TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
8:30am and 11:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Canonic Fanfares
Ronald Arnatt (1930-2018)
Welcome
*Call to Worship
Leader: We bring heart, mind and body
People: We share hope, struggle and joy
Leader: We bring our faith and our doubt
People: We share our stories and our compassion
All: With all that we are, and all that we have, we worship God together.
*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Almighty God, we enter your presence
confessing the things we try to conceal from you and
the things we try to conceal from others.
We confess the heartbreak, worry, and sorrow we have caused,
that make it difficult for others to forgive us,
the times we have made it easy for others to do wrong,
the harm we have done that makes it hard for us to forgive ourselves.
Lord have mercy and forgive us.
In Christ Jesus we pray, amen.
*Assurance of God’s Love
*Response Gloria
*Passing of the Peace
Anthem
Finlandia (8:30am)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Two Thousand Years (11:00am)
Billy Joel (b. 1949)
Luke 12:13-21
(New Testament Pew Bible Page 64)
Sermon
The Truly Wealthy
Rev. Ian Cummins
Sacrament of Holy Baptism
*The Baptismal Creed (Unison)
In life and in death we belong to God. Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel, whom alone we worship and serve. We trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God. We trust in God, whom Jesus called Abba, Father. We trust in the Holy Spirit, everywhere the giver and renewer of life. With believers in every time and place, we rejoice that nothing in life or in death can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Glory be to the Creator, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Amen. (Excerpted from A Brief Statement of Faith.)
Musical Reflection
Take Me to the Water
African American Spiritual
RESPONDING TO GOD’S GRACE
Stewardship Moment
Tom and May Claire Hetzel
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.
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.
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.
716 God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending (Beach Spring)
Jubilate
Fela Sowande (1905-1987)
TODAY AT MONTVIEW
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary
Location: Outdoor Playground
Location: Room 204A
Adult Faith Formation: Reimagining Well-Being
Session Six
Location: Sanctuary
Sunday School For Children (masks requested)
Preschool-5th Grade
Location: Outdoor Playground
Confirmation
Location: Fellowship Hall
10:30am
Donut Social – YAM (6th-12th)
Location: Labyrinth
11:00am
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary
Childcare – Ages 3-10
Location: Outdoor Playground
Childcare – Ages Birth-3
Location: Room 204A
12:00pm
Congregational Meeting
Location: Sanctuary
4:00pm
JAM (6th-8th) – Thanksgiving Baskets
Location: South Plaza/Parking Lot
5:30pm
MOB (9th-12th) – Movie Night
Location: South Plaza/Parking Lot
Stewardship Sunday – November 21
Join us as we come forward at both services to offer our financial commitments to Montview’s ministries for 2022.
145th Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service
Join this year’s 145th annual Thanksgiving Interfaith Service on Thanksgiving Day at 10am at Central Christian Church, 3690 Cherry Creek South Drive. Start your Thanksgiving Day celebrating with Interfaith partners from all over Denver in a meaningful service of gratitude
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Guest Preacher: The Rev. Ian Cummins
Liturgist: The Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Pianist/Conductor: Adam Waite
Organist: Barbara Hulac
Reader: Susie Phillips (8:30am)
Reader: Ellen Reath (11:00am)
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
Chorus: Jubilate Singers
We are requiring masks in the sanctuary to protect our more vulnerable congregants.
We believe that the love of God surrounds us. Our call is to nurture this love in ourselves and each other. Through prayer, worship, education, outreach and mission, we seek to foster spiritual fulfillment, community, tolerance, peace, non-violence and social justice. We dedicate ourselves and our church to follow the Spirit of Christ by word and deed.
We are happy that you are worshiping with us today and invite you to learn more about Montview. Please fill out one of the Welcome Guest Cards that are distributed in the pews and place it on a plate near the exits when finished. Feel free to contact our office at 303-355-1651 or email cindy@montview.org with questions. Please come again.
Find out about all of the events taking place at Montview with our This Week @ Montview email by clicking here.
Are you signed up to receive our weekly emails? If not, contact Christine Hofstad, Communications Coordinator, at christine@montview.org.
Bob Longway, Chair
Tom Hetzel, Vice Chair
Leah Oliver
Ryan Khailer
Beth Hulac
Ellen Reath
George Mosely
Beth Warren
Rob Mathes, Deacon
Anabel Whiteside Renz, Youth Elder
Lorraine Alcott
Class of 2024 Elders
Seth Belzley
Matt McConville
Randi Smith
Soojin Wang
Allison Sanders, Youth Deacon
Jenni Hatlem
Bill Aldridge
Rachel Ackermann
Bryn Dunham
Susan Schneider
Matt Spohn
Aaron Vandeford
Brent Westrop
Rita Hood, Chair
Paul Barrett
Jim Thomas
Heather Mock
Gayle Berry
Ray Giske
Shalisa Turner
Randal Lapsley
Mark Lovell
Class of 2024
Eric Durland
Cathy Sparkman
Martha Tracey
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org