SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
8:30am and 11:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Partita on the Hymn Tune “Detroit”
David Hurd (b. 1950)
Welcome
*Call to Worship
Liturgist: Today is the day the Lord has made,
People: Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Liturgist: We offer ourselves and our service,
People: For the Lord has done great things for us.
*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Touch us with your love, O God,
as Jesus touched the blind man
and gave him sight.
That our eyes, too, might be opened,
to the sacredness
of everyone,
and every thing.
In Christ we pray. Amen.
*Assurance of God’s Love
*Response Gloria
*Passing of the Peace
Anthem
I Want Jesus to Walk with Me (8:30am)
Spiritual, arr. Lloyd Larson (b.1954)
Keep it on Faith (11:00am)
Heather Masse
Luke 6:17-28
(New Testament Pew Bible Pages 55-56)
Sermon
#blessed
Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Musical Reflection
Steal Away to Jesus (8:30am)
Spiritual, arr. Lloyd Larson
After the Storm (11:00am)
Marcus Mumford (b. 1987)
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 plates are stationed at the exit for cash and checks. We’re grateful for your support.
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
833 O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go (St. Margaret)
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
Toccata
Michelle LeClerc (1939-2006)
TODAY AT MONTVIEW
Location: Sanctuary
Childcare – Ages Birth-7 (masks requested)
Location: Preschool Floor
Enter and exit through Montview Blvd. door on north side of building.
9:30am Black Theology: A Song for the World to Hear
Location: Sanctuary
Sunday School For Children (masks requested)
Preschool-5th Grade
Location: Preschool and Second Floors
Enter and exit through Montview Blvd. door on north side of building.
Confirmation Class
Location: Fellowship Hall
11:00am Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary
Childcare – Ages Birth-7 (masks requested)
Location: Preschool Floor
Enter and exit through Montview Blvd. door on north side of building.
12:30pm YAM (6th-12th) – Winter Olympics
Location: South Plaza
Women’s Holy Connections
The Ways We Know: Poetry and Reflection
February 16 | 7-8:30pm
Our next evening of Women’s Holy Connections (for all who are
female identified) is on February 16, 7:00-8:30 pm in the Montview
sanctuary (masks requested). We hope to see you then!
Led by Rev. Clover Reuter Beal and Sandy Prouty.
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Guest Preacher: The Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Liturgist: The Rev. Ian Cummins
Piano: Adam Waite
Organ: Barbara Hulac
Soloists: Barbara Wollan & Heidi Shriver (8:30am)
Soloists: Phoebe Bawmann (11:00am)
Reader: Dan Wessner (8:30am)
Reader: Kristin Weber (11:00am)
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
ABOUT THIS SERVICE
We are requiring masks in the sanctuary to protect our more vulnerable congregants.
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
Prayer Tree
Wendy Bawmann and family, mourning the death of her parents, Dorthy Gaile Borchart and Eugene Kent Borchart, Dick Burbank mourning the death of a lifelong friend, Phyllis Bryant, Linda Chain, Mary Flowers and family, mourning the death of Clif Flowers, Dave Force, Jenni Foster, Joy Freeman, Dottie Harvey, Read Kerr, Linda Marrou- Cole, Mac Murphy, Sue Norman, mourning the death of her mother, Gladys Ruth Norman, John Parcels, brother of Vivian Showalter, The Sensenbrenner-Aldridge family, mourning the death of Shirli’s mother, Lois Sensenbrenner, Sven Sloth, step-father of Ben Meyerhof, Millie Steiner, David Timmons, Russ Wehner
Births
September 15, 2021 | William (Liam) Albert Duree, child of Braden and Kate Codner Duree, grandchild of Stephen and Gail Duree, nephew of James and Laura Duree
Deaths
January 28 | Judge Clifton A. Flowers
January 24 | Gladys Ruth Norman
December 30 | David Melendes
We believe that the love of God surrounds us. Our call is to nurture this love in ourselves and each other. Through prayer, worship, education, outreach and mission, we seek to foster spiritual fulfillment, community, tolerance, peace, non-violence and social justice. We dedicate ourselves and our church to follow the Spirit of Christ by word and deed.
We are happy that you are worshiping with us today and invite you to learn more about Montview. Please fill out one of the Welcome Guest Cards that are distributed in the pews and place it on a plate near the exits when finished. Feel free to contact our office at 303-355-1651 or email cindy@montview.org with questions. Please come again.
Attend a four-hour Inquirers’ Class where you will connect with the pastors and others interested in membership, and receive answers to your questions. The next class is on March 5 from 8:30am-12:30pm. Attending the class is not a commitment to join the church, just a way to discern if membership is right for you at this time. To register for our next class please call our office at 303-355-1651 or email Cindy Austin at cindy@montview.org.
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