Nifty Ninety Profile: Philip Kepner and the Late Nancy Kepner Phil Kepner’s paternal grandparents lived a few doors away from Montview and, as a youngster visiting his grandfather, Phil attended Montview. Little did he know that he would be returning as a member. Phil grew up in Logan, Utah, where his dad was a professor at Utah State University in …
Bulletin: May 7, 2023
Fifth Sunday of Easter May 7 | 8:30 and 11:00am GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME PreludeNocturne (8:30am)Kenji Bunch (b.1973) Berceuse (11:00am)Louis Vierne (1870-1937) Welcome *Call to Worship (from Psalm 66) Leader: Shout for joy to God, all the earth! People: Sing the glory of God’s holy name. Leader: All the earth worships you, All: And …
Bulletin: April 30, 2023
FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 8:30 & 11:00AM GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME PreludeAllegretto graziosoFrank Bridge (1879-1941) Welcome *Call to Worship (Based on John 10:1-11) Leader: Our Good Shepherd calls. People: He knows us each by our name. Leader: Our Good Shepherd leads. People: We are here to listen and to follow. Leader: Our Good Shepherd protects and …
Bulletin: April 23, 2023 Spring Concert
ERNEST BLOCH AVODATH HAKODESH : SACRED SERVICE The Montview Westminster Choir & Guest Singers and Orchestra April 23, 2023 • 7:00pm Cantor Arik Luck, Baritone Adam Waite, Conductor and Minister of Music Barbara Hulac, Associate Minister of Music with Kali Paguirigan, Alto and Rebecca Koenigberg, Soprano Welcome Rev. Clover Reuter Beal, Co-Pastor Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service)Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) Part ICantor: …
Bulletin: April 23, 2023
THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER 8:30 & 11:00AM GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME PreludePastoraleSamuel Adler (b. 1928) *Call to WorshipLeader: We are gathered in the truth of the risen Christ.People: We are gathered in thanksgiving and praise. Leader: We open our hearts in this Eastertide. People: We open our hearts in belief and love. All: Thanks be to …
Bulletin: April 16, 2023
SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER 8:30 & 11:00AM GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME PreludeAwake, My Heart, With GladnessFlor Peeters (1903-1986) *Call to WorshipLeader: We are gathered in the truth of the risen Christ.People: We are gathered in thanksgiving and praise. Leader: We open our hearts in this Eastertide. People: We open our hearts in belief and love. All: …
Montview and Integration of the Denver Public Schools
Montview and Integration of the Denver Public Schools In the 1960s and 1970s Montview Church was a leader in the efforts to create a truly integrated community in Park Hill. The people who fervently supported it wanted a diverse community where people could send their children to integrated schools, live in integrated blocks, and mix in integrated social events. The …
Nifty Ninety Profile: Dolores Collins
Nifty Ninety Profile: Dolores Collins Dolores Collins learned the art of saluting 70 years ago, and at age 90 she can snap a salute with no hesitation, wobble or waver. Dolores grew up in a small West Virginia coal mining town in a family of 11: seven children, both parents, her paternal grandmother and paternal aunt. During her life she …
Bulletin: April 9, 2023
EASTER SUNDAY 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00AM GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME PreludeFolk Fragments, from String Quartet No. 3 (8:00am)Nancy Galbraith (b. 1951) Voluntary on Old 100th (9:30 & 11:00am)Henry Purcell (1659-1695) Sonata (9:30 & 11:00am)Giovanni Buonamente (1595-1642) *Call to WorshipLeader: Christ is Risen! People: Christ is Risen Indeed! Alleluia! Leader: This is the day that the Lord has made. …
Bulletin: April 7, 2023
The Tenebrae of Good Friday 7:30pm THE SERVICE OF TENEBRAEThe service of Tenebrae (Latin for “shadows”) follows a tradition of the church dating back at least to the 8th century, and perhaps as early as the 5th century after Christ. The liturgy dramatizes the suffering, death and burial of Jesus through the reading of Scripture and singing of psalms, hymns …