FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
September 18, 2022 | 8:30 & 11:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Adagio from Sonata No. 1
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Welcome
*Call to Worship
Leader: Bless us, O God, with a reverent sense of your presence,
People: that we may be at peace and
may worship you with all our mind and spirit;
All: through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
*Gathering Hymn Come Sing, O Church, in Joy!
Long years have come and gone,
And still God reigns supreme,
Empow’ring us to catch the vision, dream the dream!
In bold accord, come celebrate the journey and praise the Lord!
*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Gracious God, in your presence we confess our failure
to be what you created us to be.
You alone know how often we have wandered from your ways,
in wasting your gifts,
in forgetting your love.
By your gracious mercy,
help us to live in your light
and abide in your ways,
for the sake of Jesus Christ, Amen.
*Assurance of God’s Love
*Response Gloria (Sung three times)
*Passing of the Peace
*Hymn
361 O Christ, the Great Foundation (Aurelia)
LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD
Blessing Our Children
Leader: We are a community of faith.
People: We are generations, many ages joined in God.
Leader: We walk together in respect and acceptance.
People: We support our children with friendship and encouragement.
Leader: Each child is our prayer.
All: Each child is God’s answer.
Anthem
Laudate Dominum, from Solemn Vespers (8:30am)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
My Eyes for Beauty Pine (11:00am)
Arlen Clarke (b. 1954)
Prayer for Illumination (Unison)
Soften our hearts and open our minds, as we turn again to Your Holy Word. Amen.
Scripture Lesson
1 Peter 2:1-5
(New Testament Pew Bible Page 206)
Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
Becoming Living Stones – Our Individual Journey
Rev. Ian Cummins
Musical Reflection
The Woodcutter’s Song
Ralph Vaughan-Williams (1872-1958)
RESPONDING TO GOD’S GRACE
Offering Ourselves and Our Gifts
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 boxes 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.
*Response
607 Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow (Doxology)
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Christ, all people here below; Praise Holy Spirit evermore; Praise Triune God, whom we adore. 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.
*Closing Hymn
93 Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates (Truro)
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
*Charge and Benediction
Benediction Response
The Lord Bless You and Keep You
Peter Lutkin (1858-1931)
Postlude
Allegro marziale e ben marcato
Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
MINISTRY HIGHLIGHT: Anti-Racism Trust Team (ARTT)
ARTT was formed to prayerfully discern how Montview might become a more anti-racist congregation. ARTT is currently offering two studies on books by Dr. Jemar Tisby that offer an opportunity to develop an expanded understanding of race and racism. Visit their table in the Commons after the 8:30 and 11am worship services. Dr. Tisby will be our Montview Lectureship speaker Nov. 5-6.
ABOUT THIS SERVICE
Assistive listening devices are available in the sound booth in the back of the sanctuary.
Restrooms are available in the Commons adjacent to the sanctuary and downstairs in the Reception Room. If you need accessibility assistance or help finding the restrooms, please see an usher.
Childcare is available for ages Birth-7 on the Preschool floor. Masks are optional. Enter via the Commons past Heritage Center to the Education wing.
Please note that the 11:00am worship service will be livestreamed to several social media platforms and your image may appear on the livestream video.
UPCOMING EVENTS
What’s Happening at Montview?
Find out about our next Habitat for Humanity workday, our upcoming activities for Montview Youth, the reopening of our Library and much more in our This Week @ Montview email. Click here to access the latest edition.
TODAY AT MONTVIEW
8:30am
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary
Blessing Our Children
Location: Sanctuary
Childcare – Ages Birth-7 (masks optional)
Location: Preschool Floor
Enter via the Commons past Heritage Center to the Education wing.
8:45am
Youth Bells (Grades 3-8)
Location: Room 206B
9:30am
Reparations Royalty Pilot Program
Location: Sanctuary
Combined Cantate and Timbrel Choirs
Grades K-5
Location: Room 205
Confirmation
Location: Gallery Room
Sunday School
Preschool
Location: Room 112
JAM in the AM (Grades 6 and 7)
Location: Cellar
Waffles and Wonderings (Grades 9-12)
Location: Cellar Back Room
Youth Parent Breakfast
Location: Fellowship Hall
10:00am
Sunday School
Kindergarten-5th Grade
Location: Preschool and Second Floors
11:00am
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary
Blessing Our Children
Location: Sanctuary
Childcare – Ages Birth-7 (masks optional)
Location: Preschool Floor
Enter via the Commons past Heritage Center to the Education wing.
2:00pm
Wizard of Oz
Location: Miller Center
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: Rev. Ian Cummins
Liturgist: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Piano/Conductor: Adam Waite
Organ: Barbara Hulac
Soprano: Madison Falkenstine
Reader: Susie Phillips (8:30am)
Reader: Kate Williams (11:00am)
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video : John Goerner
Chorus: Westminster Choir (11:00am)
PARISH NEWS
Prayer Tree
Dennis Cole; Jolene Cranston; Marie Cross, sister-in-law of Richelle Force; Dave, son-in-law of Nancy and John Thompson; Joy Freeman; Steve Hetterich; Susan Moreland; Dan Park; Todd Rembe and family, mourning the death of Todd’s father; Bea Romer; The Showalter family, mourning the death of Scott’s brother, Russell Showalter; Steve Warnke
Memorial Services
September 17 at 3:30pm | Beth Strickland
September 21 at 11:00am | Linda Pruett
October 7 at 10:00am | Brad Bawmann
November 5 at 3:00pm | Mary Murphy
MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org