Bulletin: August 15, 2021

TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

9:30am and 11:00am

GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME

Prelude
Two Chorale Preludes – Lord Jesus Christ, Be Present Now – BWV 632, 709
J. S. Bach (1685-1750)

Welcome

*Call to Worship
Leader: What shall we return to the Lord
             For all the good things God has done for us?
People: We will lift up the cup of salvation
             And call on the name of the Lord.
 Leader: O praise the Lord with me,
All:        Let us exalt God’s name together. 
Leader: Let us worship God.

*Opening Prayer

*Assurance of God’s Love

*Passing of the Peace

Anthem
The Infinite Shining Heavens, from Songs of Travel
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

The infinite shining heavens
Rose, and I saw in the night
Uncountable angel stars
Showering sorrow and light.
 
I saw them distant as heaven,
Dumb and shining and dead,
And the idle stars of the night
Were dearer to me than bread.
 
Night after night in my sorrow
The stars looked over the sea,
Till lo! I looked in the dusk
And a star had come down to me.
 
Text – Robert Louis Stevenson
 

LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD

Scripture Lesson

Romans 8:31-35, 37-39 (New Testament Pew Bible pages 138-139; 80)        
John 1:29-34

Sermon
Testify: Stories of Faith
Rev. Clover Reuter Beal

Musical Reflection
Meditation on Woodworth
arr. Adam Waite (b. 1978)

RESPONDING TO GOD’S GRACE

Offering
Making a financial gift makes Montview’s programs and ministries possible, including this worship service. You are invited to give generously at www.montview.org/giving or by texting a dollar amount to 720-452-6449. Offering plates are stationed at the exit for cash and checks.
 
Prayer of Dedication (Unison)
God, you have so greatly loved us, long sought us, and mercifully redeemed us. Give us grace that in everything, we may yield ourselves, our wills and our works. A continual thank offering to you. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
 
Prayer of the People and Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
 
Closing Music
O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee (Maryton)
Text – Hymnal #738
 
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
 
*Charge and Benediction
 
Postlude
Pastorale in F, Allegro – BWV 590
J. S. Bach

We are requiring masks in the sanctuary to protect our more vulnerable congregants.
 
If you are having trouble hearing in the sanctuary, please know that we hope to resolve it soon. Sound quality is better in the lower transepts and rear of the sanctuary. Assistive listening devices are available in the sound booth in the back of the sanctuary.
 
Restrooms are available downstairs in the Reception Room via the stairs near the door you entered. If you need accessibility assistance, please see an usher. 
 
Please note that the 11am worship service will be livestreamed to several social media platforms and your image may appear on the livestream video.
 
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: The Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Liturgist: Sandy Prouty 
Pianist: Adam Waite
Organist: Barbara Hulac
Baritone: Paul Lingenfelter
Alto: Heidi Shriver
Reader: Cheryl Richardson (9:30am)
Reader: Kate Williams (11:00am)
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
 
MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org
 
* Those who are able are invited to stand.

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