SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
8:30am and 11:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Wondrous Love
Daniel Pinkham (1923-2006)
Welcome
*Call to Worship
Leader: O come, let us worship and bow down;
People: let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker.
Leader: The hour is coming and is now here.
People: In spirit and truth, let us worship God.
*Opening Hymn
165 The Glory of These Forty Days (Erhalt Uns, Herr)
*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Lord, you know who we are.
You know everything we have done.
We thirst for things that will never satisfy.
We commit ourselves to things that will never last.
Still, you offer us your gift of living water.
Still, you offer us grace and mercy.
Forgive us, O Lord, and give us your living water.
Amen.
*Assurance of God’s Love
*Response
*Passing of the Peace
Anthem
Meditation on ‘If Thou but Trust to Guide Thee’ (8:30am)
arr. Adam Waite (b. 1978)
Requiem, Introit et Kyrie (11:00am)
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD
Psalm 38:9-22; Luke 4:1-13
(Pew Bible Page 475; New Testament Pew Bible Page 53)
Sermon
Stay a Little Longer: Hunger and Discomfort in the Wilderness
Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
*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 believ- ers 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.)
Musical Reflection
Meditation on ‘Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley’
arr. Adam Waite
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
819 Be Still, My Soul (Finlandia)
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
Postlude
Sortie, Op. 62 No. 3
Marcel Dupré (1886-1971)
UPCOMING EVENTS
Women’s Holy Connections
The Ways We Know: Poetry and Reflection
March 16 | 7-8:30pm
Our next evening of Women’s Holy Connections (for all who are female
identified) is on March 16, 7:00-8:30 pm in the Montview sanctuary
(masks requested). We hope to see you then!
Led by Rev. Clover Reuter Beal and Sandy Prouty.
TODAY AT MONTVIEW
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary
Childcare – Ages Birth-7 (masks optional)
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
Wilderness Art: Forty Days and Forty Nights in Images
Session Two: Challenging the Narrative
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 optional)
Location: Preschool Floor
Enter and exit through Montview Blvd. door on north side of building.
4:00pm
JAM (6th-8th)
Location: Fellowship Hall
5:30pm
MOB (9th-12th)
Location: Fellowship Hall
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: The Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Liturgist: The Rev. Ian Cummins
Piano and Conductor: Adam Waite
Organ: Barbara Hulac
Reader: Dan Wessner (8:30am)
Reader: Kate Williams (11:00am)
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
Chorus: Westminster Choir (11am)
ABOUT THIS SERVICE
Masks are optional in the sanctuary.
Assistive listening devices are available in the sound booth in the back of the sanctuary.
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
Sunday Morning Manager: Doug Easton
Sextons: Tony Johnson, Charles Johnson and Stewart Schoenthal
Prayer Tree
The Blake family, mourning the death of Joe Blake, Linda Bofenkamp, Dick Burbank mourning the death of a lifelong friend, The Burchenal family, mourning the death of Peg Burchenal, mother of Shan Burchenal, Linda Chain, Mary Flowers and family, mourning the death of Clif Flowers, Dave Force, Jenni Foster, Dottie Harvey, Stacy Bush Henry, niece of Mary Jo Bush, Read Kerr, Rick Lemmer, Linda Marrou-Cole, Mac Murphy, John Parcels, brother of Vivian Showalter, The Schuck Family and their young son, Cameron, Sven Sloth, step-father of Ben Meyerhoff, Millie Steiner, Russ Wehner
Deaths
February 15 | Joseph B. Blake
Memorial Services
March 19 at 11am | Margaret Russell
April 23 at 11am | Clif Flowers
May 22 at 2pm | Dana Wilbanks
May 28 at 11am | Ruth Noblett
June 4 at 2pm | Joseph B. Blake
June 18 at 2pm | Susan Parkhurst
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.
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