SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
July 16 | 10:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Beyond This Moment
Patrick O’Hearn (b. 1954)
Welcome
*Call to Worship
Leader: We gather to worship the God who crafted the whole of creation;
People: We gather to worship the God who gave birth to the entire human family,
who brought us into being, in all our diversity, as bearers of the divine image.
Leader: We gather to worship the God who bids us to build a healthy global home
filled with justice and compassion:
All: We gather this day as God’s people, proclaimers of good news in every time and place.
*Opening Hymn
475 Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (Nettleton)
*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Holy and merciful God,
in your presence we confess
our failure to be what you created us to be.
You alone know how often we wander from your ways,
waste your gifts,
and squander your love.
By your grace,
help us to live in your light
and abide in your ways,
for the sake of Jesus Christ,
Amen.
*Assurance of God’s Love
*Response Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove
*Passing of the Peace
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 that this service is livestreamed and your child’s image may appear on the video.
Anthem
You Are Here
The Wailin’ Jennys
Prayer for Illumination (Unison)
May tongues of fire settle upon us,
wakening us to your Living Word. Amen.
Scripture Lesson
Exodus 3:1-6 (Pew Bible Page 46)
Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
Burning Bushes, Talking Birds and This Wonderfully Weird World
Rev. Ian Cummins
Moment for Reflection
Musical Reflection
One Voice
The Wailin’ Jennys
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
607 Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow (Doxology)
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Christ, all people here below; Praise Holy Spirit evermore; Praise Triune God, whom we adore. 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
20 All Things Bright and Beautiful (Royal Oak)
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
*Charge and Benediction
Postlude
Shine
Vienna Teng (b. 1978)
MINISTRY HIGHLIGHT: MUSANA
Longtime Montview mission partner Musana is a Community Development Organization that is breaking the cycle of poverty and dependency in Uganda through education, healthcare and social enterprises. The most recent Mission Life grant that Musana received is serving to purchase essential medical equipment for their newest hospital in Kaliro. To learn more, visit their table in the Commons after today’s service.
UPCOMING EVENTS
What’s Happening at Montview?
Learn how you can be part of Fiddler on the Roof, sign up to be a Sunday morning greeter, register for the final week of Summer Sacred Art and more in our This Week @ Montview email. Click here to access the latest edition.
Ministry Resident: Sophie Beal, M.Div.
Preaching Sunday, July 23
Sophie Beal, M.Div. will be a ministry resident at Montview from July 11-August 7. Her responsibilities will be pastoral care, visitation and general pastoral duties. Sophie is a candidate for ordained ministry; she completed her Master of Divinity program at Yale Divinity School in 2022. Passionate about local church ministry, Sophie hopes to be ordained to the office of Word and Sacrament in the PC(USA).
Bible Study: Healing Miracles in Matthew, Mark, and Luke/Acts
with Ministry Resident Sophie Beal
July 16, 23, 30 and August 6 | 11-12pm (McCollum Room)
This series will help us to compare and reflect on some of Jesus’ healing stories—what makes us comfortable and uncomfortable? We will seek to understand what healings and miracles meant in the ancient world, but also what they might mean in one’s own life today.
Congregational Meeting
July 30 | 11:00am (Sanctuary)
Please join us for a congregational meeting after the 10am service on July 30. The purpose of the meeting will be to receive the report of the Nominating Committee for the Associate Pastor for Youth and Families position and to vote on their recommendation to elect and install our current Minister of Youth and Families, Amanda Osenga, to that position.
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: Rev. Ian Cummins
Liturgists: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal and Sophie Beal
Guitar and Vocals: Shelley McCluskey Goldberg
Guitar and Vocals: Rebecca Gale
Vocals: Phoebe Bawmann
Reader: Rosie Mucharsky
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
TODAY AT MONTVIEW
6:00am
Juniors and Seniors Depart for Puerto Rico
Location: Denver International Airport
9:30am
Childcare – Ages Birth-7
Location: Preschool Floor
Enter via the Commons past Heritage Center to the Education wing.
10:00am
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary
11:00am
Healing Miracles in Matthew, Mark, and Luke/Acts
Bible study with ministry resident Sophie Beal
Location: McCollum Room
Fellowship Time
Location: South Plaza
PARISH NEWS
Prayer Tree
The Anderson Family, mourning the death of Dick Anderson; The Cummins Family; Dave, Laura, and Frances, family of Nancy and John Thompson; Cathy Fanning; Joy Freeman; Jim Getzinger; Cindi Graves; Madie Gustafson; Willis Harder, father of David Harder; Mark Haynes; The LeBeau and Hecht families, mourning the death of Amy Hecht; Ellen McDonough and family, mourning the death of Ellen’s mother, Carole; Mac Murphy; Corinne Pellish; Bea Romer; Edith Van Burgel; Lucinda Waldron and Paul Ward, mourning the death of Lucinda’s mother, Enid Waldron; Kathryn Walton; Martha Wirecky, friend of Vivian and Scott Showalter
Deaths
July 8, 2023 | Dick Anderson
June 27, 2023 | Amy B. Hecht
June 24, 2023 | Carol Joplin Elliott
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.
Please note that this worship service will be livestreamed to several social media platforms and your image may appear on the livestream video.
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
We are so glad your family is worshiping with us today. We also know that sometimes children tire of being in worship. We have a space for those times directly below the sanctuary. You can follow the service on a large screen there while your children enjoy toys, books and space. The ushers can direct you!
MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org