NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
July 6, 2025 | 10:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Welcome
Rev. Dr. Jason Hays
Executive Minister
*Call to Worship
Leader: We gather in the name of the God who created us in love.
People: We come seeking the One who knows us and loves us still.
Leader: We gather remembering Christ, who welcomed all and gave his life for the world.
People: We come following the One who shows us divine love.
Leader: We gather trusting the Spirit who moves among us and sends us forth.
People: We come open to the One who transforms hearts.
Leader: Let us worship the God who is our hope and peace. Amen.
*Opening Hymn
338 O Beautiful for Spacious Skies (Materna)
*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Sovereign God, we confess that we are tempted
to make idols of earthly power and comfort,
choosing security over discipleship and
prosperity over compassion.
We have loved our abundance more than the care
for the widow, orphan, and stranger among us.
Forgive us when we trust more in our nation’s
strength than in your faithfulness.
Create in us clean hearts, O God, and renew in us
your Spirit of mercy and love, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
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-
Source, Word, and Spirit-
open our hearts to your mystery
and our minds to your wisdom.
Amen.
Scripture Lesson
2 Kings 5:1-14 (Pew Bible Old Testament Page 311)
Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
Jesus Saves
John Dapper, Lay Preacher
Moment for Reflection
Musical Reflection
Where Could I Go But to the Lord
James Buchanan Coates
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.
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
The First Sound Was Water
Phoebe Bawmann & Adam Waite
*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
339 Lift Every Voice and Sing (Lift Every Voice)
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
*Charge and Benediction
Postlude
You Are Here
Ruth Moody
LAY PREACHER: JOHN DAPPER
John Dapper and his wife Jessica have lived in Park Hill since 1994. They first joined Montview in 2003. John has been a Deacon (2020 – 2023) and recently finished the Faith Leader program in early 2025. They are parents of four children: Elise, Max,
Olivia, and Sam (deceased).
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Lay Preacher: John Dapper
Liturgists: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal and Rev. Dr. Jason Hays
Piano/Organ/Vocals: Adam Waite
Vocals/Harmonium: Phoebe Bawmann
Reader: Kate Williams
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
ADULT FAITH FORMATION
Summer Book Read
The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage
July 13 and 27 | 11:15am (Fellowship Hall)
The Adult Faith Formation is hosting a summer book study of Richard Rohr’s The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage. We will discuss the book after church on July 13 and July 27 in small groups in Fellowship Hall. We will discuss
chapters 4-6 on July 13 and chapters 7-9 on July 27. Childcare is available.
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.
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
Fellowship Time with Refreshments
Location: South Plaza
PARISH NEWS
Prayer Tree
Jolene Cranston; Dick Getzinger, brother of Nancy Getzinger; Margaret Gonder-Odell, sister of John Gonder; Mark Haynes; Joe Hickman; Lynn McNeil and family, mourning the death of Bruce McNeil; Eden Murphy; Jim Polsfut; Michael Prouty, jaw surgery 7/8; Bud and Mary Starker, mourning the death of their son, Adam; Tom Wegs and family, mourning the death of Jewel Wegs
Deaths
June 22 | Adam Joseph Starker
June 19 | Bruce McNeil
Memorial Service
Jewel Wegs | July 25 at 1:00pm 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).
Flower Dedication
The flowers in the chancel today are given to the glory of God by Ron and Joyce Brady in celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary.
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MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
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