NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
June 2, 2024 | 10:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
“Silence may be kept” from Rubrics: A Liturgical Suite for Organ
Dan Locklair (b. 1949)
Welcome
*Call to Worship
Leader: The Spirit comes as tongues of fire,
People: Warming our hearts and kindling our courage.
Leader: The Spirit comes as refreshing wind,
People: Clearing our thoughts and encircling us with love.
Leader: The Spirit comes as a brisk breeze,
People: Bracing our faith, stirring us on to action.
All: May the moving Spirit be among us as we worship today.
*Opening Hymn
4 Holy God, We Praise Your Name (Grosser Gott, Wir Loben Dich)
*Corporate Confession (Unison)
God of grace,
We confess that we have sinned,
in what we have thought, and said, and done.
We have sinned in what we have left undone.
Forgive us and set us free to live lives worthy
of your grace.
In the name of Jesus Christ, we pray. Amen.
*Assurance of God’s Love
*Response 279 Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove, Verse 1
*Passing of the Peace
LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD
Word to the Children
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 this service is livestreamed and your child’s image may appear on the video.
Anthem
Halleluya! Pelo Tsa Rona
Traditional South African
Prayer for Illumination (Unison)
May tongues of fire settle upon us,
wakening us to your Living Word. Amen.
Scripture Lesson
Luke 22:24-27 (Pew Bible New Testament Page 75)
Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
Leadership in the Midst of Uncertainty
Rev. Terrance D. Carroll
Moment for Reflection
Musical Reflection
Andantino
Adolf Friedrich Hesse (1809-1863)
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.
THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
Invitation to the Lord’s Table
Great Thanksgiving
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give God thanks and praise.
Leader: It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Gracious God, creator of heaven and earth. You formed us in your image and breathed into us the breath of life. When we turned away, and our love failed, your love remained steadfast. You have been faithful to us through all generations and continue to speak to us today. We praise you for this table of love you spread in the world as a sign of your love for all people. And so, with your people on earth and all the company of heaven, we praise your name and join in their unending song.
Eucharistic Prayer
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.
Words of Institution
Communion of the People
You are invited to come forward, offering your open palms to the communion server. Once you receive a piece of communion bread and juice, please bring them back to your seat in the pews. Bread at every station is gluten-free. The Presbyterian tradition does not include a specific rite for first Communion. Our parents decide when their children are ready to participate.
Communion Music
We Shall Walk Through the Valley In Peace
Spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan
*Prayer of Thanksgiving (Unison)
Gracious God, you have made us one with all your people in heaven and earth. You have fed us with the bread of life and renewed us for your service. Help us, who have shared Christ’s body and received his cup, to be faithful disciples, so that our daily living may reflect your presence among us, and our love be your love, reaching out into the world; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
*Closing Hymn
766 The Church of Christ Cannot Be Bound (Mc Kee)
This morning’s performances of “We Shall Walk Through the Valley In Peace” and “The Church of Christ Cannot Be Bound” – American Negro Spirituals – are presented in accordance with our reparations royalty pilot program: a practice of valuing the musical contributions of enslaved Africans to American worship and song. Congregants are invited to make a reparation royalty contribution via the pew offering envelope (write “reparations royalty”). Contributions can also be made online at Montview.org/giving (One-time gift: Reparations Royalty Fund) or by clicking here.
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
Commissioning Summer Youth Trips
*Charge and Benediction
Benediction Response
Postlude
“…‘Hallelujah,’ has been restored…” from Rubrics: A Liturgical Suite for Organ
Dan Locklair
GUEST PREACHER: REV. TERRANCE D. CARROLL
Rev. Terrance D. Carroll is the 54th Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives and an attorney with Sherman and Howard, leading the firm’s government and political law practice. He is also an opinion columnist for the Denver Post and a Distinguished Guest Lecturer in the Master of Public Policy program at the University of Redlands.
MINISTRY HIGHLIGHT: SEEDS OF SOUTH SUDAN
Seeds of South Sudan is a Colorado nonprofit that educates refugee orphans in Kenya to be “seeds of change” for South Sudan. Since 2009, Seeds has educated 167 orphans, with 65 graduating from high school. Seeds founder Arok Garang will be speaking on June 9 in the Miller Chapel at 11:00am. Stop by their table in the Commons today to learn more about Seeds’ life-changing work.
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Guest Preacher: Rev. Terrance D. Carroll
Liturgists: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal and Rev. Dr. Jason Hays
Conductor: Adam Waite
Organ: Yinying Luo
Reader: Kate Williams
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
Chorus: Summer Choir
TODAY AT MONTVIEW
9:30am – 11:30am
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
Book Study: Healing the Heart of Democracy
Location: McCollum Room
Fellowship Time
Location: South Plaza
ADULT FAITH FORMATION
Book Study: Healing the Heart of Democracy
Led by Adult Faith Formation Members
June 2, 16, 30 and July 14 | 11:00am (McCollum Room)
Join us today for a summer book study on Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit by Parker J. Palmer. As we move toward the fall elections, this book can help us to step back from the daily political news and keep our sights on what we as citizens and people of faith can do to recover democracy’s heart.
PARISH NEWS
Prayer Tree
Phoebe Bawmann; Janelle Case; The Cummins Family; The Duntley Family, mourning the death of Stephen’s father, Rev. Mark Duntley; Steve Hatlem, brother of Jenni Hatlem; The Hodgson and Anton families, mourning the death of Jennifer Anton’s mother, Eva Hodgson; Steve House; Toni Johnson, daughter of Tony Johnson; Soren Kirk, great-nephew of Janet Wolfer, and his parents; Nik Levinsky; Jeri Mathes, mother of Rob Mathes; Eden Murphy; Mac Murphy; Sue Norman; Scot Sandoval, son of Juanita Martinez; Jewel Wegs: Janet Wolfer
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.
MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org