to building grassroots global networks.  The cost is $18 and registration is requested by March 15.  RSVP to (571)217-7025 or cmtwpotomac@gmail.com.  For other questions, email Vanessa Oliver, MPC’s missions coordinator.

March 27 – Church Spring Clean-up Day
Please join us on Saturday, March 27 from 9am – 1pm as we prepare the church for spring and do other important maintenance and beautification projects.  Everyone is welcome and no expertise in maintenance or construction is needed.  Please bring work gloves and spare garden tools such as hoes, shovels, and trowels.  For more information, please email Roger Custer.

March 28-April 4 -  Holy Week Events (click here to see/print the insert)

April 1 - Maundy Thursday Service 7:30-9pm

In anticipation of his crucifixion, Jesus, the Lamb of God, observed Passover with his disciples the evening before his arrest.  As Jesus instituted the Lord’s Supper at this time, we will celebrate the Lord’s Supper together during this service, remembering his great love for us in taking the punishment we deserve.

Childcare: Infants–three years (RSVP required by March 30). Children four years–second grade are invited to attend a children’s Passover program.  Parents are encouraged to have children above second grade with them to observe the communion service.

April 2 – Good Friday Services 12pm-3pm

This service is divided into 3 segments to enable people to participate in some or all of the service. Each segment begins on the hour. The service follows the Passion of Jesus–the events of the last hours of his life leading to his crucifixion and his death. Through music, brief meditations by different speakers, and times of prayer and silence, we will reflect on the sacrifice of God’s Son on our behalf.  The Lord’s Supper will be served during the last hour.  Please join us for all or part of this service.

Childcare: Infants–kindergarten (RSVP required by March 30). Drop-off times are 11:45, 12:45 and 1:45.

April 2 – Church office closed

April 4 – Easter Services & Reception

We hope you will join us for our Easter worship services at 8:30am or 11am on Easter Sunday. With music from brass, organ and choir, we will celebrate Jesus Christ’s return to life and the invitation for all to share in that life.  In between the services, there will be a reception for all in the Fellowship Hall, with a special reception for children beginning at 10am in the Multi-purpose Room.

First Worship Service (Sanctuary): 8:30–9:30am
•  Newborn to age 3 – childcare provided.
•  All children must be picked up at 9:30am.

Kids’ Celebration (Multi-purpose Room): 10–10:45am
•  All children must be accompanied by at least one parent at all times.

Second Worship Service (Sanctuary): 11–Noon
•  Newborn to age 3 – childcare provided.
•  Drop-off begins at 10:45am.

There are no Sunday School classes meeting on this day.

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April 9-10 – Harvest Retreat

April 10 – Dominion Brass Concert

April 16-18 – Membership Seminar

April 16-18 – Senior High MODGNIK Retreat

April 18 – KFK Performance & Reception