22nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
September 3 | 10:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Andante religioso from Organ Sonata No. 4 Op. 65
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Welcome
*Call to Worship
Leader: We are gathered in God’s grace and name.
People: We are together in this holy place.
Leader: We are joined in time set apart and sacred.
People: We open now our minds and hearts.
All: In community, in faith and love,
Let us worship God.
*Opening Hymn
511 Come, Behold! the Feast of Heaven (Llanfair)
*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Eternal God of time and ages,
We confess
we sometimes fear scarcity
more than we believe in your abundant gifts.
We let selfishness and ambition
separate us from each other
and from you.
Please forgive us, God.
Please guide us to trust always,
to share often,
to love first.
Amen.
*Assurance of God’s Love
*Response Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove
*Passing of the Peace
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 that this service is livestreamed and your child’s image may appear on the video.
Anthem
Allegro maestoso e vivace from Organ Sonata No. 4 Op. 65
Felix Mendelssohn
Prayer for Illumination (Unison)
Soften our hearts and open our minds,
as we turn again to Your Holy Word. Amen.
Scripture Lesson
Matthew 16:13-20 (New Testament Pew Bible Page 15)
Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
Who Do You Say That I Am?
Amanda Osenga
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.
*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.
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. Bread at every station is gluten-free. The Presbyterian tradition does not include a specific rite for first Communion. Our parents decide when their children are ready to participate.
Communion Music
A Communion Meditation
Adam Waite (b. 1978)
*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
321 The Church’s One Foundation (Aurelia)
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
*Charge and Benediction
Postlude
Fugue from Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 550
J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
Welcome Yinying Luo
At today’s service, Yinying Luo will play for the first time as Montview’s new Organist and Associate Minister of Music. After growing up in China, Yinying completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in music at Agnes Scott College in Georgia and earned a master’s degree in organ performance from the Juilliard School in New York City. Yinying also completed a master’s in church music at Baylor University and, at the time she applied for this position, was pursuing the highest level of organ studies at the Hochschule für Musik in Detmold, Germany. Join us in welcoming her!
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: Amanda Osenga
Liturgists: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal and Rev. Ian Cummins
Special Music Organist: Yinying Luo
Service Music Organist: Adam Waite
Reader: Susan Phillips
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
TODAY AT MONTVIEW
9:30am
Childcare – Ages Birth-7
Location: Preschool Floor
Enter via the Commons past Heritage Center to the Education wing.
10:00am
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary
11:00am
Fellowship Time
Location: South Plaza
NEXT SUNDAY – RETURN TO TWO SERVICES
Next Sunday, September 10, we return to our fall programming schedule with two worship services at 8:30am and 11:00am.
PARISH NEWS
Prayer Tree
Stephen Ball; Diane Bassett; Lois Bray and family, mourning the death of Bill Bray;
Jolene Cranston; The Cummins Family; Dave, Laura, and Frances, family of Nancy and John Thompson; Nikolai Frant; Joy Freeman; Jim Getzinger; Cindi Graves; Madie
Gustafson; Willis Harder, father of David Harder; Jenni Hatlem; Mark Haynes; Paul Heitzenrater; Tom Hetzel; Steve House; Margaret Gonder Odell, sister of John Gonder; Corinne Pellish; Bea Romer; Nancy Sycamore, mother of Debby Sycamore; Jim Thomas; Nancy Van Burgel and family, mourning the death of her mother Edith Van Burgel; Kathryn Walton; Janet Wolfer
Memorial Services
Dick Anderson | September 30 at 11:00am in the Sanctuary
Flower Donations
The flowers in the chancel today are given to the glory of God by David, Deborah and Sarah in memory of their parents, Marilyn and Herschel Phelps, married 70 years ago at Montview by Dr. Miller.
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 this worship service will be livestreamed to several social media platforms and your image may appear on the livestream video.
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
We are so glad your family is worshiping with us today. We also know that sometimes children tire of being in worship. We have a space for those times directly below the sanctuary. You can follow the service on a large screen there while your children enjoy toys, books and space. The ushers can direct you!
MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org