FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
May 3, 2026 | 8:30 and 11:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
How Firm a Foundation
arr. Michael Burkhardt (b. 1957)
Welcome
Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Co-Pastor
*Call to Worship
Leader: When the road feels uncertain and the way is unclear
People: We come, seeking a path of life.
Leader: When our hearts are restless, pulled by fear and doubt
People: We come, longing for peace.
Leader: When we cannot see where the journey leads
People: We come, seeking the One who is our Way.
Gathering Hymn 235 O Sons and Daughters, Let Us Sing, Verse 6
*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Gracious God,
we confess how often we cling to control
when you invite us into trust.
Our fears narrow us.
Our anxieties harden us.
We lose our way in self-concern.
Forgive us when we fail to make room for others,
when we resist the deeper path of love.
Steady our hearts.
Widen our compassion.
And lead us again in your way of mercy.
Amen.
*Assurance of God’s Love
*Response Alleluia
*Passing of the Peace
*Hymn
315 In the Midst of New Dimensions (New Dimensions)
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
Pie Jesu, from Requiem (8:30am)
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Cantique de Jean Racine (11:00am)
Gabriel Fauré
Prayer for Illumination (Unison)
May we roll the stones away
from the hidden places in our lives,
revealing the light, life, and love
you have for us! Amen.
Scripture Lesson
John 14:1-14 (Pew Bible New Testament Page 95)
Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
Location Services: On
Rev. Dr. Jason Hays, Executive Minister
Moment for Reflection
Musical Reflection
The Strife is O’er
arr. Alan Bullard (b. 1947)
RESPONDING TO GOD’S GRACE
Offering Ourselves and Our Gifts Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist, 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.
*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
65 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah (CWM Rhondda)
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
*Charge and Benediction
Benediction Response (11:00am)
When Rooks Fly Homeward
Arthur Baynon (1889-1954)
Postlude
Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above
arr. Charles Callahan (1951-2023)
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: Rev. Dr. Jason Hays
Liturgists: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal and Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist
Conductor/Piano: Adam Waite
Organ: Benjamin Corwyn
Soprano: Phoebe Bawmann (8:30am)
Reader: Kate Williams (8:30am)
Reader: Ben Meyerhoff (11:00am)
Digital Host: Rev. Amanda Osenga
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
Chorus: Westminster Choir (11:00am)
Thank you to the Communion Preparation Team!
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
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
Confirmation
Location: Confirmation Room
JAM in the AM (Grades 6-8)
Location: Cellar
9:40am
Growing in Faith: Reflections and Hopes
Reflections on the past nine months of Adult Faith Formation offerings.
Location: Miller Chapel
10:00am
Sunday School (Grades K-5)
Location: Second Floor
11:00am
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary
12:15pm
Grief Café
Location: McCollum Room
4:00pm
Spring Concert: The Music of Gabriel Fauré
Location: Sanctuary
Ghost Ranch Pre-Trip Meeting
Location: Cellar
PARISH NEWS
Prayer Tree
Ruth Armbruster; Logan Burney; Jolene Cranston; The Croke Family; Rev. Emory Gillespie; Meg Glazner and family; Jill Grove (sister of Tom Grove); Mark Haynes; Joe Hickman; Tim Hobbins (relative of Cindy and Terry Oakes); The Hoeft Family; Gerry Kleinfeld (friend/mentor to Doug Easton); Sherwood Lingenfelter (brother of Paul Lingenfelter); Sam Mateo; John Odell and Margaret Gonder-Odell (siblings of John and Peggy Odell Gonder); Jan Tazelaar; Anne Tennant; Stuart Tessler (friend of Barbara Furutani); Garrett Weems (son of Pam Weems); Margaret Wehner
Deaths
April 30 | Cindi Graves
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.
MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org