Bulletin: April 10, 2022

PALM SUNDAY

8:30am and 11:00am

GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME

Prelude
Benedictus (Blessed Is the One Who Comes in the Name of the Lord)  
Alec Rowley (1892-1958)          

Welcome

*Call to Worship (from Psalm 118)
Leader:     This is the day that the Lord has made;
People:  let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Leader:  Blessed is the one who comes in the name
of the Lord!
People:  Bind the festal procession with branches.
Leader:  O give thanks to the Lord; for God’s steadfast
love endures forever.
People:  You are our God, and we will give thanks to you. 

*Opening Hymn
196  All Glory Laud and Honor  (Valet Will Ich Dir Geben)

*Blessing of the Palms

*Corporate Confession
Lord, We begin this week with anticipation
because the old story becomes new again.  
Through the days ahead, convict our hearts
and soften our spirits.
Fill us with wonder at a servant Savior, 
and a humble king. 
Prepare us to follow him all the way to the cross. 
In his holy name, we pray.  Amen.

*Assurance of God’s Love

*Response 

*Passing of the Peace

Anthem
Into the Woods My Master Went (8:30am)
Richard Shephard (1949-2021)

Libera Me, from Requiem (11:00am)
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)

LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD

Scripture Lesson
Luke 19:28-42
(New Testament Pew Bible Page 72)

Sermon
Power, Pain and Promise
Rev. Clover Reuter Beal

Musical Reflection
Interlude on ‘Hamburg’ (8:30am)
arr. Adam Waite (b. 1978)

In Paradisum, from Requiem (11:00am)
Gabriel Fauré

RESPONDING TO GOD’S GRACE

Offering
 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.

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.

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
223  When I Survey the Wondrous Cross  (Hamburg)

SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE

As we move now into Holy Week our service this morning ends without a benediction. After the recessional, you are invited to leave in a contemplative spirit, reflecting on the meaning of the week to come. Go in peace.

Recessional

TODAY AT MONTVIEW

8:30am            
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary

Childcare – Ages Birth-7 (masks optional)
Location: Preschool Floor
Enter via Montview Blvd. playground on north side of building.

8:45am
Youth Bells
Grades 3-8
Location: Room 206B 

9:30am
Confirmation Class (masks optional)
Location: Fellowship Hall

Combined Cantate and Timbrel Choirs
Grades K-5
Location: Room 206B 

10:00am
Sunday School For Children (masks optional)
Preschool-5th Grade
Location: Preschool and Second Floors
Enter via Montview Blvd. playground on north side of building.

10:30am
Palm Sunday Walk
A live donkey will lead us around the block as we remember Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem. Palms will be provided.
Location: Dahlia Street sidewalk at South Plaza

Donut Social – YAM (6th-12th)
Location: Labyrinth

11:00am
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary

Childcare – Ages Birth-7 (masks optional)
Location: Preschool Floor
Enter via Montview Blvd. playground on north side of building.

12:00pm
Jubilate Singers (6th-12th)
Location: Sanctuary

4:00pm
JAM (6th-8th)
Location: Greater Park Hill Community Center

5:30pm MOB (9th-12th)
Location: South Plaza

UPCOMING EVENTS

Easter Services
April 17 | 8am, 9:30am, 11am

Join us for our Easter services in the sanctuary on April 17. Services are at 8am, 9:30am and 11am. The 9:30am service will also be livestreamed.

Registration is required. Please register at www.montview.org.

HOLY WEEK SERVICES

Matins Services
April 11, 12, 13 | 7:30am
Location: Sanctuary
Join us for this brief morning service of prayer and litany, followed by a simple breakfast at the church. This meditative service is a wonderful way to begin Holy Week.

Maundy Thursday
April 14 | 7:30pm
Location: Sanctuary & Livestream
This is a traditional service of prayer, music and reflection remembering the Last Supper. Communion and anointing with oil will be offered.

Good Friday
April 15 | 7:30pm
Location: Sanctuary & Livestream
Tenebrae (Latin for “shadows”) remembers the suffering, death and burial of Jesus through the reading of scripture and the singing of psalms, hymns and anthems. The mood of the service is dramatic and moves from day to night.

WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Liturgist: Rev. Ian Cummins
Piano and Conductor: Adam Waite
Organ: Barbara Hulac
Tenor: Donald Tallman (8:30am)
Alto: Heidi Shriver (8:30am)
Baritone: Chin Tan (11:00am)
Reader: Juli Davidson
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
Chorus: Westminster Choir (11:00am)

ABOUT THIS SERVICE
Masks are optional in the sanctuary.

Assistive listening devices are available in the sound booth in the back of the sanctuary.

Restrooms are available downstairs in the Reception Room via the stairs near the door you entered. If you need accessibility assistance, please see an usher.

Please note that the 11am worship service will be livestreamed to several social media platforms and your image may appear on the livestream video.

PARISH NEWS

Prayer Tree
Linda Chain; Cathy Fanning, mourning the death of her sister, Nancy Myers; Stacy Bush Henry, niece of Mary Jo Bush; Linda Marrou-Cole; Margery Mullins; Mac Murphy; Betty Scherer; The Schuck Family and their young son, Cameron; Franklin Thompson, brother of Dolores Collins; Leroy Thompson, brother of Dolores Collins; Peggy Walker; Russ Wehner

Deaths
March 14 | Darlene Neid

Memorial Services
April 23 at 11am | Clif Flowers
April 30 at 2pm | Darlene Neid
May 22 at 2pm | Dana Wilbanks
May 28 at 11am | Ruth Noblett
June 4 at 2pm | Joseph B. Blake
June 18 at 2pm | Susan Parkhurst

MONTVIEW CHURCH STAFF
Co-Pastors: The Rev. Clover Reuter Beal and The Rev. Ian Cummins
Minister of Music: Adam Waite
Minister of Children and Families: Sandy Prouty
Minister of Youth and Families: Amanda Osenga
Executive Director of Operations and Finance: Jason Hays
Director of Facilities: Bob Cloud
Director of Finance: Dan Gasser
Associate Minister of Music and Organist: Barbara Hulac
Administrative Coordinator: Beth Ellsworth
Membership Coordinator: Cindy Austin
Communications Coordinator: Christine Hofstad
Mission Life Coordinator: Jennifer Seward
Minister of Visitation: Peter Hulac
Sextons: Tony Johnson, Charles Johnson and Stewart Schoenthal
Sunday Morning Manager: Doug Easton