THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT
March 3, 2024 | 8:30 & 11:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Larghetto-cantabile (8:30 & 11:00am)
Stephen Surzynski (1855-1919)
Oh, Happy Morning (11:00am)
Cathy Moklebust (b.1958)
Welcome
*Call to Worship
Leader: We come to share one faith, one hope, one comfort,
People: We are baptized in one baptism.
Leader: We are one people, united by God’s love and mercy,
People: To be set free to live with joy.
All: Come, let us worship God together.
*Gathering Hymn 165 The Glory of These Forty Days, Verse 3
*Corporate Confession (Unison)
God of our Lenten pilgrimage,
Call us from our complacency,
and lead us into the wilderness of your love;
where we can remember what matters,
where we can be tested and proven faithful,
where we can find our home once again in you.
In Christ we pray, amen.
*Assurance of God’s Love
*Response What Wondrous Love Is This 
*Passing of the Peace
*Hymn
321 The Church’s One Foundation (Aurelia)
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 the 11:00am service is livestreamed and your child’s image may appear on the video.
Prayer for Illumination (Unison)
Lord, may your Holy Word
be for us the seed of new possibilities
that blossoms in ways we cannot yet imagine.
Amen.
First Lesson
1 Corinthians 1:18-25 (Pew Bible New Testament Page 145)
Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.
Anthem
Vidit suum dulcem natum, from Stabat Mater (8:30am)
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)
Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks (11:00am)
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
Gospel Lesson
John 2:13-25 (Pew Bible New Testament Page 81)
Sermon
March (Gospel) Madness
Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Moment for Reflection
Musical Reflection
Grave
J. Bernards
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 223 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, Verse 4
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
Amazing Grace (8:30am)
arr. John Kuzma (1946-2021)
Ave Verum Corpus (11:00am)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
*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
516 For the Bread Which You Have Broken (Kingdom)
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
*Charge and Benediction
Benediction Response (11:00am)
Kyrie
Plainsong
Postlude
Rhapsody No. 1 in D-flat major, Op. 17
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
MINISTRY HIGHLIGHT: ACOLYTES
Our Montview Acolyte Ministry is an opportunity for our children and youth to participate in worship. The meaning of this participation is significant in historical and current ways as the acolytes – children and youth in grades 3-12 – bring the light of Christ into the sanctuary as part of our processional. Contact Sandy Prouty at prouty@montview.org with questions. Sign up at www.montview.org/worship.
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Liturgists: Rev. Ian Cummins and Sandy Prouty
Organ/Piano/Conductor: Adam Waite
Organ: Yinying Luo
Soprano: Wendy Bawmann (8:30am)
Handbell Conductor: Becki Cornwall (11:00am)
Handbells: Youth Bells (11am)
Reader: Jennifer Mello (8:30am)
Reader: Ben Meyerhoff (11:00am)
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
Chorus: Westminster Choir (11:00am)
PARISH NEWS
Prayer Tree
Alex Adgate, daughter of John Adgate and Christina Carballal; Jay Conley; The Cummins Family; Madie Gustafson; Steve House; Soren Kirk, great-nephew of Janet Wolfer, and his parents; Nik Levinsky; Mateo; Jeri Mathes, mother of Rob Mathes; Eden Murphy; Mac Murphy; The Rudolph Family, mourning the deaths of Chuck and Charla Rudolph; Scot Sandoval, son of Juanita Martinez; Jewel Wegs; Barbara Lovelace
Williams, mourning the death of her husband, Clarence
Deaths
February 7 | Charla Rudolph (Memorial Service on April 12 at 11:00am)
January 27 | Chuck Rudolph (Memorial Service on April 12 at 11:00am)
Flower Donations
The flowers in the chancel today are given to the glory of God by Bev and John Skinner in celebration of their fabulous and supportive family.
TODAY AT MONTVIEW
8:00am – 12:30pm
Childcare – Ages Birth-7
Location: Preschool Floor
Enter via the Commons past Heritage Center to the Education wing.
8:30am
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary
9:30am
Walking in the Wilderness: Growing Through Mental Health Challenges
Rev. Dr. Marjorie Lewis, Montview member
Location: Miller Chapel
Bel Canto Choir (Grades K-5)
Location: Room 205
Assembly: Choir Alternative Fellowship (Grades K-5)
Location: Room 204B
Sunday School (Preschool)
Location: Room 112
Confirmation
Location: New Confirmation Room
JAM in the AM (Grades 6-8)
Location: Cellar
10:00am
Sunday School (Grades K-5)
Location: Preschool and Second Floors
11:00am
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary
12:00pm
Jubilate Singers
Location: Sanctuary
4:00pm
JAM (Grades 6-8)
Location: Cellar
6:00pm
MOB (Grades 9-12)
Location: Cellar
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