FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT
8:30am and 11:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Reverie
Alphonse Hasselmans (1845-1912)
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
166 Lord, Who throughout These Forty Days (St. Flavian)
*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
Sonata for Harp and Flute (violin)
Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799)
LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD
Luke 4:1-13
(New Testament Pew Bible Page 53)
Sermon
Power, Putin, and the Lenten Journey
Rev. Ian Cummins
Musical Reflection
A Miniature
Gordon Phillips (1908-1991)
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.
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, bring them back to your seat in the pews. A gluten-free option is offered from the server on the pulpit side of the aisle.
Communion Music
Lulajze Jezuniu
Traditional Polish
*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
758 Why Do Nations Rage Together (Ebenzer)
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
Postlude
Lobe den Herren
Max Reger (1873-1916)
Lenten Devotions
Tuesdays, March 8 – April 5 | 9-9:30am (on Zoom)
During Lent, the staff will be holding weekly Lenten Devotions live on Zoom. Devotions will be offered Tuesdays at 9am from March 8-April 5. A recording of each Devotion will be released for later viewing.
To join a devotion, click this link and enter the password “Lent.”
TODAY AT MONTVIEW
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary
Childcare – Ages Birth-7 (masks requested)
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
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 requested)
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. Ian Cummins
Liturgist: The Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Organ: Adam Waite
Violin: Erik Peterson
Harp: Rachel Ellins
Reader: Aimee Sanders (8:30am)
Reader: Debby Cella (11:00am)
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
Erik Peterson and Rachel Ellins are participants in today’s worship in collaboration with Front Range Chamber Players.
ABOUT THIS SERVICE
Because we are offering communion, we are requiring masks in the sanctuary. Masks will be optional on March 13.
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
Sextons: Tony Johnson, Charles Johnson and Stewart Schoenthal
Sunday Morning Manager: Doug Easton
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, Phyllis Bryant, Linda Chain, Mary Flowers and family, mourning the death of Clif Flowers, Dave Force, Jenni Foster, Joy Freeman, 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, David Timmons, Russ Wehner
Births
February 19, 2022 | Maggie Lee Andersen, child of Susan and Erik Andersen, grandchild of Ava Navin
February 13, 2022 | Jayanni Araiah Lee Poole Johnson, child of Charles and Tay Johnson, grandchild of Tony and Deborah Johnson
January 18, 2022 | Theodore Ronin Esmeralda, child of Tessa and Ryan Esmeralda, grandson of Barbara and John Furutani
Deaths
February 15 | Joseph B. Blake
February 11 | Susan S. Parkhurst
Memorial Services
March 19 at 11am | Margaret Russell
May 22 at 2pm | Dana Wilbanks
May 28 at 11am | Ruth Noblett
June 4 at 2pm | Joseph B. Blake
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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