FIRST SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS
8:30am and 11:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Dance Prelude on “Bring a Torch, Jeanette Isabella”
Christopher Uehlein (1931-2019)
Welcome
*Call to Worship
Leader: Praise the Lord, all the earth, from the highest heights to the deepest depths!
People: Let everything sing and shout praise to the Creator!
Leader: Praise the Lord, all the heavens and starry host!
People: All throughout the universe may praise to God abound!
Leader: Come, let us joyfully praise God!
People: Let us live our praise in deeds of loving kindness.
*Opening Hymn
113 Angels We Have Heard on High (Gloria)
*Corporate Confession (Unison)
We readily confess, O God,
that we have often winked at Christmas
and not made Christmas a center out of which we live.
Lay waste our stubbornness and show us once more
the power that belongs to,
is found in,
and made perfect through what is vulnerable,
weak and delicate.
*Assurance of God’s Love
*Response Gloria
*Passing of the Peace
Anthem
The First Nowell
Traditional English Carol
Luke 2:41-52
(New Testament Pew Bible page 51)
Sermon
A Child Shall Lead Us
Amanda Osenga & Ainsley Oliver
Hymn
144 In the Bleak Midwinter (Cranham)
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. We’re grateful for your support.
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.
124 Still, Still, Still (Still, Still, Still)
Chorale Prelude on “In Dulci Jubilo”
J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
TODAY AT MONTVIEW
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary
Location: Outdoor Playground
Location: Room 204A
11:00am
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary
Childcare – Ages 3-10
Location: Outdoor Playground
Childcare – Ages Birth-3
Location: Room 204A
Annual Mitten Tree and Coat Drive
December 26 – January 2
This year’s Mitten Tree and Coat Drive will again be a little different. As the weather gets colder, there is a great need in our community for gently used or new hats, gloves and mittens. We also need children’s coats (new or gently used) in sizes XS to XL. Due to construction at the church building, we are collecting these items at a nearby location. You can drop off items anytime on the porch at 4935 Montview Blvd, NW corner at Elm, just a few blocks from church. Park in the driveway or on the side street. For more information contact Ellen Reath at magreath@ecentral.com.
Thank you for sharing with our community in this season of giving!
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Guest Preachers: Amanda Osenga & Ainsley Oliver
Liturgists: Rachel Sanders & Allison Sanders (8:30am)
Liturgists: Katie Figueroa & Fiona Beardsley (11:00am)
Organist: Barbara Hulac
Piano and Vocals: Jayden Greicius
Reader: Ainsley Oliver (8:30am)
Reader: Jacob Kirkwood (11:00am)
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
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.
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