5TH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
June 28 | 10:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Meditation on ‘Draw the Circle’
Mark Miller/arr. Adam Waite
Welcome
Rev. Amanda Osenga
Associate Pastor
*Call to Worship (based on Psalm 89)
Leader: Let us sing of God’s steadfast love forever;
People: With my mouth I will proclaim God’s faithfulness to all generations.
Leader: Let us declare that God’s steadfast love is established forever;
People: God’s faithfulness is as firm as the heavens.
Leader: Let us worship God.
*Opening Hymn
339 Lift Every Voice and Sing (Lift Every Voice)
*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Holy and merciful God,
in your presence we confess
our failure to be what you created us to be.
You alone know how often we have sinned
in wandering from your ways,
in wasting your gifts,
in forgetting your love.
By your loving mercy,
help us to live in your light
and abide in your ways,
for the sake of Jesus Christ our Savior.
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
I Thank You, Jesus
Kenneth Morris (1917-1988)
Prayer for Illumination (Unison)
Holy God,
open our hearts to your mystery
and our minds to your wisdom.
Amen.
Scripture Lesson
Romans 6:12–23 (Pew Bible New Testament Page 136)
Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
Freedom Without a Flag
Rev. Clover Reuter Beal, Co-Pastor
Moment for Reflection
Musical Reflection
Draw the Circle Wide
Mark Miller (b. 1967)
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.
Prayers of the People and 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.
*Closing Hymn
772 Live Into Hope (Truro)
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
*Charge and Benediction
Postlude
Bell Symphony
Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
NEXT SUNDAY
Lay Preacher: Lindsey Smith
Sunday, July 5
Lindsey Smith has been a Montview member for 10 years and is a parent of two Montview kids, Abby (6) and Graham (10). She works in and with urban public school districts to improve literacy. Lindsey also serves as a Sunday School teacher and on the Adult Faith Formation committee. She is an MDiv student at Iliff School of Theology and an inquirer of the Denver Presbytery.
UPCOMING EVENTS
All-Church Summer Read: Theo of Golden — Two Conversations
July 12 & 19 | 11:15am–12:30pm (Fellowship Hall)
What would it mean to be truly seen — and to offer that gift to someone else? Theo of Golden follows an 86-year-old stranger who arrives in a small Southern town with a singular purpose: to return pencil portraits to the people depicted in them, asking for their story in exchange. Portrait by portrait, life by life, something extraordinary begins to unfold. We chose this book for our summer read because it is a gentle book with goodness at its center. Bring your own copy and come ready to be moved.
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Liturgists: Rev. Amanda Osenga and Sandy Prouty
Conductor/Organ/Piano: Adam Waite
Reader: Pat Shepard
Digital Host: Jason Eleson
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
Chorus: Summer Choir
PARISH NEWS
Prayer Tree
Alex Adgate; Bill and Debbie Dobrenen; Dan Ferriera (husband of Alison King Ferriera); Bill Gilbertson; Rev. Emory Gillespie; Lillian Goldberg and her parents, Shelley and Benjamin; Joe Henry (friend of the Beals); Lynn Hetterich (mourning the death of her mother, Luanne Hazelrigg); Joe Hickman; The Hoeft family (mourning the death of Dale Hoeft); David Howard (brother-in-law of Doug Easton); Nancy Keesee (mother of Kelly Keesee); Sam Mateo; Bob Michael (godfather of Debby Sycamore); The Roy family (mourning the death of Arthur Roy); Jan Tazelaar; Kathryn Walton (daughter of MaryGrace Wake); The Wehner family (mourning the death of Margaret Wehner)
Deaths
June 5 | Dale Hoeft
May 30 | Arthur Roy (Memorial Service July 25 at 2pm)
May 23 | Margaret Wehner (Memorial Service Aug 1 at 2pm in the Sanctuary)
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: [email protected] or (303) 355-1651 (general mailbox voicemail). For pastoral care emergencies, please call (303) 355-1651 and press 4.
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
MONTVIEW CHURCH STAFF
Co-Pastor: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Executive Minister: Rev. Dr. Jason Hays
Associate Pastor of Youth and Families: Rev. Amanda Osenga
Assoc. Pastor for Congregational Care and Older Adults: Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist
Minister of Music: Adam Waite
Minister of Children and Families: Sandy Prouty
Acting Director of Operations: Michael Ransom
Director of Finance: Dan Gasser
Director of Video Services: John Goerner
Building Manager: Brandon Severinsen
Associate Minister of Music and Organist: Benjamin Corwyn
Assistant Minister of Children’s Music: Becki Cornwall
Music Ministry Administrator: Heidi Shriver
Executive Assistant to the Co-Pastors: Beth Ellsworth
Membership Coordinator: Todd Rembe
Communications Coordinator: Christine Hofstad
Event Scheduler/Coordinator: Susan Mooney
Mission Life Coordinator: Jennifer Seward
Youth Ministry Fellow: Colleen Maki
Pastoral Visitation Minister: Mary Ann Rose
Older Adult Ministry Assistant: Debby Sycamore
Sunday Sound Engineer: Cate Thieme
Sextons: Christina Chavez, Yassar Gomez and Braiden Roper
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 the Youth Cellar.
Childcare is available for ages Birth-7 on the Preschool floor.
A room for families with children who are not enjoying the service is below the sanctuary with livestream.
Please note that this 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.
MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org