SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
March 5 | 11:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Saraband
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Welcome
*Call to Worship
Leader: We walk the road to Jerusalem.
People: We walk the road to resurrection.
Leader: It will require that we give up so much.
People: It will offer, instead, so much more.
All: With grateful hearts, we journey together. Amen!
*Gathering Hymn The Glory of These Forty Days, Verse 2
*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Merciful God,
As we walk this Lenten journey,
give us the sincerity to speak the truth
of both our beauty and our brokenness.
Remind us that we are made in your image,
and forgive us when we forget that image –
hungering instead for that which does not satisfy,
clinging to that which does not give life,
ignoring those who need our love.
And in your mercy,
give us renewal, reparation, resurrection.
Amen.
*Assurance of God’s Love
*Response What Wondrous Love Is This
*Passing of the Peace
*Hymn
459 O Word of God Incarnate (Munich)
LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD
Word to the Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sandy Prouty
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
Park of Idols: IV. Malabar Hill (8:30am)
Stephen Goss (b. 1964)
Glorious (11:00am)
Stephanie Mabey (b. 1990)
Prayer for Illumination (Unison)
Lord, may your Holy Word
be for us the seed of new possibilities
that blossoms in ways we cannot yet imagine.
Amen.
Scripture Lesson
John 3: 1-12 (New Testament Pew Bible Page 81)
Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
The Faces of Jesus: Teacher
Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Moment for Reflection
Musical Reflection
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 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
Invitation to the Lord’s Table
Great Thanksgiving
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give God thanks and praise.
Leader: It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Gracious God, creator of heaven and earth. You formed us in your image and breathed into us the breath of life. When we turned away, and our love failed, your love remained steadfast. You have been faithful to us through all generations and continue to speak to us today. We praise you for this table of love you spread in the world as a sign of your love for all people. And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven, we praise your name and join in their unending song.
Eucharistic Prayer
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.
Words of Institution
Communion of the People
You are invited to come forward, offering your open palms to the communion server. Once you receive a piece of communion bread and juice, please bring them back to your seat in the pews. A gluten-free option is offered from the server on the pulpit side of the aisle. The Presbyterian tradition does not include a specific rite for first Communion. Our parents decide when their children are ready to participate.
Communion Music
Ave Maria (8:30am)
Bach/Gounod
Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks (11:00am)
Herbert Howells
*Prayer of Thanksgiving (Unison)
Gracious God, you have made us one with all your people in heaven and earth. You have fed us with the bread of life and renewed us for your service. Help us, who have shared Christ’s body and received his cup, to be faithful disciples, so that our daily living may reflect your presence among us, and our love be your love, reaching out into the world; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
*Closing Hymn
450 Be Thou My Vision (Slane)
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
*Charge and Benediction
Benediction Response (11:00am)
Irish Blessing
arr. Chester Alwes (b.1947)
Postlude
Epilogue
Herbert Howells
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Liturgist: Rev. Ian Cummins
Conductor: Adam Waite
Organ: Barbara Hulac
Cello: Katie Burns (8:30am)
Guitar: Russ Callison (8:30am)
Reader: Anna Jones (8:30am)
Reader: Ellen Reath (11:00am)
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
Children’s Chorus: Combined Choirs (11:00am)
Chorus: Westminster Choir (11:00am)
PARISH NEWS
Prayer Tree
Dick Anderson; Diane Bassett; Phil Behrendt; Nancy Brigham, mourning the death of her brother, Richard Shivley; Dave, son-in-law of Nancy and John Thompson; Alvin Duley; Ken Fisher, friend of John and Bev Skinner; The Gasser Family, mourning the death of son Daniel Gasser; Jim Getzinger, brother of Nancy Getzinger; Cindi Graves; Madie Gustafson; Mark Haynes; Dawn Kepner; Mac Murphy; Corinne Pellish; Thomas (Tom) Pickard, uncle of Pat Kramer; The Romeo family, mourning the death of Tony Romeo; Kathryn Walton; Steve Warnke
Deaths
Tony Romeo | February 2023
Jean Carey | December 27, 2022 (Memorial Service March 11 at 2:00pm)
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
Back to the Bible: Introduction to the New Testament
Slavery & Gender in the Gospel of Luke
Dr. Christy Cobb, Assistant Professor of Christianity, continues our 8-week series on the development of the Christian scriptures.
Location: Miller Chapel
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
5:30pm
MOB (Grades 9-12)
Location: Cellar
FLOWER DONATIONS
The flowers in the chancel today are given to the glory of God by Bev & John Skinner in celebration of Ken Fisher, such a dedicated and best friend.
MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org