4TH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
February 2, 2025 | 8:30 & 11:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Andante
Peter Piel (1835-1904)
Welcome
Sandy Prouty
Minister of Children & Families
*Call to Worship
Leader: Come, all who are weary from the weight of the world.
People: We come to be rooted in what is good.
Leader: Come, all who seek a love that is steady and true.
People: We come to center ourselves in God’s presence.
Leader: Come, all who long for peace in the midst of chaos.
People: We come to be renewed, to be strengthened, to be sent in love.
Gathering Hymn 37 Let All Things Now Living, Verse 2
By law God enforces, the stars in their courses,
the sun in its orbit obediently shine;
the hills and the mountains, the rivers and fountains,
the depths of the ocean proclaim God divine.
We too should be voicing our love and rejoicing;
with glad adoration, a song let us raise,
till all things now living unite in thanksgiving:
to God in the highest, hosanna and praise!
*Corporate Confession (Unison)
God, we confess that too often we are shaped
by fear rather than by love.
We react in anger,
we retreat into despair,
we mirror the very forces we resist.
Forgive us, O God.
Center us again in your steady, unwavering presence,
that we may hold fast to what is good
and love as you have loved us. Amen.
*Assurance of God’s Love
*Response To Thee, Great One in Three
*Passing of the Peace
*Hymn
330 Our Help Is in the Name of God (Old 124th)
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 the 11:00am service is livestreamed and your child’s image may appear on the video.
Anthem
Melody
Reinhold Gliére (1875-1956)
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
Romans 12:9-18 (Pew Bible New Testament Page 142)
Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
Holding Fast to What is Good
Rev. Dr. Jason Hays, Executive Minister
Moment for Reflection
Musical Reflection
Moderato
Peter Piel
RESPONDING TO GOD’S GRACE
Offering Ourselves and Our Gifts Rev. 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.
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
Homeland (8:30am)
Allison Loggins-Hull (b. 1982)
The Lord Is My Shepherd, from Requiem (11:00am)
John Rutter (b. 1945)
*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
776 O God, Be Gracious (Tallis’ Ordinal)
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
*Charge and Benediction
*Benediction Response (11:00am)
Amen
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
Postlude
SCOUT SUNDAY
MINISTRY HIGHLIGHT: CUB SCOUT PACK 34
Montview’s Cub Scout Pack 34 is grateful to celebrate Scout Sunday today! Our pack welcomes all youth – no matter their gender, religion, family background, or family structure – who’ll “do their best” to follow the Scout Oath and Law. For more information, please visit our table in the Commons or reach out to Montview member Elyse Coberly, elyse.coberly@gmail.com.
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: Rev. Dr. Jason Hays
Liturgists: Rev. Amanda Osenga and Sandy Prouty
Piano/Conductor: Adam Waite
Organ: Yinying Luo
Flute: Cathy Peterson*
Reader: Juli Davidson (8:30am)
Reader: Elyse Coberly (11:00am)
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
Chorus: Westminster Choir (11:00am)
*Cathy Peterson’s worship performance is in collaboration with Montview’s resident chamber music series, Front Range Chamber Players, and their upcoming concert in the Miller Center, Saturday afternoon, February 8.
PARISH NEWS
Prayer Tree
The Alford Family, mourning the death of Joan Alford; Ginny Allen; Jolene Cranston; 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
Flower Dedications
The flowers in the chancel today are given to the glory of God by Bev and John Skinner in celebration of their 40th anniversary; and by Mina Soltz in memory of her husband, Don, who left this earth 10 years ago, 2/5/15.
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
Spirituality and African American Art: Exploring the Connection
Artist Thomas Lockhart
Location: Sanctuary
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
All Church Read: The Spirit of Justice
Location: Fellowship Hall (Childcare Available Room 112)
Jubilate Singers (Grades 6-12)
Location: Sanctuary
4:00pm
JAM (Grades 6-8)
Location: Cellar
6:00pm
MOB (Grades 9-12)
Location: Cellar
ABOUT THIS SERVICE
Assistive listening devices are available in the sound booth in the back of the sanctuary.
Restrooms are available in the Commons. 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 the 11:00am worship service will be livestreamed to several social media platforms and your image may appear on the livestream video.
MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org