SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
June 7, 2026 | 10:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Pastoral
Herbert Sumsion
Welcome
Sandy Prouty
Minister of Children & Families
*Call to Worship
Leader: We don’t come this morning because we have it all together.
People: We come because Jesus keeps calling us anyway.
Leader: He sits with sinners.
He heals the broken.
He says to us, Follow me.
People: So here we are, Lord. Grateful, and following.
Let us worship.
*Opening Hymn
35 Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty (Lobe Den Herren)
*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Gracious Lord, we confess we have kept our distance
from the very people you move toward.
We have chosen our comfort over your compassion,
our respectability over your welcome.
We have sat in secure spaces, and missed the life
you were offering.
Forgive us. Open us.
Move us toward mercy
for that is what you have always desired,
and what we most need to receive.
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.
Anthem
O How Amiable
Ralph Vaughan-Williams (1872-1958)
Prayer for Illumination (Unison)
Holy God,
open our hearts to your mystery
and our minds to your wisdom.
Amen.
Scripture Lesson
Matthew 9:9-13 (Pew Bible New Testament Page 8)
Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
Debts, Debtors and Dinner Parties
Rev. Clover Reuter Beal, Co-Pastor
Moment for Reflection
Musical Reflection
Miniature
Flor Peeters
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.
Communion Music
Be Present at Our Table, Lord
Arlen Clarke (b. 1954)
*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
515 I Come with Joy (Dove of Peace)
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
Charge and Benediction
Postlude
Festal Finale
Henry Coleman
TODAY: SAFETY EVACUATION DRILL
Immediately following today’s Postlude, we will hold a brief emergency evacuation drill in the sanctuary. This is part of our ongoing work to improve Sunday morning safety, led by the Safety Committee. This evacuation drill is recommended by our professional security assessment. Following the Postlude, we’ll provide simple instructions before the drill and will conclude the exercise on the South Plaza to enjoy the annual Deacon’s Cookout. Please note that childcare in the Education Wing will not participate in the drill (our Sunday School program already practices emergency drills during the program year).
MINISTRY HIGHLIGHT: THE SAFETY AND SECURITY COMMITTEE
Interested in becoming more involved at Montview? The Safety and Security Committee is recruiting volunteers to participate in our Sunday Response Strategy. Working alongside security professionals, you will receive training to recognize and respond effectively to problematic situations that may arise during worship, helping to assure a safe and welcoming worship experience. Please visit our table on the South Plaza lawn if you would like to learn more.
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.
Join Us Online Each Sunday
Participate from wherever you are with our 10am livestream, live chat, Online Friendship Register, and Virtual Fellowship Time.
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
All-Church Cookout
Location: South Plaza
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Liturgists: Sandy Prouty and Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist
Organist Emerita: Barbara Hulac
Guest Conductor: Mary Louise Burke
Reader: Beth Ellsworth
Digital Host: Rev. Amanda Osenga
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
Chorus: Summer Choir
PARISH NEWS
Prayer Tree
Alex Adgate; Ruth Armbruster; The Croke family; Bill Dobrenen; Dan Ferriera (husband of Alison King Ferriera); Rev. Emory Gillespie; The Graves family (mourning the death of Cindi Graves); Jill Grove (sister of Tom Grove); Luanne Hazelrigg (mother of Lynn Hetterich); Joe Henry (friend of the Beals); Joe Hickman; The Hoeft family; Nancy Keesee (mother of Kelly Keesee); Gerry Kleinfeld (friend/mentor to Doug Easton); The Lingenfelter family (mourning the death of Sherwood Lingenfelter); Sam Mateo;
Charlotte Medley (sister of Mary Medley); Bob Michael (godfather of Debby Sycamore); The Roy family (mourning the death of Arthur Roy); The Shuster-Haynes family (mourning the death of Mark Haynes); Jan Tazelaar; The Wehner family (mourning the death of Margaret Wehner)
Births
May 14 | Lillian Elizabeth Goldberg, child of Shelley and Benjamin Goldberg
Deaths
May 30 | Arthur Roy (Memorial Service July 25 at 2pm)
May 23 | Margaret Wehner (Memorial Service August 1 at 2pm in the Sanctuary)
May 20 | Mark Haynes (Memorial Service June 13 at 1pm 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). 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