THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT
March 12 | 8:30 & 11:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Prayer
Paul Creston (1906-1985)
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 3
*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
754 Help Us Accept Each Other (Baronita)
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
Flute Concerto, Lento e mesto (8:30am)
Carl Reinecke (1824-1910)
Resound and Rejoice (11:00am)
Jason W. Krug (b. 1978)
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
Luke 10:25-37 (New Testament Pew Bible Page 62)
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: Healer
Rev. Ian Cummins
Moment for Reflection
Musical Reflection
Fairest Lord Jesus (8:30am)
arr. Bill Holcombe (1924-2010)
Cantique de Jean Racine (11:00am)
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
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
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
36 For the Fruit of All Creation (Ar Hyd Y Nos)
Blessing of Prayer Shawls and Quilts (Unison)
May God’s grace be upon these shawls and quilts…
warming, comforting, enfolding and embracing.
May these shawls and quilts be a safe haven…
a sacred place of security and well-being…
sustaining and embracing in good times as well as difficult ones.
May those who receive these shawls and quilts be cradled in hope,
kept in joy, graced with peace, and wrapped in love.
The Prayer Shawls that are blessed at today’s service will be available in the Commons afterwards if you know someone in need of healing.
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
*Charge and Benediction
Benediction Response (11:00am)
Kyrie
Plainsong
Postlude
Toccata on In the Cross of Christ I Glory
David Cherwien (b. 1957)
MINISTRY HIGHLIGHT
Montview’s Prayer Shawl Knitters and Quilters
Montview’s Prayer Shawl Knitters create warm and cozy prayer shawls that are available for the pastors and the congregation to distribute to anyone in need of comfort and healing. Visit their tables in the Commons following today’s worship services. Contact: magreath@ecentral.com. The Quilters encourage and support each other while collaborating on beautiful quilts throughout the year. Visit the Quilt Show in the Reception Room from March 12-April 9. Contact: brookesewcreative@gmail.com.
UPCOMING EVENTS
What’s Happening at Montview?
Find out about our Easter Tea, our April Earth Care Series, a pilgrimage to the Holy Land with Rev. Clover Beal and Dr. Tim Beal and more in our This Week @ Montview email. Click here to access the latest edition.
Easter at Montview
Celebrate Easter with us on Sunday, April 9. Worship services will be held at 8:00, 9:30 and 11:00am in the sanctuary. Registration is not required.
8am – Worship with String Quartet
Sanctuary
9:30am – Worship with Westminster Choir & Brass
Sanctuary
9:30am – Easter Tea & Craft Fair
Fellowship Hall
11am – Worship with Westminster Choir & Brass
Sanctuary & Livestream
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: Rev. Ian Cummins
Liturgist: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Piano/Conductor: Adam Waite
Organ: Barbara Hulac
Flute: Kristen Beeman (8:30am)
Handbells: Youth Bells (11:00am)
Reader: Kate Williams (8:30am)
Reader: Debby Cella (11:00am)
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
Chorus: Westminster Choir (11:00am)
PARISH NEWS
Prayer Tree
Diane Bassett; Dolores Collins, mourning the death of her brother, LeRoy Thompson; 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; Craig Maginness; 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
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 Acts of the Apostles
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 the Cooper and Carey families in loving memory of Jean Cooper Carey.
MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org