SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
January 15 | 8:30 & 11:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Talk About a Child That Do Love Jesus
American Spiritual
arr. Calvin Taylor
Welcome
*Call to Worship
Leader: Come, you who thirst for grace.
People: Come, you who hunger for justice.
Leader: Come, you who are a stranger in a strange land.
People: Come, you who have known despair.
Leader: For we are all welcome in this House of Love.
All: Thanks be to God!
*Gathering Hymn Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove
*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Holy Mystery, within and around us,
When the urgencies of the world blind us
to the deeper reality of your grace,
remind us again,
what truly matters,
and to whom we belong.
In Christ we pray, amen.
*Assurance of God’s Love
*Response To Thee, Great One in Three
*Passing of the Peace
*Hymn
LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD
Word to the Children
When the music begins, children are invited to gather on the chancel steps as we sing “This is where children belong, part of our family, part of our song. Be with us, pray with us, help us grow strong: this is where children belong.” Please note the 11:00am service is livestreamed and your child’s image may appear on the video.
Anthem
Up to the Mountain (8:30am)
Patty Griffin (b. 1964)
Roll Down Justice (11:00am)
Mark Miller (b. 1958)
Prayer for Illumination (Unison)
God of grace,
by your Word you give light to the soul.
Pour out upon us
the spirit of wisdom and understanding
that our hearts and minds may be made new.
Amen.
Scripture Lesson
John 1:35-42 (New Testament Pew Bible Page 80)
Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
Seek Ye First the Kingdom
Rev. Ian Cummins
Moment for Reflection
Musical Reflection
Give Me Jesus (8:30am)
American Negro Spiritual
Up to the Mountain (11:00am)
Patty Griffin (b. 1964)
This morning’s performance of “Give Me Jesus” – an American Negro Spiritual – is presented in accordance with our reparations royalty pilot program: a practice of valuing the musical contributions of enslaved Africans to American worship and song. Congregants are invited to make a reparation royalty contribution via the pew offering envelope (write “reparations royalty”). Contributions can also be made online at Montview.org/giving (One-time gift: Reparations Royalty Fund).
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.
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
688 Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart (Morecambe)
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
*Charge and Benediction
Postlude
Festal Finale
Henry Coleman (1888-1965)
UPCOMING EVENTS
What’s Happening at Montview?
Find out about our upcoming Annual Congregational Meeting, the return of our Palm Sunday Breakfast on April 2, a Mission Impact Fund Listening Session and more in our This Week @ Montview email. Click here to access the latest edition.
ADULT FAITH FORMATION
Reparations Royalties: Further Discussion
Continuing the American Negro Spiritual
January 15 | 9:30-10:30am (Miller Center)
Back by popular demand, special guest Dr. Craig Robertson – live, via Zoom – joins Minister of Music Adam Waite for more conversation about the history of the American Negro Spiritual, and its impact in our musical and worshipping lives. Dr. Robertson is our former Children’s Music Director. Presently, he serves as Director of Choral Activities at Mary Baldwin University, Virginia.
Discussion on the Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO)
January 22 | 9:30-10:30am (Miller Center)
ERPOs are an important tool in the gun violence and suicide prevention “toolkit.” Join Ceasefire’s Eileen McCarron on January 22 at 9:30am in the Miller Center when she discusses the ERPO law and its use in Colorado.
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.
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: Rev. Ian Cummins
Liturgist: Sandy Prouty
Piano/Conductor: Adam Waite
Organ: Barbara Hulac
Soprano: Dianne Briscoe McKenzie
Reader: Dan Wessner (8:30am)
Reader: Debby Cella (11:00am)
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
Chorus: Westminster Choir (11:00)
PARISH NEWS
Prayer Tree
Gretchen Ackermann Moss and the Ackermann family; Dick Anderson; Phil Behrendt; The Carey family, mourning the death of Jean Carey; Sheila Cody; Dave, son-in-law of Nancy and John Thompson; Alvin Duley, friend of Dianne Briscoe-McKenzie; The Fiser and Diamond families, mourning the death of Martha Fiser; Ken Fisher, friend of Bev Skinner; Jenni Hatlem; Eden and Mac Murphy; The people of South Sudan who are facing starvation; Bea Romer; Shelley Simons, sister of Emily Conklin and niece of Marthanne Simons; Donna Smith; Sue Taylor, sister of Heidi Shriver; Edith Van Burgel, mother of Nancy Van Burgel; Kathryn Walton, daughter of MaryGrace Wake; Steve Warnke
Deaths
January 10, 2023 | James J. Nora, M.D.
January 2, 2023 | Martha Fiser (Memorial Service February 11 at 11am)
December 27, 2022 | Jean Carey
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
Reparations Royalties: Further Discussion
Location: Miller Center
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
Information Meeting: Trip to Frontera de Cristo
Presentation and Q&A with Journey with Migrants.
Location: McCollum Room
Jubilate Singers (Grades 6-12)
Location: Sanctuary
4:00pm
JAM (Grades 6-8)
Location: Cellar
5:30pm
MOB (Grades 9-12)
Location: Reception Room
FLOWER DONATIONS
The flowers in the chancel today are given to the glory of God by The Diamond Family in loving memory of Martha Fiser.
MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
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