Bulletin: January 9, 2022

Sermon 
You Cannot Do It Alone!
Rev. Clover Reuter Beal

RESPONDING TO GOD’S GRACE

Appreciation for Service (11am only)

Service of Ordination and Installation (11am only – See bottom of page)

2024 Elders:
Ordained: Seth Belzley, Matt McConville, Randi Smith, Soojin Kim, Anabel Whiteside Renz (Youth Elder, 2022)
Installed: Lorraine Alcott

2024 Deacons:
Ordained: Bill Aldridge, Rachel Ackermann, Bryn Dunham, Susan Schneider, Matt Spohn, Aaron Vandeford, Brent Westrop, Allison Sanders (Youth Deacon, 2022)
Installed: Jenni Hatlem

Musical Reflection
Ach, ich fühl’s from The Magic Flute
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

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.

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.

 

Prayers of the People and The Lord’s Prayer (Unison)
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.

Hymn Anthem
We All Are One in Mission
Es Flog Ein Kleins Waldvogelein
Text – Hymnal #733

SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE

 

Postlude
How Brightly Shines the Morning Star
Max Drischner (1891-1971)

TODAY AT MONTVIEW

 

 

Childcare – Ages Birth-10 – Paused
Not available on January 9, 16 and 23.

4:00pm          
JAM (6th-8th)                  
Location: South Plaza/Parking Lot

5:30pm      
MOB (9th-12th)              
Location: South Plaza/Parking Lot

UPCOMING EVENTS
Annual Congregational Meeting
January 23 | 1:00pm (Via Zoom)
On January 23 at 1:00pm we’ll be holding our annual congregational meeting on Zoom. This meeting requires a quorum of the congregation (10% of membership), so we need 150 people in attendance. Mark your calendar and plan to join us online on the 23rd. Pre-register here.

WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: The Rev. Clover Reuter Beal 
Liturgist: The Rev. Ian Cummins
Organist: Barbara Hulac
Flute: Cathy Peterson
Violin: Erik Peterson
Soloist: Rebecca Koenigberg (8:30am)
Soloist: Wendy Bawmann (8:30am)
Soloists: Erika and Nate Neale (11:00am)
Reader: Kate Williams (8:30am)
Reader: Martha Tracey (11:00am)
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner

ABOUT THIS SERVICE
We are requiring masks in the sanctuary to protect our more vulnerable congregants.

 

 

 

MONTVIEW CHURCH STAFF
Co-Pastors: The Rev. Clover Reuter Beal and The Rev. Ian Cummins
Minister of Music: Adam Waite
Minister of Children and Families: Sandy Prouty
Minister of Youth and Families: Amanda Osenga
Executive Director of Operations and Finance: Jason Hays
Director of Facilities: Bob Cloud
Director of Finance: Dan Gasser
Associate Minister of Music and Organist: Barbara Hulac
Administrative Coordinator: Beth Ellsworth
Membership Coordinator: Cindy Austin
Communications Coordinator: Christine Hofstad
Mission Life Coordinator: Jennifer Seward
Minister of Visitation: Peter Hulac
Sextons: Tony Johnson, Charles Johnson and Stewart Schoenthal
Sunday Morning Manager: Doug Easton

 

PARISH NEWS
Prayer Tree
Joy Freeman, The Frye and Strickland families, mourning the death of Beth Frye Strickland, Amy Hecht, Rolfe Larson, mourning the death of his mother, Sue Miller Larson, Windham Loopesko, mourning the death of his father, Eugene Loopesko, Linda Marrou-Cole, Mac Murphy, Nancy Myers (sister of Cathy Fanning), The Noblett family, mourning the death of Ruth Noblett, The Poole family, mourning the death of Mary Poole, Mike Protextor, David Russell, mourning the death of his wife, Margaret Russell, David Timmons, Russ Wehner, Olivia Weldon, The families in John Wolfer’s school community who lost their homes to the fires in Boulder County, The Zobrist family, mourning the death of Louise Zobrist

Deaths
December 26 | Beth Frye Strickland
December 23 | Louise Zobrist
December 16 | Margaret Russell (Memorial Service Jan 23 at 2pm Rescheduled TBD)
December 2 | Ruth Noblett (Memorial Service Jan 16 at 2pm Rescheduled TBD)

Pastor: There are different gifts.
People: But it is the same Spirit who gives them.
Pastor: There are different ways of serving God.
People: But it is the same Lord who is served.
Pastor: God works through different people in different ways.
People: But it is the same God who achieves God’s purpose through them all.
Pastor: Each gift is given by the Spirit.
People: To use for the common good.
Pastor: Together we are the body of Christ,
People: And individually members of the body.
Pastor: Though we have different gifts, together we are a ministry of reconciliation led by the risen Christ. Within our common ministry, some members are chosen for particular work as teaching elders, ruling elders or deacons. In ordination, we recognize these special ministries, remembering that our Lord Jesus said, “Whoever among you wants to be great must become the servant of all, and if that one wants to be first among you, that person must be the servant of all.”
People: Just as the Son of God came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life to set others free.
Pastor: The following persons have been elected as elders and deacons by the voice of the congregation.

Elders (Class of 2024)
Ordained: Seth Belzley, Matt McConville, Randi Smith, Soojin Kim, Anabel Whiteside Renz (Youth Elder, 2022)
Installed: Lorraine Alcott, Class of 2022, fulfilling an incomplete term

Deacons (Class of 2024)
Ordained: Bill Aldridge, Rachel Ackermann, Bryn Dunham, Susan Schneider, Matt Spohn, Aaron Vandeford, Brent Westrop, Allison Sanders (Youth Deacon, 2022)
Installed: Jenni Hatlem, Class of 2022

To Elders & Deacons
Do you trust in Jesus Christ your Savior, acknowledge him Lord of all and head of the Church, and through him believe in one God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?

Do you accept the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be, by the Holy Spirit, the unique and authoritative witness to Jesus Christ in the Church universal, and God’s Word to you?

Do you sincerely receive and adopt the essential tenets of the Reformed faith as expressed in the confessions of our Church as authentic and reliable expositions of what Scripture leads us to believe and do, and will you be instructed and led by those confessions as you lead the people of God?

Will you fulfill your office in obedience to Jesus Christ, under the authority of Scripture, and be continually guided by our confessions?

 

Will you be governed by our Church’s polity, and will you abide by its discipline? Will you be a friend among your colleagues in ministry, working with them, subject to the ordering of God’s Word and Spirit?

Will you in your own life seek to follow the Lord Jesus Christ, love your neighbors, and work for the reconciliation of the world?

Do you promise to further the peace, unity, and purity of the Church?

Will you seek to serve the people with energy, intelligence, imagination and love?

To Elders
Will you be a faithful elder, watching over the people, providing for their worship, nurture, and service?

Will you share in government and discipline, serving in governing bodies of the Church, and in your ministry, will you try to show the love and justice of Jesus Christ?

To Deacons
Will you be a faithful deacon, teaching charity, urging concern, and directing the people’s help to the friendless and those in need? In your ministry, will you try to show the love and justice of Jesus Christ?

To the Congregation (Please stand)
Elder: Do we the members of the church accept these persons who have been ordained and/or installed as elders and deacons, chosen by God through the voice of this congregation to lead us in the way of Jesus Christ?
People: We do.
Elder: Do we agree to encourage them, to respect their decisions, and to follow as they guide us, serving Jesus Christ who alone is the head of the Church?
People: We do.

Pastor: Ordained Teaching and Ruling Elders are invited to come forward and participate in the laying on of hands during the prayer of ordination.

Pastor: Almighty God, in every age you have chosen servants to speak your word and lead your loyal people. We thank you for these women and men whom you have called to serve you. Set them apart, these servants, for the work to which you have called them. Give them wisdom, faith, and courage for the leadership tasks for which you have inspired them. May they lead this congregation to faithful service. May they be filled with the Holy Spirit and be faithful disciples as long as they live through Jesus Christ. Amen.
People: God of Grace, who called us to a common ministry as ambassadors of Christ, trusting us with the message of reconciliation; give us courage and discipline to follow where your servants rightly lead us; that together we may declare your wonderful deeds and show your love to the world, through Jesus Christ the Lord of all. Amen.
Pastor: You are now elders and deacons in the church of Jesus Christ, and for this congregation. Whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God through him. Amen.

 

1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org

 

* Those who are able are invited to stand.