TRANSFIGURATION SUNDAY
March 2, 2025 | 8:30 & 11:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Moderato
Christian Heinrich Rinck (1770-1846)
Welcome
Rev. Dr. Jason Hays
Executive Minister
*Call to Worship
Leader: This is the day the Lord has made;
People: Let us rejoice and be glad in it!
Leader: Come into God‘s sanctuary with thanksgiving;
People: Let us enter God’s courts with praise!
Leader: Let us worship God.
Gathering Hymn 35 Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty, Verse 3
*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Almighty God, you see us as we are
and know our inmost thoughts.
You know the ways we’ve fallen short.
You know the work we’ve left undone,
the mercy we’ve left ungiven,
the love we’ve left unshared.
Forgive us, and transform us, that we might
become who you imagine us to be.
In Jesus Christ we pray, Amen.
*Assurance of God’s Love
*Response To Thee, Great One in Three
*Passing of the Peace
*Hymn
366 Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (Hyfrydol)
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
Love Can Heal (8:30am)
Peter Gabriel (b. 1950)
Pageantry (11:00am)
Cathy Moklebust (b. 1958)
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
Luke 9:28-36 (Pew Bible New Testament Page 60)
Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
The Inconvenience of Transfiguration
Rev. Clover Reuter Beal, Co-Pastor
Moment for Reflection
Musical Reflection
Calmo (8:30am)
Adolf Friedrich Hesse (1809-1863)
Confirm In Us (11:00am)
Jacob Handl (1550-1591)
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
Prayer for Transfiguration Day
John Weaver (1937-2021)
O God, in the glorious transfiguration of Christ, your Son,
You have confirmed the mystery of the faith by the testimony of the apostles.
In the voice that came from the bright cloud you proclaimed him to be your Son,
and told us to heed his teachings.
O God, make us heirs with Christ, in his glory forevermore, Alleluia. Amen.
*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
193 Jesus, Take Us to the Mountain (Unser Herrscher)
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
*Charge and Benediction
*Benediction Response (11:00am)
A Gaelic Blessing
John Rutter (b. 1945)
Postlude
Largo from Trio Sonata No. 2
J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
MINISTRY HIGHLIGHT: MONTVIEW QUILTERS
For over 45 years, the Montview Quilters have made quilts that are given away to church and community members. Come see the variety of quilts on display at the Montview Quilters Annual Quilt Show in the Reception Room from March 2-March 30. Visit their table in the Commons today to learn more.
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Liturgists: Rev. Dr. Jason Hays and Rev. Amanda Osenga
Piano/Conductor: Adam Waite
Organ: Yinying Luo
Handbell Conductor: Becki Cornwall (11:00am)
Handbell Choir: Youth Bells (11:00am)
Reader: Bob Homiak (8:30am)
Reader: Susan Wroble (11:00am)
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
Chorus: Westminster Choir (11:00am)
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.
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
Becoming an Anti-Racist Church –
Microaggressions: Silent Discrimination
Dianne Briscoe McKenzie
Location: Miller Chapel
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: Sanctuary
4:00pm
JAM (Grades 6-8)
Location: Cellar
6:00pm
MOB (Grades 9-12)
Location: Cellar
PARISH NEWS
Prayer Tree
Jolene Cranston; Vicki Dunham, mother of Bryn Dunham; Dick Getzinger, brother of Nancy Getzinger; 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; The Jones Family, mourning the death of Jim Jones; Eden Murphy; Mac Murphy; The Myers Family, friends of Kate Reinemund; Michael Prouty, son of Sandy Prouty, for a full recovery; Julie Spear, sister-in-law of Linda Goerner; Mary Grace Wake; Jewel Wegs; Margaret Wehner
Births
February 8 | Arthur Jay (AJ) Dylan Mills, child of Clayton and RJ Mills
Memorial Services
Millie Steiner | March 8 at 3pm in the Miller Chapel
Jim Jones | March 22 at 10am in the sanctuary
Jud Shaver | March 22 at 1pm in the Miller Chapel
Flower Dedications
The flowers in the chancel today are given to the glory of God by John and Bev Skinner in celebration of God’s love on Bev’s birthday; and by Robert Mathes in celebration of Derek Mathes on his 12th birthday.
MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org