TRANFIGURATION SUNDAY
8:30am and 11:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Reverie
Thomas H. Kerr (1915-1988)
Welcome
*Call to Worship
Liturgist: We entrust to God our tender hearts.
People: By God’s light we find our way home.
Liturgist: We come to worship seeking new life.
People: We come to give thanks and praise. Thanks be to God!
*Opening Hymn
12 Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise (St. Denio)
*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Loving God,
Forgive our foolish clamoring
for the false gods of security and control.
Remind us again that our protection comes
not in holding on, but in letting go –
yielding ourselves, our wills and our works –
a continual thank offering to you.
Amen.
*Assurance of God’s Love
*Response Gloria
*Passing of the Peace
Anthem
Laudate Dominum (8:30am)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Greater Love Hath No Man (11am)
John Ireland (1879-1962)
LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD
Exodus 34:29-35; Luke 9: 28-36
(Pew Bible Page 76; New Testament Pew Bible Page 60)
Sermon
Listen! Don’t Look Away!
Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Musical Reflection
Pie Jesu from Requiem
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
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
193 Jesus, Take Us to the Mountain (Unser Herrscher)
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
*Benediction Response
A Gaelic Blessing (11am)
John Rutter (b. 1945)
Postlude
Trumpet Tune (8:30am)
Johann K.F. Fischer (c.1665-1746)
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
TODAY AT MONTVIEW
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.
Youth Bells
Grades 3-8
Location: Room 206B
9:30am
Black Theology: A Song for the World to Hear
Session Three: Rev. H. Malcolm Newton, ThD. and Rev. Marjorie B. Lewis, PhD., D. Min.
Location: Sanctuary
Confirmation Class
Location: Fellowship Hall
Combined Cantate and Timbrel Choirs
Grades K-5
Location: Room 206B
Preschool-5th Grade
Location: Preschool and Second Floors
Enter and exit through Montview Blvd. door on north side of building.
Donut Social – YAM (6th-12th)
Location: Labyrinth
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.
JAM 7th Grade Social
Location: South Plaza/Reception room
UPCOMING EVENTS
Ash Wednesday Taizé-style Prayer Service
March 2 | 7-8:00pm (in the sanctuary)
Join us for a service of meditative music and prayer in observance of Ash Wednesday. This service will be held in the sanctuary and livestreamed. The sanctuary will open at 6:45pm for silent prayer and meditation.
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: The Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Liturgist: Sandy Prouty
Piano/Conductor: Adam Waite
Organ: Barbara Hulac
Soprano: Madison Falkenstein
Baritone: Paul Lingenfelter (11am)
Reader: Jennifer Mello (8:30am)
Reader: Audrey Price (11:00am)
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
Chorus: Westminster Choir (11:00am)
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
The Blake family, mourning the death of Joe Blake, Linda Bofenkamp, 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, Rick Lemmer, Linda Marrou-Cole, Mac Murphy, Sue Norman, mourning the death of her mother, Gladys Ruth Norman, John Parcels, brother of Vivian Showalter, The Parkhurst family, mourning the death of Susan Parkhurst, The Sensenbrenner-Aldridge family, mourning the death of Shirli’s mother, Lois Sensenbrenner, Sven Sloth, step-father of Ben Meyerhoff, Millie Steiner, David Timmons, Russ Wehner
Births
February 13, 2022 | Jayanni Araiah Lee Poole Johnson, child of Charles and Tay Johnson, grandchild of Tony and Deborah Johnson
January 18, 2022 | Theodore Ronin Esmeralda, child of Tessa and Ryan Esmeralda, grandson of Barbara and John Furutani
Deaths
February 15 | Joseph B. Blake
February 11 | Susan S. Parkhurst
January 28 | Judge Clifton A. Flowers
Memorial Services
March 19 at 11am | Margaret Russell
May 22 at 2pm | Dana Wilbanks
May 28 at 11am | Ruth Noblett
June 4 at 2pm | Joseph B. Blake
STATEMENT OF MISSION
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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