Bulletin: June 27, 2021

FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

9:30am and 11:00am

GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME

Prelude
Ring Them Bells
Bob Dylan (b. 1941)

Welcome

*Call to Worship
Leader: This is the day that the Lord has made!
People: Let us rejoice and be glad in it!
Leader: This is a day of promise and great joy.
People: This is a day of hope and new beginnings.
All:        Thanks be to God!

*Opening Prayer

*Assurance of God’s Love

*Response  Gloria


*Passing of the Peace

Anthem
Learn to Be Still
Don Henley (b. 1947)

Just another day in paradise
As you stumble to your bed
Give anything to silence
Those voices ringing in your head
 
You thought you could find happiness
Just over that green hill
You thought you would be satisfied
But you never will
Learn to be still
 
We are like sheep without a shepherd
We don’t know how to be alone
So we wander ’round this desert
Wind up following the wrong gods home
 
But the flock cries out for another
And they keep answering that bell
One more starry-eyed Messiah
Meets a violent farewell
Learn to be still
 
Learn to be still
 
Now the flowers in your garden
They don’t smell so sweet, so sweet
Maybe you’ve forgotten
Heaven lying at your feet
 
There are so many contradictions
 
In all these messages we send
Keep asking
How do I get outta here?
Where do I fit in?
 
Though the world is torn and shaken
Even if your heart is breakin’
It’s waiting for you to awaken
Someday you will
Learn to be still
 

LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD

Scripture Lesson
Galatians 5:16-23a
 
Sermon
Life in the Spirit: Patience
Rev. Ian Cummins
 
Musical Reflection
Little Fire
Patty Griffin (b.1964)
 
My friend, come stand beside me
Lately, I’m feeling so lost
A flood came and washed the stones of the path away
And a hot sun turned the mud to dust
 
Calling the sheep in for the evening
There’s a voice, calls above the howling wind
It says comes rest beside my little fire
We’ll ride out the storm that’s coming in
 
My friend, you know me and my family
You’ve seen us wandering through these times
You’ve seen us in weakness and in power
You’ve seen us forgetful and unkind
 
All that I want is one who knows me
A kind hand on my face when I weep
And I’d give back these things I know are meaningless
For a little fire beside me when I sleep
 
All that I want is one who knows me
A kind hand on my face when I weep
And I’d give back these things I know are meaningless
For a little fire beside me when I sleep
 
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.
 
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.
 
Prayer of the People and Lord’s Prayer
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 Music
O Love That Will Not Let Me Go
arr. Christopher Miner

Text – Hymn #833
 
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
 
*Charge and Benediction
 
Postlude
On Jordan’s Stormy Banks
American Folk
 
During the postlude ushers will dismiss us row by row. Please remain seated until invited by an usher to depart down the center aisle, exiting through the south sanctuary door.
 
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: The Rev. Ian Cummins
Liturgist: The Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Minister of Music and Piano/Vocals: Adam Waite
Reader: John Howell (9:30am)
Reader: Kelly McMullen  (11:00am)
Guitar and Vocals: Shelley McCluskey
Violin and Vocals: Leena Waite
Bass: Steve Kennedy
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
 
Restrooms are available downstairs in the Reception Room via the stairs near the door you entered.
 
Beginning this week, masks are now optional in the sanctuary.
 
Please note that the 11am 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
 
* Those who are able are invited to stand.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *