FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT
February 18 | 8:30 & 11:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Welcome
*Call to Worship
Leader: We travel the road to Jerusalem.
People: We travel 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 1
*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Merciful God,
As we travel 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
410 God Is Calling through the Whisper (W Zlobie Lezy)
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.
Sacrament of Holy Baptism (11:00am)
*The Baptismal Creed (Unison)
In life and in death we belong to God. Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel, whom alone we worship and serve. We trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God. We trust in God, whom Jesus called Abba, Father. We trust in the Holy Spirit, everywhere the giver and renewer of life. With believers in every time and place, we rejoice that nothing in life or in death can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Glory be to the Creator, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Amen. (Excerpted from A Brief Statement of Faith).
The Presentation
Pastor: This candle represents the new life in Christ. It is entrusted to you to be kept burning brightly. May all who have received this sacrament walk as children of the light and may God keep the flame of faith alive in them forever.
People: With joy and thanksgiving, we welcome you into Christ’s church, to share with us this ministry, for we are all one in Christ. Amen.
Anthem
In The Garden (8:30am)
C. Austin Miles (1868-1946)
I Believe (11:00am)
Mark Miller (b. 1967)
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 10:38-42 (Pew Bible New Testament Page 62)
Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
Nodual Love Part Two: Few Things Are Needed…Indeed Only One
Rev. Ian Cummins
Moment for Reflection
Musical Reflection
Hear My Prayer (8:30am)
Moses Hogan (1957-2003)
Lord, Grant Thou Me a Quiet Mind (11:00am)
Arlen Clarke (b.1954)
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 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
451 Open My Eyes, That I May See (Open My Eyes)
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
*Charge and Benediction
Benediction Response (11:00am)
Kyrie
Plainsong
Postlude
“Allegro” from Trio Sonata No. 2, BWV 526
J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
MINISTRY HIGHLIGHT: RECEPTION DESK VOLUNTEERS
Do you like to greet visitors with a smile and know-how? Perhaps you’d like to volunteer at Montview’s Reception Desk. We are looking for a few of Montview’s finest for several shifts. Tasks include answering the phone and transferring calls, greeting visitors and providing answers to questions. Contact Todd Rembe at todd@montview.org.
UPCOMING EVENTS
What’s Happening at Montview?
Take a journey through African American history; Save the date for our Palm Sunday Breakfast; Join the next 20s/30s gathering on March 10 and more in our This Week @ Montview email. Click here to access the latest edition.
Walking in the Wilderness: Growing Through Mental Health Challenges
Feb 25, March 3, 10, 17 | 9:30am (Miller Chapel)
Colorado is in the midst of a serious mental health crisis. What has caused this crisis? Why is there still so much stigma around mental illness? And what are some paths forward? We will explore some of these issues in this four-week series.
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: Rev. Ian Cummins
Liturgists: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal and Rev. Amanda Osenga
Piano/Conductor: Adam Waite
Organ: Yinying Luo
Soloist: Dianne Briscoe McKenzie (8:30am)
Soprano: Emily Musser (11:00am)
Reader: Eric Muller-Girard (8:30am)
Reader: Kate Williams (11:00am)
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
Chorus: Westminster Choir (11:00am)
PARISH NEWS
Prayer Tree
Alex Adgate, daughter of John Adgate and Christina Carballal; The Ball Family, mourning the death of Beth’s mother; Jay Conley; The Cummins Family; Madie Gustafson; Steve House; Soren Kirk, great-nephew of Janet Wolfer, and his parents; Nik Levinsky; Mateo; The Maynard Family, mourning the loss of Bob’s mother, Yvonne; Eden Murphy; Mac Murphy; The Rudolph family, mourning the deaths of Chuck and Charla Rudolph; Scot Sandoval, son of Juanita Martinez; Sensenbrenner-Aldridge family, mourning the loss of Shirli’s father, Rev. Ed Sensenbrenner; Jewel Wegs
Deaths
February 7 | Charla Rudolph
January 27 | Chuck Rudolph
Flower Donations
The flowers in the chancel today are given to the glory of God by Ron and Joyce Brady memory of Ron’s brother, Tom Brady and by the Montview staff in appreciation for our Reception Desk volunteers.
TODAY AT MONTVIEW
8:00am – 12:30pm
Childcare – Ages Birth-7
Location: Preschool Floor
Enter via the Commons past Heritage Center to the Education wing.
8:30am
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary
8:45am
Youth Bells (Grades 3-8)
Location: Room 206B
9:30am
The Sacred Art of Black Preaching
Rev. Dr. Arthur A Porter, Sr., Senior Pastor, New Nation Church
Location: Miller Chapel
Bel Canto Choir (Grades K-5)
Location: Room 205
Assembly: Choir Alternative Fellowship (Grades K-5)
Location: Room 204B
Sunday School (Preschool)
Location: Room 112
Confirmation
Location: New Confirmation Room
JAM in the AM (Grades 6-8)
Location: Cellar
10:00am
Sunday School (Grades K-5)
Location: Preschool and Second Floors
11:00am
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary
12:00pm
Jubilate Singers
Location: Sanctuary
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.
A room for families with children who are not enjoying the service is below the
sanctuary with livestream.
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.
MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org