Bulletin: January 8, 2023

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.

All are invited to sign and pass the Friendship Pad and greet each other by name. If you are visiting, we also invite you to fill out the welcome card in the pew rack and put it in the offering box.

*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
156 Sing of God Made Manifest (Salzburg)

SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE

*Charge and Benediction

Benediction Response (11:00am)
Raise a Song of Gladness
Jacques Berthier (1923-1994)

Postlude
O Morning Star, How Fair and Bright
Dietrich Buxtehude

MINISTRY HIGHLIGHT

Journey with Migrants (JwM)
Montview is part of JwM, a Mission Partnership with four other churches who work together to offer a Christian response to immigration issues. JwM is sponsoring an educational immersion trip to Frontera de Cristo on the
US-Mexico Border in AZ, March 22-25, 2023. Visit their table in the Commons following both services.

WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Liturgist: Rev. Ian Cummins
Conductor: Adam Waite
Organ: Barbara Hulac
Viola: Leah Kovach (8:30am)
Viola: Kostadin Dyulgerski (8:30am)
Reader: Juli Davidson
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
Chorus: Westminster Choir

PARISH NEWS

Prayer Tree
Gretchen Ackermann Moss and the Ackermann family; The Carey family, mourning the death of Jean Carey; Sheila Cody; Dave, son-in-law of Nancy and John Thompson; The Fiser and Diamond families, mourning the death of Martha Fiser; Ken Fisher, friend of Bev Skinner; Jenni Hatlem; Eden and Mac Murphy; Sue Norman, mourning the death of her brother, Robert T. Norman; The people of South Sudan who are facing starvation; Bea Romer; Sue Taylor, sister of Heidi Shriver; Shelley Simons, sister of Emily Conklin and niece of Marthanne Simons; Edith Van Burgel, mother of Nancy Van Burgel; Kathryn Walton, daughter of MaryGrace Wake; Steve Warnke

Deaths
January 2, 2023 | Martha Fiser
December 27, 2022 | Jean Carey

ABOUT THIS SERVICE
Assistive listening devices are available in the sound booth in the back of the sanctuary.

Restrooms are available in the Commons.

Childcare is available for ages Birth-7 on the Preschool floor.

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.

TODAY AT MONTVIEW

8:30am            
Worship Service
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 Co-Pastors’ Forum
Come to hear the co-pastors unpack what is happening in the life of the Montview congregation. A time for Q&A will be offered.
Location: Sanctuary

Combined Cantate and Timbrel Choirs (Grades K-5)
Location: Room 205

Assembly: Choir Alternative Fellowship (Grades K-5)
Location: Room 204

Confirmation
Location: Gallery Room

Sunday School (Preschool)
Location: Room 112

JAM in the AM (Grades 6-8)
Location: Cellar

Waffles and Wonderings (Grades 9-12)
Location: Cellar Back Room

10:00am
Sunday School (Grades K-5)
Location: Preschool and Second Floors

11:00am
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary

Childcare – Ages Birth-7 (masks optional)
Location: Preschool Floor
Enter via the Commons past Heritage Center to the Education wing.

12:00pm
Jubilate Singers (Grades 6-12)
Location: Sanctuary

4:00pm
JAM (Grades 6-8)
Location: Cellar

SERVICE OF ORDINATION AND
INSTALLATION

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. Please come forward and join us as we call your name.

Elders (Class of 2025)
Ordained & Installed: Karlie Adams, Carrie Hanson, Ben Meyerhoff, Eden Murphy (Youth Elder, Class of 2023)
Installed Only: Phil Worth

Deacons (Class of 2025)
Ordained & Installed: John Adgate, Fulton Breen, Oliver Fon, Kate Kalanick, Brian Smith, Laura Strickland, Rosie Mucharsky-O’Boyle (Youth Deacon, Class of 2023)
Installed Only: Marilyn Craft, Sharon Craft, Page Shaver

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: We invite Ministers of Word & Sacrament and Ordained Elders of the church 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.

MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org

* Those who are able are invited to stand.