Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church https://montview.org A progressive Presbyterian church in Denver Colorado. Fri, 24 Jul 2026 15:36:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/montview.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-Site-Favicon-Square-1.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church https://montview.org 32 32 135830067 Bulletin: July 26, 2026 https://montview.org/bulletin-july-26-2026/ https://montview.org/bulletin-july-26-2026/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:42:01 +0000 https://montview.org/?p=29800

SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

July 26, 2026 | 10:00am

GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME

Prelude
O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go
arr. Alice Jordan (1916-2012)

Welcome
Rev. Clover Reuter Beal, Co-Pastor
*Call to Worship
Leader: The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.
People: And also with you.
Leader: This is the day that the Lord has made;
People: Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
Leader: Cry out with joy to the Lord, all the earth.
People: Worship the Lord with gladness.
Come into God’s presence with singing!
Leader: Let us worship God.

*Opening Hymn
93 Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates (Truro)

*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Liberating God,
free us from all that binds and enslaves us.   
Free us from mere politeness
so that we may be your bold disciples.
Free us from fear and anxiety
so that we may follow you
beyond our comfort and privilege. 
Set us free that we may love
as you commission us to love.  
Through Jesus the Christ we pray. Amen.

*Assurance of God’s Love

*Response  To Thee, Great One in Three

*Passing of the Peace

LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD

Word to the Children
 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 this service is livestreamed and your child’s image may appear on the video.

Anthem
Let All Things Now Living
Welsh Folk Melody

Prayer for Illumination (Unison)
Holy God,
open our hearts to your mystery
and our minds to your wisdom.
Amen.

Scripture Lesson
Proverbs 18:21 (Pew Bible Old Testament Page 563)

Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.

Sermon     
Watch Your Mouth
Rev. Dr. Ben Sanders III, Guest Preacher

Moment for Reflection

Musical Reflection
Be Thou My Vision
arr. Tom Trenney 

RESPONDING TO GOD’S GRACE

Offering Ourselves and Our Gifts  Amanda Osenga, Associate Pastor
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 
607  Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow  (Doxology)         
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Christ, all people here below; Praise Holy Spirit evermore; Praise Triune God, whom we adore. 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
14  For the Beauty of the Earth  (Dix)

SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE

*Charge and Benediction

Postlude
How Great Thou Art
arr. Wilbur Held (1914-2015)

MINISTRY HIGHLIGHT: SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE FOR ASHLEY ELEMENTARY & THE FAX
The Montview School Task Force is collecting school supplies for the 2026–27 school year, which starts in August. This year we’re partnering with Ashley Elementary and The Fax Partnership to help ensure students have the supplies they need. We will collect supplies in the Commons on August 2, 9, and 16 so we can deliver them before school begins. To learn more or pick up a school supply list, visit our table in the Commons.

GUEST PREACHER: REV. DR. BEN SANDERS III
Rev. Dr. Ben Sanders III currently serves as the Chief Equity Officer for the City and County of Denver. He is also on the ministerial staff of New Hope Baptist Church in Denver. He holds a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in Theology and Social Ethics from the University of Denver and the Iliff School of Theology.

AfterWORD: Reflections on the Sermon
With Rev. Dr. Ben Sanders III
Today, July 26 | 11:15am (McCollum Room)  
A series of intimate conversations with our guest preachers, where the sermon ends and the dialogue begins. Livestream will be offered via Zoom in place of Virtual Fellowship Time. Childcare is available.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Community Hymn Sing and Pie! 
With Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber & Adam Waite 
August 5 | 7:00pm (Fellowship Hall)
Here are some (maybe little known) facts: our Theologian-in-Residence, Rev. Nadia Bolz-Weber, loves old hymns. And our Minister of Music, Adam Waite, loves gathering folks together to sing. And our Co-Pastor, Clover Beal, loves pie. Put it all together, and you get a truly classic evening of hymn singing and pie eating on Wednesday, August 5 at 7:00pm. Bring your own PIE – we’ll provide plates, forks, tables, hymn sheets and good times! 

WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Guest Preacher: Rev. Dr. Ben Sanders III
Liturgists: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal and Rev. Amanda Osenga
Piano: Adam Waite
Organ: Benjamin Corwyn
Soprano: Emily Musser
Digital Host: Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner

PARISH NEWS

Prayer Tree
Alex Adgate; Bill and Debbie Dobrenen; The Easton and Howard families (mourning the death of David Howard); Dan Ferriera (husband of Alison King Ferriera); Rev. Emory Gillespie; Lillian Goldberg and her parents, Shelley and Benjamin; Joe Hickman; Nancy Keesee (mother of Kelly Keesee); Sam Mateo; Sarah Muntz (mourning the death of her mother, Carol Muntz); Dael Rich and family (mourning the death of Joan Rich); Lois Siegel (mourning the death of her nephew, Tyler Fauth); Jan Tazelaar; Kathryn Walton (daughter of MaryGrace Wake); Linda West

Memorial Services
Margaret Wehner | August 1 at 2pm in the Sanctuary
Joan Rich | August 8 at 10am in the Sanctuary

Pastoral Care Concerns
Please reach out to the church with pastoral care concerns such as illnesses, hospitalizations, deaths, births, or any other change of personal circumstances or condition. Contact: caring@montview.org or (303) 355-1651 (general mailbox voicemail). For pastoral care emergencies, please call (303) 355-1651 and press 4.

Flower Dedication
The flowers in the chancel today are given to the glory of God by Herbert W. Hallman in memory of his mother, Edna B. Hallman.

TODAY AT MONTVIEW
9:30am-11:30am
Childcare – Ages Birth-7
Location: Preschool Floor
Enter via the Commons past Heritage Center to the Education wing.

10:00am   
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary

11:15am 
AfterWORD: Reflections on the Sermon
Location: McCollum Room

MONTVIEW CHURCH STAFF
Co-Pastor: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Executive Minister: Rev. Dr. Jason Hays
Associate Pastor of Youth and Families: Rev. Amanda Osenga
Assoc. Pastor for Congregational Care and Older Adults: Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist
Minister of Music: Adam Waite 
Minister of Children and Families: Sandy Prouty
Acting Director of Operations: Michael Ransom
Director of Finance: Dan Gasser
Director of Video Services: John Goerner
Building Manager: Brandon Severinsen
Associate Minister of Music and Organist: Benjamin Corwyn
Assistant Minister of Children’s Music: Becki Cornwall
Music Ministry Administrator: Heidi Shriver
Executive Assistant to the Co-Pastors: Beth Ellsworth
Membership Coordinator: Todd Rembe
Communications Coordinator: Christine Hofstad
Event Scheduler/Coordinator: Susan Mooney
Mission Life Coordinator: Jennifer Seward
Youth Ministry Fellow: Colleen Maki
Pastoral Visitation Minister: Mary Ann Rose
Older Adult Ministry Assistant: Debby Sycamore
Sunday Sound Engineer: Cate Thieme
Sextons: Christina Chavez, Yassar Gomez and Braiden Roper

ABOUT THIS SERVICE
Assistive listening devices are available in the sound booth in the back of the sanctuary.

Restrooms are available in the Commons. An all-gender restroom is available on the lower level across from Youth Cellar.

A room for families with children who are not enjoying the service is below the sanctuary with livestream.

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.

Join Us Online Each Sunday
Participate from wherever you are with our 10am livestream, live chat, Online Friendship Register, and Virtual Fellowship Time (AfterWORD will replace today’s Virtual Fellowship Time).

MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org

* You’re invited to rise in body or spirit.

]]> https://montview.org/bulletin-july-26-2026/feed/ 2 29800 Nifty Ninety Spotlight: Sarah Hite https://montview.org/nifty-ninety-spotlight-sarah-hite/ Sun, 19 Jul 2026 20:01:01 +0000 https://montview.org/?p=29756

Nifty Ninety Spotlight: Sarah Hite

If one was asked to identify Sarah Hite’s superpower and fountain of youth, it might be gratitude and optimism. As Sarah describes almost every stage of her life, her optimism and gratitude are evident as she has encountered people, new places, and new situations that required creative problem-solving.

Sarah spent the first ten years of her life in Alliance, a small town of about 8,000 people in Nebraska’s Sandhills, where she lived with her younger brother. The family had a maternal aunt nearby and close neighbors with whom they celebrated holidays and special occasions. They were active in the local Presbyterian church and participated in many community events.

When Sarah was seven years old, she began taking piano lessons, starting a lifelong appreciation for music. She fondly remembers spending time with neighborhood friends, riding bikes, and playing jacks, jump rope, board games, kick the can, and hide-and-seek, as well as visiting one another’s homes. Family summers often included road trips to the Black Hills, where they rented cabins, and occasionally ventured even farther, with destinations such as California.

After fifth grade in Alliance, Nebraska, Sarah’s family moved to Colorado Springs when her father accepted the position of city manager. She lived there through high school, enjoying school and growing up with the expectation that college would be part of her future.

During high school, Sarah met Bob Hite. They dated throughout high school and spent much of their time together participating in school activities. After graduation, Sarah enrolled at the University of Colorado in Boulder while Bob attended Colorado College in Colorado Springs. During their junior year, Bob studied abroad in Holland. Inspired by his experience, Sarah arranged to spend her junior year in Grenoble, France, where she lived with a host family and embraced the opportunity to immerse herself in French culture. Although they were studying in different countries, Sarah and Bob were able to see each other a couple of times during their year in Europe.

Despite their years together, Bob broke up with her during their senior year of college, in 1958. Bob was heading to New York University School of Law. Undaunted, after graduation Sarah went ahead with a teaching job in New Jersey that she had been offered. She was excited to see what living in the East was like. Sometime later, by complete coincidence, Sarah and Bob bumped into each other in Times Square, where they were both exploring the city with friends, and they rekindled their relationship. They were married at Montview in 1960.

After finishing law school, Bob entered the Navy as an officer and was assigned to Newport, Rhode Island, where he worked as an instructor in the Naval Justice School. Sarah worked as a teacher until she was required to resign when she became pregnant, as was the common policy and expectation at the time. While living in Newport, Sarah remembers a singular experience. She was in a small antique shop when in walked Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter, Caroline, along with a couple of Secret Service agents. Sarah did not interrupt Jacqueline but was fascinated to see her up close and interacting so sweetly with her daughter.

When Sarah’s parents retired, they moved to Denver in 1954 and joined Montview. After completing his military service, Sarah and Bob returned to Denver, but they were uncertain about which church they wanted to join. The deciding factor was that Dr. Arthur Miller paid them a home visit to get to know them and talk about Montview. After talking with him, Sarah and Bob knew that they had found their new church home.

Sarah and Bob raised five children, with the youngest being identical twin daughters. Sarah still lives in the family home where all of the children grew up. Today, Katie, John, and Martha live in the Denver area, Amy lives in Boulder, and Laura lives in Austin, Texas.

Montview has played an important role in the family’s life over the years, serving as the setting for weddings, baptisms, and many cherished milestones. As her children reached high school, Sarah began working at East High School. She later earned a master’s degree in family counseling and went on to work with Channel 4’s Family Support Helpline, where she provided guidance and support to parents seeking assistance with the challenges of raising children.

Bob and Sarah enjoyed a wide circle of friends from Montview, their work, and their neighborhood. Bob loved to cook, entertain friends, host parties, and engage in rousing conversations. Together, Sarah and Bob traveled whenever they were able and always came home with friends they had met on their various trips. After Bob passed away, Sarah traveled to Turkey, Greece, Israel, South America, and Costa Rica, just to name a few. She participated in Montview’s work trips to Guatemala and Nepal. The activities of their children were an important focus for the whole family. They attended sporting events for all the children, rented cabins in the mountains for long family weekend getaways, and enjoyed getting to know the families of their children’s friends. Sarah and Bob were married for 46 years when Bob lost his battle with cancer at age 71, in 2007.

As a longstanding Montview member, Sarah has served on Session three times, taught Sunday School for years, served on Pastor Nominating Committees, worked with Pastor Dusty Taylor, helped edit a book chronicling Montview’s history, and participated in Supper Clubs, women’s groups, and countless committees. While Sarah no longer attends Montview in person, she faithfully streams the Sunday services and other events.

Sarah remains active, keeping up with world events and politics, reading, enjoying music, and staying physically active, although she no longer travels or drives. She stays in touch with friends from high school, maintains active email exchanges, and enjoys writing letters to friends. One example is that she has already sent a letter to Scotland to welcome our new pastor, Alex Wimberly.

Sarah takes advantage of having a spacious home and walks numerous times around the main floor every day. She feels that the weekly visit from her physical therapist has been a huge benefit to her strength and mobility and is dedicated to doing her daily exercises. Sarah’s bedroom is on the second floor; however, rather than move to the first floor, she feels that it is good practice to go up and down once each day, albeit very carefully.

Numerous times, Sarah mentioned how much she appreciates the care that her children take of her. Her daughter, Laura, who lives in Austin, regularly makes it a point to come for visits. All of the Hite children, along with Sarah’s grandchildren, are in touch with Sarah almost daily to see how she is doing and whether she needs any assistance. Amy comes down from Boulder every weekend to do Sarah’s grocery shopping. If Sarah has an appointment, the children always arrange for one of them to take her.

Recent research on aging has highlighted the important role that attitude plays in maintaining—and even improving—cognitive, emotional, and physical well-being, despite the health challenges that can accompany growing older. Sarah is a wonderful example of a senior whose optimism, gratitude, and curiosity have helped her maintain meaningful friendships, pursue lifelong interests, live independently, and remain actively engaged with others and her community. With great joy, she is looking forward to gathering with family later this summer to celebrate her 90th birthday!

– Submitted by Brooke Durland and Sarah Hite

]]> 29756 Bulletin: July 19, 2026 https://montview.org/bulletin-july-19-2026/ https://montview.org/bulletin-july-19-2026/#respond Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:19:40 +0000 https://montview.org/?p=29743

EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

July 19, 2026 | 10:00am

GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME

Prelude
Preambule in C
Louis Vierne (1870-1937)

Welcome
Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist, Associate Pastor

*Call to Worship
Leader: Before we spoke a word, we were already known.  
People: Come, let us worship the God who searches us
and finds us worthy.
Leader: There is no place, no hour, where God’s hand
is not upon us.
People: Come, let us worship the God who never looks away.

*Opening Hymn
39 Great Is Thy Faithfulness (Faithfulness)

*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Holy God, you know us fully and love us still.
We need not prove our worth before you draw near.
You invite us to honesty so that we might know ourselves
as you know us.
We confess that we have succumbed to comparison and judgment.
We have doubted that we are enough as we are.
Strip away what is false without shame,
and leave us finally able to stand in your sight unafraid.
Amen.

*Assurance of God’s Love

*Response  To Thee, Great One in Three

*Passing of the Peace

LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD

Word to the Children
 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 this service is livestreamed and your child’s image may appear on the video.

Anthem
Meditation on ‘How Great Thou Art’
Adam Waite (b. 1978)

Prayer for Illumination (Unison)
Holy God,
open our hearts to your mystery
and our minds to your wisdom.
Amen.

Scripture Lesson
Psalm 139:1-18, 23-24 (Pew Bible Old Testament Page 540)

Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.

Sermon     
Fully Known
Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist, Associate Pastor

Moment for Reflection

Musical Reflection
Meditation on ‘His Eye is on the Sparrow’
Adam Waite

RESPONDING TO GOD’S GRACE

Offering Ourselves and Our Gifts  Sandy Prouty, Minister of Children & Families
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 
607  Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow  (Doxology)         
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Christ, all people here below; Praise Holy Spirit evermore; Praise Triune God, whom we adore. 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
28 You Are Before Me, Lord (Sursum Corda)

SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE

*Charge and Benediction

Postlude
I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord
arr. Raymond H. Haan (b. 1938)

MINISTRY HIGHLIGHT: PASTORAL CARE MINISTRY
Pastoral care happens in many forms at Montview — through cards, phone calls, visits, meals, extended communion, and our Friendship Ministry, offered by both clergy and lay members. A dedicated team meets regularly to hold those in need of care in prayer and to discern how best to offer support. If you or someone you know would benefit from pastoral care, reach out to
caring@montview.org or call (303) 355-1651 (general voicemail). For pastoral emergencies, call (303) 355-1651 ext. 4 to reach our answering service, which notifies the pastor on call.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Guest Preacher: Rev. Dr. Ben Sanders III
Sunday, July 26 | 10:00am Worship Service
Rev. Dr. Ben Sanders III currently serves as the Chief Equity Officer for the City and County of Denver. He is also on the ministerial staff of New Hope Baptist Church in Denver. He holds a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in Theology and Social Ethics from the University of Denver and the Iliff School of Theology.

AfterWORD: Reflections on the Sermon
With Rev. Dr. Ben Sanders III
July 26 | 11:15am (McCollum Room)  
A series of intimate conversations with our guest preachers, where the sermon ends and the dialogue begins. Childcare is available.

WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist
Liturgist: Sandy Prouty
Piano: Adam Waite
Organ: Benjamin Corwyn
Reader: Rita Hood
Digital Hosts: Christine Hofstad and Jim Polsfut
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner

PARISH NEWS

Prayer Tree
Alex Adgate; Bill and Debbie Dobrenen; The Easton and Howard families (mourning the death of David Howard); Dan Ferriera (husband of Alison King Ferriera); Rev. Emory Gillespie; Lillian Goldberg and her parents, Shelley and Benjamin; Joe Hickman; Nancy Keesee (mother of Kelly Keesee); Sam Mateo; Sarah Muntz (mourning the death of her mother, Carol Muntz); Dael Rich and family (mourning the death of Joan Rich); Lois Siegel (mourning the death of her nephew, Tyler Fauth); Jan Tazelaar; Kathryn Walton (daughter of MaryGrace Wake); Linda West

Deaths
June 26 | Joan Rich (Memorial Service Aug 8 at 10am in the Sanctuary)

Memorial Services
Arthur Roy | July 25 at 2pm in the Sanctuary
Margaret Wehner | August 1 at 2pm in the Sanctuary

Pastoral Care Concerns
Please reach out to the church with pastoral care concerns such as illnesses, hospitalizations, deaths, births, or any other change of personal circumstances or condition. Contact: caring@montview.org or (303) 355-1651 (general mailbox voicemail). For pastoral care emergencies, please call (303) 355-1651 and press 4.

Flower Dedication
The flowers in the chancel today are given to the glory of God by the Hutchison family in loving memory of David Hutchison.

TODAY AT MONTVIEW
9:30am-11:30am
Childcare – Ages Birth-7
Location: Preschool Floor
Enter via the Commons past Heritage Center to the Education wing.

10:00am   
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary

11:15am  
All-Church Summer Read: Theo of Golden 
Location: Fellowship Hall

MONTVIEW CHURCH STAFF
Co-Pastor: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Executive Minister: Rev. Dr. Jason Hays
Associate Pastor of Youth and Families: Rev. Amanda Osenga
Assoc. Pastor for Congregational Care and Older Adults: Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist
Minister of Music: Adam Waite 
Minister of Children and Families: Sandy Prouty
Acting Director of Operations: Michael Ransom
Director of Finance: Dan Gasser
Director of Video Services: John Goerner
Building Manager: Brandon Severinsen
Associate Minister of Music and Organist: Benjamin Corwyn
Assistant Minister of Children’s Music: Becki Cornwall
Music Ministry Administrator: Heidi Shriver
Executive Assistant to the Co-Pastors: Beth Ellsworth
Membership Coordinator: Todd Rembe
Communications Coordinator: Christine Hofstad
Event Scheduler/Coordinator: Susan Mooney
Mission Life Coordinator: Jennifer Seward
Youth Ministry Fellow: Colleen Maki
Pastoral Visitation Minister: Mary Ann Rose
Older Adult Ministry Assistant: Debby Sycamore
Sunday Sound Engineer: Cate Thieme
Sextons: Christina Chavez, Yassar Gomez and Braiden Roper

ABOUT THIS SERVICE
Assistive listening devices are available in the sound booth in the back of the sanctuary.

Restrooms are available in the Commons. An all-gender restroom is available on the lower level across from Youth Cellar.

A room for families with children who are not enjoying the service is below the sanctuary with livestream.

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.

Join Us Online Each Sunday
Participate from wherever you are with our 10am livestream, live chat, Online Friendship Register, and Virtual Fellowship Time.

MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org

* You’re invited to rise in body or spirit.

]]> https://montview.org/bulletin-july-19-2026/feed/ 0 29743 Bulletin: July 12, 2026 https://montview.org/bulletin-july-12-2026/ https://montview.org/bulletin-july-12-2026/#respond Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:59:59 +0000 https://montview.org/?p=29716

SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

July 12, 2026 | 10:00am

GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME

Prelude
Charity
David Bednall (b. 1979)

Welcome
Sandy Prouty 
Minister of Children & Families

*Call to Worship (Psalm 95:1-3, 6)
Leader: O come, let us sing to the Lord;
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
People: Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
let us make a joyful noise to God with songs of praise!
Leader: For the Lord is a great God,
and a great King above all Gods.
People: O come, let us worship and bow down,
let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!

*Opening Hymn
475  Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing  (Nettleton)

*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Holy God,
in whom no heart is hidden and no desire unknown.
You do not require our confession to learn who we are.
You invite honesty so that we might know ourselves
as you know us.
We confess that we have lived guarded lives.
We have feared being seen.
Strip away what is false,
not to shame us,
but to leave us finally able to stand
in your sight unafraid.
In Christ we pray, Amen.

(Silence)

*Assurance of God’s Love

*Response  To Thee, Great One in Three

*Passing of the Peace

LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD

Word to the Children
 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 this service is livestreamed and your child’s image may appear on the video.

Sacrament of Holy Baptism

*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 believers 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.)

The Presentation
Pastor: This candle represents the new life in Christ. It is entrusted to you to be kept burning brightly. May all who have received this sacrament walk as children of the light and may God keep the flame of faith alive in them forever.
People: With joy and thanksgiving, we welcome you into Christ’s church, to share with us this ministry, for we are all one in Christ. Amen.

Anthem
Idyll
Nancy Galbraith (b.1951)

Prayer for Illumination (Unison)
Holy God,
open our hearts to your mystery
and our minds to your wisdom.
Amen.

Scripture Lesson
John 4:1-30 (Pew Bible New Testament Page 82)

Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.

Sermon     
I See You
Rev. Clover Reuter Beal, Co-Pastor

Moment for Reflection

Musical Reflection
Rêverie
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

RESPONDING TO GOD’S GRACE

Offering Ourselves and Our Gifts Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist, Associate Pastor
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 
607  Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow  (Doxology)         
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Christ, all people here below; Praise Holy Spirit evermore; Praise Triune God, whom we adore. 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
450 Be Thou My Vision (Slane) 

SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE

*Charge and Benediction

Postlude
All Creatures of Our God and King
arr. David Bednall

MINISTRY HIGHLIGHT: SENIOR SUPPORT SERVICES
Senior Support Services (SSS) is Denver’s only day shelter exclusively serving adults 60 and older. It provides meals, clothing, case management, medical care, and a welcoming place for seniors experiencing hunger, homelessness, or isolation—all at no cost. Visit our table in the Commons today to learn how Montview supports SSS and how you can help.

UPCOMING EVENTS

All-Church Summer Read: Theo of Golden — Two Conversations
Today, July 12 & July 19 | 11:15am–12:30pm (Fellowship Hall)
What would it mean to be truly seen — and to offer that gift to someone else? Theo of Golden follows an 86-year-old stranger who arrives in a small Southern town with a singular purpose: to return pencil portraits to the people depicted in them, asking for their story in exchange. Portrait by portrait, life by life, something extraordinary begins to unfold. We chose this book for our summer read because it is a gentle book with goodness at its center. Bring your own copy and come ready to be moved. Childcare is available.

WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Liturgists: Sandy Prouty and Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist
Piano: Adam Waite
Organ: Benjamin Corwyn
Violin: Leena Waite
Reader: Katherine Williams
Digital Host: Susan Mooney
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner

PARISH NEWS

Prayer Tree
Alex Adgate; Bill and Debbie Dobrenen; The Easton and Howard families (mourning the death of David Howard); Dan Ferriera (husband of Alison King Ferriera); Rev. Emory Gillespie; Lillian Goldberg and her parents, Shelley and Benjamin; Joe Hickman; Nancy Keesee (mother of Kelly Keesee); Sam Mateo; Bob Michael (godfather of Debby Sycamore); Sarah Muntz (mourning the death of her mother, Carol Muntz); Dael Rich and family (mourning the death of Joan Rich); Lois Siegel (mourning the death of her nephew, Tyler Fauth); Jan Tazelaar; Kathryn Walton (daughter of MaryGrace Wake)

Deaths
June 26 | Joan Rich (Memorial Service Aug 8 at 10am in the Sanctuary)

Memorial Services
Arthur Roy | July 25 at 2pm
Margaret Wehner | August 1 at 2pm in the Sanctuary

Pastoral Care Concerns
Please reach out to the church with pastoral care concerns such as illnesses, hospitalizations, deaths, births, or any other change of personal circumstances or condition. Contact: caring@montview.org or (303) 355-1651 (general mailbox voicemail). For pastoral care emergencies, please call (303) 355-1651 and press 4.

TODAY AT MONTVIEW
9:30am-11:30am
Childcare – Ages Birth-7
Location: Preschool Floor
Enter via the Commons past Heritage Center to the Education wing.

10:00am   
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary

11:15am  
All-Church Summer Read: Theo of Golden 
Location: Fellowship Hall

Grief Café
Location: McCollum Room

MONTVIEW CHURCH STAFF
Co-Pastor: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Executive Minister: Rev. Dr. Jason Hays
Associate Pastor of Youth and Families: Rev. Amanda Osenga
Assoc. Pastor for Congregational Care and Older Adults: Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist
Minister of Music: Adam Waite 
Minister of Children and Families: Sandy Prouty
Acting Director of Operations: Michael Ransom
Director of Finance: Dan Gasser
Director of Video Services: John Goerner
Building Manager: Brandon Severinsen
Associate Minister of Music and Organist: Benjamin Corwyn
Assistant Minister of Children’s Music: Becki Cornwall
Music Ministry Administrator: Heidi Shriver
Executive Assistant to the Co-Pastors: Beth Ellsworth
Membership Coordinator: Todd Rembe
Communications Coordinator: Christine Hofstad
Event Scheduler/Coordinator: Susan Mooney
Mission Life Coordinator: Jennifer Seward
Youth Ministry Fellow: Colleen Maki
Pastoral Visitation Minister: Mary Ann Rose
Older Adult Ministry Assistant: Debby Sycamore
Sunday Sound Engineer: Cate Thieme
Sextons: Christina Chavez, Yassar Gomez and Braiden Roper

ABOUT THIS SERVICE
Assistive listening devices are available in the sound booth in the back of the sanctuary.

Restrooms are available in the Commons. An all-gender restroom is available on the lower level across from Youth Cellar.

A room for families with children who are not enjoying the service is below the sanctuary with livestream.

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.

Join Us Online Each Sunday
Participate from wherever you are with our 10am livestream, live chat, Online Friendship Register, and Virtual Fellowship Time.

MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org

* You’re invited to rise in body or spirit.

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SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

July 5, 2026 | 10:00am

GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME

Prelude
Andante sostenuto
Alexandre Giulmant (1837-1911)

Welcome
Rev. Clover Reuter Beal 
Co-Pastor

*Call to Worship (Psalm 95:1-3, 6)
Leader: O come, let us sing to the Lord;
let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation!
People: Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
let us make a joyful noise to God with songs of praise!
Leader: For the Lord is a great God,
and a great King above all Gods.
People: O come, let us worship and bow down,
let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!

*Opening Hymn
338  O Beautiful for Spacious Skies  (Materna)

*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Gracious and loving God,
forgive us when we turn a deaf ear to your call
and to the cries of those in need.
Help us to know and love you
with all that we are
that we may love our neighbors
as ourselves.
We pray for the strength of your Holy Spirit
to equip us for our calling in Jesus Christ
in whom we have our hope
and put our trust. Amen.

*Assurance of God’s Love

*Response  To Thee, Great One in Three

*Passing of the Peace

LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD

Word to the Children
 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 this service is livestreamed and your child’s image may appear on the video.

Prayer for Illumination (Unison)
Holy God,
open our hearts to your mystery
and our minds to your wisdom.
Amen.

First Lesson
Romans 7:15-25 (Pew Bible New Testament Page 137)

Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.

Anthem
Love Love Love
Rob Drabkin

Second Lesson
Matthew 11:25-30 (Pew Bible New Testament Page 10)

Sermon        
Our Light, Heavy Burdens                 
Lindsey Smith, Lay Preacher

Moment for Reflection

Musical Reflection

RESPONDING TO GOD’S GRACE

Offering Ourselves and Our Gifts  Sandy Prouty, Minister of Children & Families
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 
607  Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow  (Doxology)         
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Christ, all people here below; Praise Holy Spirit evermore; Praise Triune God, whom we adore. 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, 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. If you’d like to receive communion in your pew, please signal to a server when they come down the aisle at the conclusion of communion.

Communion Music 
Land of Hope and Dreams
Bruce Springsteen

*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
442  Just as I Am, without One Plea  (Woodworth)

SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE

Charge and Benediction

Postlude
Allegro vivo
Antoine Louis Raffy (1868-1931)

LAY PREACHER: LINDSEY SMITH
Lindsey Smith has been a Montview member for 10 years and is a parent of two Montview kids, Abby (6) and Graham (10). She works in and with urban public school districts to improve literacy.  Lindsey also serves as a Sunday School teacher and on the Adult Faith Formation committee. She is an MDiv student at Iliff School of Theology and an inquirer of the Denver Presbytery.

WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Lay Preacher: Lindsey Smith
Liturgists: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal and Sandy Prouty 
Organ: Adam Waite
Vocals/Guitar: Rob Drabkin
Reader: Graham Westrop
Digital Host: Rev. Amanda Osenga
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner

Thank you to the Communion Preparation Team!

TODAY AT MONTVIEW
9:30am-11:30am
Childcare – Ages Birth-7
Location: Preschool Floor
Enter via the Commons past Heritage Center to the Education wing.

10:00am   
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary

UPCOMING EVENTS

All-Church Summer Read: Theo of Golden — Two Conversations
July 12 & 19 | 11:15am–12:30pm (Fellowship Hall)
What would it mean to be truly seen — and to offer that gift to someone else? Theo of Golden follows an 86-year-old stranger who arrives in a small Southern town with a singular purpose: to return pencil portraits to the people depicted in them, asking for their story in exchange. Portrait by portrait, life by life, something extraordinary begins to unfold. We chose this book for our summer read because it is a gentle book with goodness at its center. Bring your own copy and come ready to be moved. Childcare is available.

PARISH NEWS

Prayer Tree
Alex Adgate; Bill and Debbie Dobrenen; The Easton and Howard families (mourning the death of David Howard); Tyler Fauth and family (nephew of Lois Siegel); Dan Ferriera (husband of Alison King Ferriera); Rev. Emory Gillespie; Lillian Goldberg and her parents, Shelley and Benjamin; Lynn Hetterich (mourning the death of her mother, Luanne Hazelrigg); Joe Hickman; The Hoeft family (mourning the death of Dale Hoeft); Nancy Keesee (mother of Kelly Keesee); Sam Mateo; Bob Michael (godfather of Debby Sycamore); Dael Rich and family (mourning the death of Joan Rich); Jan Tazelaar; Kathryn Walton (daughter of MaryGrace Wake)

Deaths
June 26 | Joan Rich (Memorial Service Aug 8 at 10am in the Sanctuary)

Memorial Services
Arthur Roy | July 25 at 2pm
Margaret Wehner | August 1 at 2pm in the Sanctuary

Pastoral Care Concerns
Please reach out to the church with pastoral care concerns such as illnesses, hospitalizations, deaths, births, or any other change of personal circumstances or condition. Contact: caring@montview.org or (303) 355-1651 (general mailbox voicemail). For pastoral care emergencies, please call (303) 355-1651 and press 4.

Flower Dedication
The flowers in the chancel today are given to the glory of God by Ann Epps in memory and celebration of her husband, John Epps.

ABOUT THIS SERVICE
Assistive listening devices are available in the sound booth in the back of the sanctuary.

Restrooms are available in the Commons. An all-gender restroom is available on the lower level across from Youth Cellar.

A room for families with children who are not enjoying the service is below the sanctuary with livestream.

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.

Join Us Online Each Sunday
Participate from wherever you are with our 10am livestream, live chat, Online Friendship Register, and Virtual Fellowship Time.

MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org

* You’re invited to rise in body or spirit.

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5TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

June 28 | 10:00am

GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME

Prelude
Meditation on ‘Draw the Circle’
Mark Miller/arr. Adam Waite

Welcome
Rev. Amanda Osenga
Associate Pastor

*Call to Worship (based on Psalm 89)
Leader: Let us sing of God’s steadfast love forever;
People: With my mouth I will proclaim God’s faithfulness to all generations.
Leader: Let us declare that God’s steadfast love is established forever;
People: God’s faithfulness is as firm as the heavens. 
Leader: Let us worship God.

*Opening Hymn
339  Lift Every Voice and Sing  (Lift Every Voice)

*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Holy and merciful God,
in your presence we confess
our failure to be what you created us to be.
You alone know how often we have sinned
in wandering from your ways,
in wasting your gifts,
in forgetting your love.
By your loving mercy,
help us to live in your light
and abide in your ways,
for the sake of Jesus Christ our Savior.
Amen.

*Assurance of God’s Love

*Response  To Thee, Great One in Three



*Passing of the Peace

LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD

Word to the Children
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 this service is livestreamed and your child’s image may appear on the video.

Anthem
I Thank You, Jesus
Kenneth Morris (1917-1988)

Prayer for Illumination (Unison)
Holy God,
open our hearts to your mystery
and our minds to your wisdom.
Amen.

Scripture Lesson
Romans 6:12–23 (Pew Bible New Testament Page 136)

Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.

Sermon 
Freedom Without a Flag
Rev. Clover Reuter Beal, Co-Pastor

Moment for Reflection

Musical Reflection
Draw the Circle Wide
Mark Miller (b. 1967)

RESPONDING TO GOD’S GRACE

Offering Ourselves and Our Gifts  Sandy Prouty, Minister of Children & Families
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  
607  Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow  (Doxology)
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Christ, all people here below; Praise Holy Spirit evermore; Praise Triune God, whom we adore. 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
772  Live Into Hope  (Truro)

SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE

*Charge and Benediction

Postlude
Bell Symphony
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

NEXT SUNDAY

Lay Preacher: Lindsey Smith
Sunday, July 5
Lindsey Smith has been a Montview member for 10 years and is a parent of two Montview kids, Abby (6) and Graham (10). She works in and with urban public school districts to improve literacy.  Lindsey also serves as a Sunday School teacher and on the Adult Faith Formation committee. She is an MDiv student at Iliff School of Theology and an inquirer of the Denver Presbytery.

UPCOMING EVENTS

All-Church Summer Read: Theo of Golden — Two Conversations
July 12 & 19 | 11:15am–12:30pm (Fellowship Hall)
What would it mean to be truly seen — and to offer that gift to someone else? Theo of Golden follows an 86-year-old stranger who arrives in a small Southern town with a singular purpose: to return pencil portraits to the people depicted in them, asking for their story in exchange. Portrait by portrait, life by life, something extraordinary begins to unfold. We chose this book for our summer read because it is a gentle book with goodness at its center. Bring your own copy and come ready to be moved.

WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Liturgists: Rev. Amanda Osenga and Sandy Prouty
Conductor/Organ/Piano: Adam Waite
Reader: Pat Shepard
Digital Host: Jason Eleson
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
Chorus: Summer Choir

PARISH NEWS

Prayer Tree
Alex Adgate; Bill and Debbie Dobrenen; Dan Ferriera (husband of Alison King Ferriera); Bill Gilbertson; Rev. Emory Gillespie; Lillian Goldberg and her parents, Shelley and Benjamin; Joe Henry (friend of the Beals); Lynn Hetterich (mourning the death of her mother, Luanne Hazelrigg); Joe Hickman; The Hoeft family (mourning the death of Dale Hoeft); David Howard (brother-in-law of Doug Easton); Nancy Keesee (mother of Kelly Keesee); Sam Mateo; Bob Michael (godfather of Debby Sycamore); The Roy family (mourning the death of Arthur Roy); Jan Tazelaar; Kathryn Walton (daughter of MaryGrace Wake); The Wehner family (mourning the death of Margaret Wehner)

Deaths
June 5 | Dale Hoeft
May 30 | Arthur Roy (Memorial Service July 25 at 2pm)
May 23 | Margaret Wehner (Memorial Service Aug 1 at 2pm in the Sanctuary)

Pastoral Care Concerns
Please reach out to the church with pastoral care concerns such as illnesses, hospitalizations, deaths, births, or any other change of personal circumstances or condition. Contact: caring@montview.org or (303) 355-1651 (general mailbox voicemail). For pastoral care emergencies, please call (303) 355-1651 and press 4.

TODAY AT MONTVIEW
9:30am-11:30am
Childcare – Ages Birth-7
Location: Preschool Floor
Enter via the Commons past Heritage Center to the Education wing.

10:00am  
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary

MONTVIEW CHURCH STAFF
Co-Pastor: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Executive Minister: Rev. Dr. Jason Hays
Associate Pastor of Youth and Families: Rev. Amanda Osenga
Assoc. Pastor for Congregational Care and Older Adults: Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist
Minister of Music: Adam Waite 
Minister of Children and Families: Sandy Prouty
Acting Director of Operations: Michael Ransom
Director of Finance: Dan Gasser
Director of Video Services: John Goerner
Building Manager: Brandon Severinsen
Associate Minister of Music and Organist: Benjamin Corwyn
Assistant Minister of Children’s Music: Becki Cornwall
Music Ministry Administrator: Heidi Shriver
Executive Assistant to the Co-Pastors: Beth Ellsworth
Membership Coordinator: Todd Rembe
Communications Coordinator: Christine Hofstad
Event Scheduler/Coordinator: Susan Mooney
Mission Life Coordinator: Jennifer Seward
Youth Ministry Fellow: Colleen Maki
Pastoral Visitation Minister: Mary Ann Rose
Older Adult Ministry Assistant: Debby Sycamore
Sunday Sound Engineer: Cate Thieme
Sextons: Christina Chavez, Yassar Gomez and Braiden Roper

ABOUT THIS SERVICE
Assistive listening devices are available in the sound booth in the back of the sanctuary.

Restrooms are available in the Commons. An all-gender restroom is available on the lower level across from the Youth Cellar.

Childcare is available for ages Birth-7 on the Preschool floor.

A room for families with children who are not enjoying the service is below the sanctuary with livestream.

Please note that this service will be livestreamed to several social media platforms and your image may appear on the livestream video.

Join Us Online Each Sunday
Participate from wherever you are with our 10am livestream, live chat, Online Friendship Register, and Virtual Fellowship Time.

MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org

* You’re invited to rise in body or spirit.

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4TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

June 21 | 10:00am

GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME

Prelude
Jesus, Lover of My Soul
arr. Raymond H. Haan (b. 1938)

Welcome
Sandy Prouty
Minister of Children & Families

*Call to Worship
Leader: O praise the Lord with me,  
People: Let us exalt God’s name together.
Leader: O sing to the Lord a new song;
People: Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Leader: Sing, and give praise to God’s name;
People: Tell the glad news of salvation from day to day.
Leader: Let us worship God.

*Opening Hymn
754  Help Us Accept Each Other  (Baronita)

*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Holy and merciful God,
in your presence we confess
our failure to be what you created us to be.
You alone know how often we have sinned
in wandering from your ways,
in wasting your gifts,
in forgetting your love.
By your loving mercy,
help us to live in your light
and abide in your ways,
for the sake of Jesus Christ our Savior.
Amen.

*Assurance of God’s Love

*Response  To Thee, Great One in Three



*Passing of the Peace

LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD

Word to the Children
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 this service is livestreamed and your child’s image may appear on the video.

Anthem
Rivers of Living Water
Karen Marrolli (b. 1975)

Prayer for Illumination (Unison)
Holy God,
open our hearts to your mystery
and our minds to your wisdom.
Amen.

Scripture Lesson
Leviticus 19:9-18 (Pew Bible Old Testament Page 99)

Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.

Sermon 
I, Too, Sing America
Rev. Terrance D. Carroll, Guest Preacher

Moment for Reflection

Musical Reflection
I Want Jesus to Walk With Me
Spiritual, arr. Nansi Carroll (b. 1946)

RESPONDING TO GOD’S GRACE

Offering Ourselves and Our Gifts  Rev. Clover Reuter Beal, Co-Pastor
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  
607  Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow  (Doxology)
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Christ, all people here below; Praise Holy Spirit evermore; Praise Triune God, whom we adore. 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
770 I’m Gonna Eat at the Welcome Table  (Spiritual)

This morning’s singing of “I Want Jesus to Walk With Me” and “I’m Gonna Eat at the Welcome Table” – American Negro Spirituals – is presented in accordance with our reparations royalty pilot program: a practice of valuing the musical contributions of enslaved Africans to American worship and song. All are invited to make a reparations royalty contribution via the pew offering envelope (write “reparations royalty”), at Montview.org/giving (One-time gift: Reparations Royalty Fund) or by clicking here.

SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE

*Charge and Benediction

Postlude
In Christ There is No East or West
arr. Charles Callahan (1951-2023)

GUEST PREACHER: REV. TERRANCE D. CARROLL, J.D.
Rev. Terrance D. Carroll made history as the first African American Speaker of the House in Colorado. Rev. Carroll holds a Master of Divinity degree from the Iliff School of Theology and earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law. He is currently a doctoral student at United Theological Seminary. He is an ordained minister in the American Baptist Churches-USA and the National Baptist Churches-USA.

AfterWORD: Reflections on the Sermon
Today, June 21 & July 26 | 11:15am (McCollum Room)
A series of intimate conversations with our guest preachers, where the sermon ends and the dialogue begins.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Livestream will be offered via Zoom in place of Virtual Fellowship Time. Childcare is available.

June 21: Rev. Terrance Carroll, J.D. 
July 26: Rev. Dr. Ben Sanders III

WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Guest Preacher: Rev. Terrance D. Carroll
Liturgists: Sandy Prouty and Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Conductor/Piano: Adam Waite
Organ: Benjamin Corwyn
Reader: Paul Ward
Digital Host: Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist
Sound: Dylan Goerner
Video: John Goerner
Chorus: Summer Choir

ANNOUNCING OUR 2026 REPARATIONS ROYALTIES RECIPIENT
The Worship, Music and Arts Committee and the Session have recently selected The Spirituals Project as the 2026 recipient for funding from the Spirituals Reparations Royalties Program. The Spirituals Project is housed at the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver and is dedicated to preserving and revitalizing the spirituals through music, education and social justice work in the community. Through The Spirituals Choir, Educational Activities and connections with local organizations, the project seeks to engage people and communities in the music and teachings of these sacred songs and ensure they are passed on for generations to come. This combined purpose of music and education aligns with Montview’s mission, ongoing antiracism work and the intentions of the Spirituals Reparations Royalties Program.

Thanks to the generous contributions of the Montview community through the Spirituals Reparations Royalties Program, $10,000 will be distributed to The Spirituals Project this month to support ongoing programming and further the impact the project is having locally and nationally.

ABOUT THIS SERVICE
Assistive listening devices are available in the sound booth in the back of the sanctuary.

Restrooms are available in the Commons. An all-gender restroom is available on the lower level across from the Youth Cellar.

Childcare is available for ages Birth-7 on the Preschool floor.

A room for families with children who are not enjoying the service is below the sanctuary with livestream.

Please note that this service will be livestreamed to several social media platforms and your image may appear on the livestream video.

TODAY AT MONTVIEW
9:30am-11:30am
Childcare – Ages Birth-7
Location: Preschool Floor
Enter via the Commons past Heritage Center to the Education wing.

10:00am  
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary

11:15am
AfterWORD: Reflections on the Sermon
Location: McCollum Room

MONTVIEW CHURCH STAFF
Co-Pastor: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Executive Minister: Rev. Dr. Jason Hays
Associate Pastor of Youth and Families: Rev. Amanda Osenga
Assoc. Pastor for Congregational Care and Older Adults: Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist
Minister of Music: Adam Waite 
Minister of Children and Families: Sandy Prouty
Acting Director of Operations: Michael Ransom
Director of Finance: Dan Gasser
Director of Video Services: John Goerner
Building Manager: Brandon Severinsen
Associate Minister of Music and Organist: Benjamin Corwyn
Assistant Minister of Children’s Music: Becki Cornwall
Music Ministry Administrator: Heidi Shriver
Executive Assistant to the Co-Pastors: Beth Ellsworth
Membership Coordinator: Todd Rembe
Communications Coordinator: Christine Hofstad
Event Scheduler/Coordinator: Susan Mooney
Mission Life Coordinator: Jennifer Seward
Youth Ministry Fellow: Colleen Maki
Pastoral Visitation Minister: Mary Ann Rose
Older Adult Ministry Assistant: Debby Sycamore
Sunday Sound Engineer: Cate Thieme
Sextons: Christina Chavez, Yassar Gomez and Braiden Roper

PARISH NEWS

Prayer Tree
Alex Adgate; Ruth Armbruster; The Croke family; Bill Dobrenen; Dan Ferriera (husband of Alison King Ferriera); Bill Gilbertson; Rev. Emory Gillespie; The Graves family (mourning the death of Cindi Graves); Joe Henry (friend of the Beals); Lynn Hetterich (mourning the death of her mother, Luanne Hazelrigg); Joe Hickman; The Hoeft family (mourning the death of Dale Hoeft); Nancy Keesee (mother of Kelly Keesee); Sam Mateo; Bob Michael (godfather of Debby Sycamore); The Roy family (mourning the death of Arthur Roy); The Shuster-Haynes family (mourning the death of Mark Haynes); Jan Tazelaar; Kathryn Walton (daughter of MaryGrace Wake); The Wehner family (mourning the death of Margaret Wehner)

Deaths
June 5 | Dale Hoeft
May 30 | Arthur Roy (Memorial Service July 25 at 2pm)
May 23 | Margaret Wehner (Memorial Service Aug 1 at 2pm in the Sanctuary)

Pastoral Care Concerns
Please reach out to the church with pastoral care concerns such as illnesses, hospitalizations, deaths, births, or any other change of personal circumstances or condition. Contact: caring@montview.org or (303) 355-1651 (general mailbox voicemail). For pastoral care emergencies, please call (303) 355-1651 and press 4.

Flower Dedication
The flowers in the chancel today are given to the glory of God by Ed and Kathy Paulson in memory of their fathers, Floyd Paulson and Robert Dilg, who taught them the strength of faith.

Join Us Online Each Sunday
Participate from wherever you are with our 10am livestream, live chat, Online Friendship Register, and Virtual Fellowship Time (AfterWORD will replace today’s Virtual Fellowship Time).

MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org

* You’re invited to rise in body or spirit.

]]> https://montview.org/bulletin-june-21-2026/feed/ 0 29604 Nifty Ninety Spotlight: Phyllis Buck https://montview.org/nifty-ninety-spotlight-phyllis-buck/ Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:05:45 +0000 https://www.montview.org/?p=29575

Nifty Ninety Spotlight: Phyllis Buck

If you have ever wondered what it was like growing up in a Norman Rockwell type community, ask Phyllis Buck. Phyllis grew up on a large farm, amid a very big family, roamed the nearby woods, rode horses and attended a one-room school.

Phyllis’ grandparents were from Scotland and England and were definitely hardy souls who worked hard, did not complain and solved problems as they came up.  After immigrating, the family settled in Minnesota near Windom, a town of 3,000 not too far from South Dakota and Iowa. 

Phyllis’ birth was attended by a country doctor who had delivered her mother’s first born. Phyllis’ mother was widowed at age 40, continued to farm 160 acres alone, raise her children, kept a large garden and lived into her nineties. Phyllis’ father loved the land and continually expanded their property by purchasing nearby farms. The family ended up with over 800 acres which they cultivated or leased out. Her mother was an accomplished seamstress whose services were in demand. Phyllis had so many siblings that the children lived in two rather different families due to the changes over time and the circumstances of her parents. The younger children all went to college but most of the children stayed in Minnesota, except Phyllis. 

The family were members of the nearby Baptist church and attended multiple times every week. Holidays were big family gatherings with Scandinavian traditions of Christmas trees with flickering (real) candles, lots of food brought by all the guests, gatherings for all family celebrations and lots of cousins to add to the fun.  At harvest time, her mother and grandmother would cook for days to feed dozens of threshers who arrived with huge harvesting machines and then went on to the next farm job.

Growing up, Phyllis remembers a ‘peaceful’ childhood in the country, riding bikes and horses, getting pulled by horses hitched to small carts, inventing all sorts of games and activities with siblings, and spending time with her maternal grandmother. While her grandmother had a no-nonsense bearing, she was loving and enjoyed showing Phyllis lots of domestic tasks. With only about 12 -15 other students, Phyllis attended a one-room school from 1st to 5th grades.  Her remaining grades were spent in Windom’s high school. Phyllis remembers being scared, overwhelmed, quiet and shy among all the students in the new, larger school.   

During high school, Phyllis was fascinated by her biology class, especially when they studied the human body. Her career choice, nursing, was strongly influenced by her biology class and her older sister who had become a nurse. Phyllis was accepted into Methodist-Kahler School of Nursing which was, at that time, affiliated with Rochester’s Mayo Clinic. The nursing students worked with patients at the Mayo Clinic. After getting a nursing degree, she and four other friends moved to Denver to work at Presbyterian Hospital. While there, she met Fredrick Buck, who was visiting his father, who was a patient. Fred, a Colorado native, worked as a forester up in Routt National Forest near Ward, Colorado. He later moved back to Denver, where he met Phyllis. They dated and were married. They lived, mostly, in Denver and were married for 58 years. 

Knowing the lumber business, Fred became a lumber wholesaler who purchased lumber from across the United States and sold it to various lumber companies. Phyllis worked as a nurse until their children arrived and she was able to take several years off. Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Public Health from the University of Colorado. After working for many years in public health, Phyllis graduated from a massage school in Denver and worked in doctor’s office as an RN Massage Therapist doing deep muscle massage. 

Phyllis and Fred’s family expanded with the addition of two daughters, Liesl and Gretchen. Liesl, a graphic designer, worked in the marketing department for National Jewish Hospital and has two children. Gretchen worked as a prosecuting attorney. She lives in Grand Junction, is a judge and has two children. Phyllis and Fred loved to travel and joined Ports-O-Call, a travel club with flights and trips all over the world. After every trip, participants receive a small bar which gets added in a series to hang from their name badge. Phyllis and Fred had name badges with a series of trip destinations that must measure 13 -14 inches long! 

Phyllis and her family were very active, hiking, downhill skiing and swimming, all of which she did for over four decades. She and Fred even moved to Vail for a year to enjoy mountain living. When home, she enjoyed reading, doing puzzles, gardening, entertaining, cooking and supporting all the activities her daughters were doing. When Phyllis was 62, she started quilting. While she knew how to sew, she taught herself how to quilt and successfully tackled some complicated projects.

In January of 2000, she and Fred moved into the Lowry neighborhood in order to downsize and be closer to Liesl and her family. Phyllis joined Montview when Gil Horn was one of the three pastors and was impressed by the music and how involved Montview was in the community. Phyllis regularly attended Sunday services, the speaker series, the Women’s Book Club, Prayer Shawl Ministry and just recently has joined the Montview Quilters. In 2019, Fred passed away after a short illness and Phyllis has been alone for the past seven years. 

Phyllis credits her longevity to good genetics, always eating a sensible diet, daily exercise, walking regularly, being curious to learn new things, having a strong social network and being close to her family. She is caring, likes all different people, is tolerant, and tries to follow her mother’s model of never criticizing. She remembers her mother handling stress by going out to work in her garden or sewing and often saying, “Don’t get upset about things you can’t change.” This advice seems to have worked well for Phyllis as she has weathered all kinds of change and difficulties and continues to be optimistic and outgoing.

– Submitted by Brooke Durland and Phyllis Buck

]]> 29575 Bulletin: June 14, 2026 https://montview.org/bulletin-june-14-2026/ https://montview.org/bulletin-june-14-2026/#respond Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:49:39 +0000 https://www.montview.org/?p=29537

3RD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

June 14 | 10:00am

GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME

Prelude
Open My Eyes, That I May See
arr. Charles Callahan (b. 1951)

Welcome
Rev. Clover Reuter Beal, Co-Pastor

*Call to Worship
Leader: O praise the Lord with me,  
People: Let us exalt God’s name together.
Leader: O sing to the Lord a new song;
People: Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Leader: Sing, and give praise to God’s name;
People: Tell the glad news of salvation from day to day.
Leader: Let us worship God.

*Opening Hymn
12 Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise (St. Denio)

*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Holy and merciful God,
in your presence we confess
our failure to be what you created us to be.
You alone know how often we have sinned
in wandering from your ways,
in wasting your gifts,
in forgetting your love.
By your loving mercy,
help us to live in your light
and abide in your ways,
for the sake of Jesus Christ our Savior.
Amen.

*Assurance of God’s Love

*Response  To Thee, Great One in Three



*Passing of the Peace

LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD

Word to the Children
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 this service is livestreamed and your child’s image may appear on the video.

Anthem
Gloria
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Prayer for Illumination (Unison)
Holy God,
open our hearts to your mystery
and our minds to your wisdom.
Amen.

Scripture Lesson
Romans 5:1-5 (Pew Bible New Testament Page 135)

Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.

Sermon 
When Adversity Comes Knocking
Rev. Peter W. Marty, Guest Preacher

Moment for Reflection

Musical Reflection
For the Beauty of the Earth
John Rutter (b. 1945)

RESPONDING TO GOD’S GRACE

Offering Ourselves and Our Gifts  Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist, Associate Pastor
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  
607  Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow  (Doxology)
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Christ, all people here below; Praise Holy Spirit evermore; Praise Triune God, whom we adore. 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
744 Arise, Your Light Is Come! (Festal Song)

SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE

*Charge and Benediction

Postlude
Come, Thou Almighty King
arr. Philip Moore (b. 1943)

GUEST PREACHER: REV. PETER W. MARTY
Rev. Peter W. Marty serves as editor/publisher of The Christian Century, a journal devoted to shaping America’s conversation about religion and faith in public life. He is a Lutheran pastor (ELCA) who spent 39 years in parish ministry, 28 of which as senior pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Davenport, Iowa. Peter and his wife, Susan, became members of Montview in November 2024.

UPCOMING EVENTS

AfterWORD: Reflections on the Sermon
Today, June 14 & June 21, July 26 | 11:15am (McCollum Room)
Join on Zoom Here
A series of intimate conversations with our guest preachers, where the sermon ends and the dialogue begins.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Livestream will be offered via Zoom in place of Virtual Fellowship Time. Childcare is available. 

June 14: Rev. Peter W. Marty
June 21: Rev. Terrance Carroll, J.D. 
July 26: Rev. Dr. Ben Sanders III

WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Guest Preacher: Rev. Peter W. Marty
Liturgists: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal and Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist
Conductor: Adam Waite
Organ: Benjamin Corwyn
Reader: Katherine Williams
Digital Host: Sandy Prouty
Sound/Video: John Goerner
Livestream: Christine Hofstad
Chorus: Summer Choir

PARISH NEWS

Prayer Tree
Alex Adgate; Ruth Armbruster; The Croke family; Bill Dobrenen; Dan Ferriera (husband of Alison King Ferriera); Bill Gilbertson; Rev. Emory Gillespie; The Graves family (mourning the death of Cindi Graves); Jill Grove (sister of Tom Grove); Joe Henry (friend of the Beals); Lynn Hetterich (mourning the death of her mother, Luanne Hazelrigg); Joe Hickman; The Hoeft family (mourning the death of Dale Hoeft); Nancy Keesee (mother of Kelly Keesee); The Lingenfelter family (mourning the death of Sherwood Lingenfelter); Sam Mateo; Charlotte Medley (sister of Mary Medley); Bob Michael (godfather of Debby Sycamore); The Roy family (mourning the death of Arthur Roy); The Shuster-Haynes family (mourning the death of Mark Haynes); Jan Tazelaar; The Wehner family (mourning the death of Margaret Wehner)

Deaths
June 5 | Dale Hoeft (Memorial Service June 19 at 3pm in the Sanctuary)
May 30 | Arthur Roy (Memorial Service July 25 at 2pm)
May 23 | Margaret Wehner (Memorial Service Aug 1 at 2pm in the Sanctuary)
May 20 | Mark Haynes

Pastoral Care Concerns
Please reach out to the church with pastoral care concerns such as illnesses, hospitalizations, deaths, births, or any other change of personal circumstances or condition. Contact: caring@montview.org or (303) 355-1651 (general mailbox voicemail). For pastoral care emergencies, please call (303) 355-1651 and press 4.

TODAY AT MONTVIEW
9:30am-11:30am
Childcare – Ages Birth-7
Location: Preschool Floor
Enter via the Commons past Heritage Center to the Education wing.

10:00am  
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary

11:15am
AfterWORD: Reflections on the Sermon
Location: McCollum Room

Grief Café
Location: Room 204A

MONTVIEW CHURCH STAFF
Co-Pastor: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Executive Minister: Rev. Dr. Jason Hays
Associate Pastor of Youth and Families: Rev. Amanda Osenga
Assoc. Pastor for Congregational Care and Older Adults: Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist
Minister of Music: Adam Waite 
Minister of Children and Families: Sandy Prouty
Acting Director of Operations: Michael Ransom
Director of Finance: Dan Gasser
Director of Video Services: John Goerner
Building Manager: Brandon Severinsen
Associate Minister of Music and Organist: Benjamin Corwyn
Assistant Minister of Children’s Music: Becki Cornwall
Music Ministry Administrator: Heidi Shriver
Executive Assistant to the Co-Pastors: Beth Ellsworth
Membership Coordinator: Todd Rembe
Communications Coordinator: Christine Hofstad
Event Scheduler/Coordinator: Susan Mooney
Mission Life Coordinator: Jennifer Seward
Youth Ministry Fellow: Colleen Maki
Pastoral Visitation Minister: Mary Ann Rose
Older Adult Ministry Assistant: Debby Sycamore
Sunday Sound Engineer: Cate Thieme
Sextons: Christina Chavez, Yassar Gomez and Braiden Roper

ABOUT THIS SERVICE
Assistive listening devices are available in the sound booth in the back of the sanctuary.

Restrooms are available in the Commons. An all-gender restroom is available on the lower level across from the Youth Cellar.

Childcare is available for ages Birth-7 on the Preschool floor.

A room for families with children who are not enjoying the service is below the sanctuary with livestream.

Please note that this service will be livestreamed to several social media platforms and your image may appear on the livestream video.

Join Us Online Each Sunday
Participate from wherever you are with our 10am livestream, live chat, Online Friendship Register, and Virtual Fellowship Time (AfterWORD will replace today’s Virtual Fellowship Time).

MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org

* You’re invited to rise in body or spirit.

]]> https://montview.org/bulletin-june-14-2026/feed/ 0 29537 Bulletin: June 7, 2026 https://montview.org/bulletin-june-7-2026/ https://montview.org/bulletin-june-7-2026/#respond Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:06:28 +0000 https://www.montview.org/?p=29494

SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST

June 7, 2026 | 10:00am

GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME

Prelude
Pastoral
Herbert Sumsion

Welcome
Sandy Prouty
Minister of Children & Families

*Call to Worship
Leader: We don’t come this morning because we have it all together.  
People: We come because Jesus keeps calling us anyway.
Leader: He sits with sinners.
He heals the broken.
He says to us, Follow me.
People: So here we are, Lord. Grateful, and following.
Let us worship.

*Opening Hymn  
35  Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty  (Lobe Den Herren)

*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Gracious Lord, we confess we have kept our distance
from the very people you move toward.
We have chosen our comfort over your compassion,
our respectability over your welcome.
We have sat in secure spaces,  and missed the life
you were offering.
Forgive us. Open us.
Move us toward mercy
for that is what you have always desired,
and what we most need to receive.  
Amen.

*Assurance of God’s Love

*Response  To Thee, Great One in Three

*Passing of the Peace

LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD

Word to the Children
 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 this service is livestreamed and your child’s image may appear on the video.

Anthem
O How Amiable
Ralph Vaughan-Williams (1872-1958)

Prayer for Illumination (Unison)
Holy God,
open our hearts to your mystery
and our minds to your wisdom.
Amen.

Scripture Lesson
Matthew 9:9-13 (Pew Bible New Testament Page 8)

Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.

Sermon                                 
Debts, Debtors and Dinner Parties 
Rev. Clover Reuter Beal, Co-Pastor

Moment for Reflection

Musical Reflection
Miniature
Flor Peeters

RESPONDING TO GOD’S GRACE

Offering Ourselves and Our Gifts  Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist, Associate Pastor
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 
607  Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow  (Doxology)         
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Christ, all people here below; Praise Holy Spirit evermore; Praise Triune God, whom we adore. 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, 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. If you’d like to receive communion in your pew, please signal to a server when they come down the aisle at the conclusion of communion.

Communion Music 
Be Present at Our Table, Lord
Arlen Clarke (b. 1954)

*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
515  I Come with Joy  (Dove of Peace)

SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE

Charge and Benediction

Postlude
Festal Finale
Henry Coleman

TODAY: SAFETY EVACUATION DRILL
Immediately following today’s Postlude, we will hold a brief emergency evacuation drill in the sanctuary. This is part of our ongoing work to improve Sunday morning safety, led by the Safety Committee. This evacuation drill is recommended by our professional security assessment. Following the Postlude, we’ll provide simple instructions before the drill and will conclude the exercise on the South Plaza to enjoy the annual Deacon’s Cookout. Please note that childcare in the Education Wing will not participate in the drill (our Sunday School program already practices emergency drills during the program year). 

MINISTRY HIGHLIGHT: THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE
Interested in becoming more involved at Montview? The Safety and Security Committee is recruiting volunteers to participate in our Sunday Response Strategy. Working alongside security professionals, you will receive training to recognize and respond effectively to problematic situations that may arise during worship, helping to assure a safe and welcoming worship experience. Please visit our table on the South Plaza lawn if you would like to learn more.

ABOUT THIS SERVICE
Assistive listening devices are available in the sound booth in the back of the sanctuary.

Restrooms are available in the Commons. An all-gender restroom is available on the lower level across from Youth Cellar.

A room for families with children who are not enjoying the service is below the sanctuary with livestream.

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.

Join Us Online Each Sunday
Participate from wherever you are with our 10am livestream, live chat, Online Friendship Register, and Virtual Fellowship Time.

TODAY AT MONTVIEW
9:30am-11:30am
Childcare – Ages Birth-7
Location: Preschool Floor
Enter via the Commons past Heritage Center to the Education wing.

10:00am   
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary

11:00am
All-Church Cookout
Location: South Plaza

WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal 
Liturgists: Sandy Prouty and Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist
Organist Emerita: Barbara Hulac
Guest Conductor: Mary Louise Burke
Reader: Beth Ellsworth
Digital Host: Rev. Amanda Osenga
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
Chorus: Summer Choir 

PARISH NEWS

Prayer Tree
Alex Adgate; Ruth Armbruster; The Croke family; Bill Dobrenen; Dan Ferriera (husband of Alison King Ferriera); Rev. Emory Gillespie; The Graves family (mourning the death of Cindi Graves); Jill Grove (sister of Tom Grove); Luanne Hazelrigg (mother of Lynn Hetterich); Joe Henry (friend of the Beals); Joe Hickman; The Hoeft family; Nancy Keesee (mother of Kelly Keesee); Gerry Kleinfeld (friend/mentor to Doug Easton); The Lingenfelter family (mourning the death of Sherwood Lingenfelter); Sam Mateo;
Charlotte Medley (sister of Mary Medley); Bob Michael (godfather of Debby Sycamore); The Roy family (mourning the death of Arthur Roy); The Shuster-Haynes family (mourning the death of Mark Haynes); Jan Tazelaar; The Wehner family (mourning the death of Margaret Wehner)

Births
May 14 | Lillian Elizabeth Goldberg, child of Shelley and Benjamin Goldberg

Deaths
May 30 | Arthur Roy (Memorial Service July 25 at 2pm)
May 23 | Margaret Wehner (Memorial Service August 1 at 2pm in the Sanctuary)
May 20 | Mark Haynes (Memorial Service June 13 at 1pm in the Miller Chapel)

Pastoral Care Concerns
Please reach out to the church with pastoral care concerns such as illnesses, hospitalizations, deaths, births, or any other change of personal circumstances or condition. Contact: caring@montview.org or (303) 355-1651 (general mailbox voicemail). For pastoral care emergencies, please call (303) 355-1651 and press 4.

MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org

* You’re invited to rise in body or spirit.

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