Packaging with a Purpose

Packaging with a Purpose This past weekend teams of volunteers from Montview helped sort 2,000 pounds of beans and rice into meal-sized bags that will be distributed through Metro Caring’s food pantry. The first shift was an inter-generational group. The second shift was comprised of families from Pack 34, a scouting group sponsored by Montview. Working in a large warehouse, the volunteers followed all COVID precautions, and managed to have a lot of fun …

Service of Remembrance

Service of Remembrance Montview’s annual Service of Remembrance was held at twilight this year. The service takes place in our outdoor columbarium and honors those who have died in our community over the past year. There was a brief service of prayer, scripture and the reading of names. – Submitted by Linda Orosz

Election Day Prayer Service

Election Day Prayer Service Words of peace, calm, clarity and challenge were shared from the outdoor pulpit by all of the pastoral leadership at the Election Day Prayer Service. The hot static in my anxious heart cooled as I listened to the old spirituals sung with piano and trumpet accompaniment. Prayers were lifted up for our leaders and fellow-citizens and …

Another Successful Pumpkin Carving Night

Another Successful Pumpkin Carving Night The festivities were moved outside for Montview’s 2020 Pumpkin Carving contest. The competition was heated (which helped considering the chilly temps.) Somehow the meticulously kept records of who won the coveted Hula Dog prize in 2019 were lost. Prayers were sent up and miraculously the grass-skirt-sporting-hound reappeared just in time. Winner Kelly McMullen took her …

Rally Day

Rally Day During these challenging times, we miss the joys of church that we’ll never again take for granted:  singing hymns together, attending Adult Education, sipping coffee and chatting before service, and passing the peace with hugs and handshakes.  An annual event that might not have happened was Celebration Sunday, when the coming of fall brought us together.  In years …

Fellowship at a Distance

Fellowship at a Distance I think we might all agree that fellowship can be challenging under Stay In Place orders, but Jan Hanson’s supper club gets a special nod for being anticipatory if not downright prophetic. Jan and her husband, Steve, moved from Denver to St. Louis in December 2018 but their Supper Club didn’t want to break up, so …