4TH SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
February 1, 2026 | 8:30 and 11:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Cello Suite No. 3, Prelude (8:30am)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Communion (11:00am)
Dom Paul Benoit (1893-1979)
Welcome
Rev. Dr. Jason Hays
Executive Minister
*Call to Worship (based on Psalm 15)
Leader: Lord, we come into your sanctuary with eagerness.
People: May we hear your call and speak your truth.
Leader: Lord, we come to abide with you in love.
People: Gather us in honest and faithful community.
Leader: Lord, prepare us to be people of hope and grace.
People: Kindle in us courage to live as your faithful disciples.
All: Let us worship God in this holy place. Amen.
Gathering Hymn 766 The Church of Christ Cannot Be Bound, Verses 1 & 2
*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Merciful God,
we confess that we have sinned against you
in thought, word and deed, by what we have done,
and by what we have left undone.
We have not loved you
with our whole heart and mind and strength.
We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.
In your mercy, forgive what we have been,
help us amend what we are,
and direct what we shall be. Amen.
*Assurance of God’s Love
*Response Gloria
*Passing of the Peace
*Hymn
263 All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name! (Coronation)
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
Romance in F Major, Op. 36 (8:30am)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)
I’m Gonna Sing! (11:00am)
Mark Miller (b. 1967)
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
Micah 6:1-8 (Pew Bible Old Testament Page 819)
1 Corinthians 1:18-31 (Pew Bible New Testament Page 145)
Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
Beyond Impressive
Rev. Clover Reuter Beal, Co-Pastor
Moment for Reflection
Musical Reflection
O for a Closer Walk with God
arr. Craig Phillips (b. 1961)
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
Song of the Birds (8:30am)
Pablo Casals (1876-1973)
Let Us Break Bread Together (11:00am)
Spiritual, arr. Lehman
This morning’s singing of “The Church of Christ Cannot Be Bound” and “Let Us Break Bread Together” – American Negro Spirituals – are 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 reparation royalty contribution via the pew offering envelope (write “reparations royalty”), at Montview.org/giving (One-time gift: Reparations Royalty Fund) or by clicking here.
*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
203 Jesu, Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love (Chereponi)
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
*Charge and Benediction
*Benediction Response (11:00am)
The Lord Bless You and Keep You
Peter Lutkin (1858-1931)
Postlude
Christe Sanctorum
arr. David Blackwell (b. 1961)
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Liturgists: Rev. Dr. Jason Hays and Sandy Prouty
Piano/Conductor: Adam Waite
Organ/Piano: Benjamin Corwyn
Cello: Katie Burns (8:30am)
Reader: Kate Williams (8:30am)
Readers: Emmy Bromley & Zofia Burney (11:00am)
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
Chorus: Westminster Choir (11:00am)
SCOUT SUNDAY
MINISTRY HIGHLIGHT: CUB SCOUT PACK 34
Montview’s Cub Scout Pack 34 is grateful to celebrate Scout Sunday today, especially as we’re joined by Cub Scout Pack 8023, Scout Troop 62, and Girl Scout Troop 67605. Special thanks from the Girl Scouts to Montview for giving them space for their meetings. Look for them selling cookies in the Commons! For more information about Scouting, please reach out to Montview member Elyse Coberly at elysecoberly@gmail.com.
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
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: Confirmation Room
9:40am
Light That Will Not Be Hidden: Black Faith, History, & Justice
Chloé Duplessis, Colorado Black History Research Program
Location: Miller Chapel
10:00am
Sunday School (Grades K-5)
Location: Second Floor
11:00am
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary
12:00pm
Jubilate Singers
Location: Sanctuary
4:00pm
JAM (Grades 6-8)
Location: Cellar
6:00pm
MOB (Grades 9-12)
Location: Cellar
PARISH NEWS
Prayer Tree
Jolene Cranston; Cindi Graves; Mark Haynes; Joe Hickman; Mary Holleman; Jody and Hannah Hunnicutt (mourning the death of William Hunnicutt); Sherwood Lingenfelter (brother of Paul Lingenfelter); Susan Long (relative of Peggy Gonder); Sam Mateo; Jim Polsfut; The Schuster Family (mourning the death of Martha Schuster); Jan Tazelaar; Constanza Hege de Tobasia (friend of Lisa Padilla); Kate Williams
Deaths
January 22 | Martha Schuster
January 19 | William Marcus Hunnicutt
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.
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