OLDER ADULT SUNDAY
January 26, 2025 | 8:30 & 11:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
A meditation
Ike Sturm (b. 1978)
Welcome
Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist
Associate Pastor
*Call to Worship (excerpts from Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8)
Leader: For everything, there is a season, and a time
for every matter under heaven.
People: A time to be born, and a time to die.
Leader: A time to weep, and a time to laugh.
People: A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
Leader: A time to seek, and a time to lose.
People: Let us worship our God who loves us in
all the seasons of our lives.
Gathering Hymn 37 Let All Things Now Living, Verse 1
*Corporate Confession (Unison) Rev. Dr. Jason Hays, Executive Minister
Holy One, we confess that sometimes
we think we know it all.
That there is nothing more for us to learn
in this journey of life.
We are blind to the newness around us.
We are deaf to the new word you long
to speak to us.
Our hearts are closed to the change
you long to bring in us.
Forgive us for thinking we have it all
figured out and open us to the joy
and peace of knowing you more fully.
Amen.
*Assurance of God’s Love
*Response To Thee, Great One in Three
*Passing of the Peace
*Hymn
39 Great Is Thy Faithfulness! (Faithfulness)
LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD
Word to the Children Louella Stoever
When the music begins, children are invited to gather on the chancel steps as we sing, “This is where children belong, part of our family, part of our song. Be with us, pray with us, help us grow strong: this is where children belong.” Please note that the 11:00am service is livestreamed and your child’s image may appear on the video.
Testimonies
Bob Matchett and Rosalie McCall-Johnson (8:30am)
Margaret Wehner and Dick Harvey (11:00am)
Anthem
Stillness
Ike Sturm
Prayer for Illumination (Unison)
Lord, open our hearts and our minds
by the power of your Holy Spirit,
that as the Scriptures are read
and your Word is proclaimed,
we may hear with joy
what you say to us today. Amen.
Scripture Lesson Pat Shephard (8:30am); The Rev. JeanAnne Swope (11:00am)
Isaiah 40:21-31
(Pew Bible Old Testament Page 627)
Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
Strength for the Journey
Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist, Associate Pastor
Moment for Reflection
Musical Reflection
Splash (8:30am)
Ike Sturm
The Light, from River (11:00am)
Ike Sturm
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
43 You Who Dwell in the Shelter of the Lord, Verses 1-3 (On Eagle’s Wings)
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
*Charge and Benediction
*Benediction Response (11:00am)
Listen
Ike Sturm
Postlude
“Menuet gothique” from Suite Gothique, Op. 25
Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897)
UPCOMING EVENTS
What’s Happening at Montview?
Learn about the upcoming Aging & Spirituality class; get the latest updates on our search for a new Co-Pastor; take part in Scout Sunday on February 2 and more in our This Week @ Montview email. Click here to access the latest edition.
Annual Congregational Meeting
Today, January 26 | 9:30am-10:30am (Fellowship Hall)
Today, January 26, at 9:30am, we’ll hold our Annual Congregational Meeting in Fellowship Hall. During this meeting, we’ll provide church updates and answer questions. The proposed 2025 budget and Terms of Call for the pastors will be presented and voted on. Light breakfast will be served. This meeting requires a quorum of the congregation. We hope you can join us!
All Church Read: The Spirit of Justice by Dr. Jemar Tisby
Three Sunday Lunch and Small Group Discussions
Feb 2, 9, and 16 | 12:00pm (Fellowship Hall)
We are encouraging everyone to read Dr. Jemar Tisby’s latest book, The Spirit of Justice, and then discuss it in three small group sessions after church in February. Lunch and childcare will be provided. The book is available for purchase in the Commons.
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist
Liturgists: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal, Rev. Dr. Jason Hays and Louella Stoever
Piano/Conductor: Adam Waite
Organ: Yinying Luo
Bass: Ike Sturm, 2025 Artist-in-Residence
Violin: Rebekah Durham (11:00am)
Reader: Pat Shephard (8:30am)
Reader: The Rev. JeanAnne Swope (11:00am)
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
Chorus: Westminster Choir (11:00am)
PARISH NEWS
Prayer Tree
The Alford Family, mourning the death of Joan Alford; Ginny Allen; Everett Cordy, brother of Sylvia Cordy; Jolene Cranston; Dana Curtis, daughter of Doug Easton; Vicki Dunham, mother of Bryn Dunham; The Harder Family, as they mourn the death of
David’s father, Willis Harder; John Hartshorn; Steve Hatlem, brother of Jenni Hatlem; William Hatlem, father of Jenni Hatlem; Mark Haynes; Jay Henry, family of Mary Jo Bush; Joe Hickman; Tony Johnson; Eden Murphy; Mac Murphy; Michael Prouty, son of Sandy Prouty, for a full recovery; Scot Sandoval, son of Juanita Martinez; Julie Spear, sister-in-law of Linda Goerner; Jewel Wegs
Deaths
December 27 | Joan Alford
Flower Dedications
The flowers in the chancel today are given to the glory of God by Ellen Reath in loving memory of her father, Henry T. Reath; and Jean Sibley and Jim Zelensky in memory of sweet Magnolia Sibley-Wilson, whose short life blessed us all.
TODAY AT MONTVIEW
8:00am – 12:30pm
Childcare – Ages Birth-7
Location: Preschool Floor
Enter via the Commons past Heritage Center to the Education wing.
8:30am
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary
8:45am
Youth Bells (Grades 3-8)
Location: Room 206B
9:30am
Annual Congregational Meeting
Location: Fellowship Hall
Bel Canto Choir (Grades K-5)
Location: Room 205
Assembly: Choir Alternative Fellowship (Grades K-5)
Location: Room 204B
Sunday School (Preschool)
Location: Room 112
JAM in the AM (Grades 6-8)
Location: Cellar
MOB in the Morning (Grades 9-12)
Location: Cellar Back Room
10:00am
Sunday School (Grades K-5)
Location: Second Floor
11:00am
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary
12:00pm
Jubilate Singers (Grades 6-12)
Location: Miller Chapel
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.
Please note that the 11:00am service will be livestreamed to several social media platforms and your image may appear on the livestream video.
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN
We are so glad your family is worshiping with us today. We also know that sometimes children tire of being in worship. We have a space for those times directly below the sanctuary. You can follow the service on a large screen there while your children enjoy toys, books and space. The greeters can direct you!
MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org