SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
August 24, 2025 | 10:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Welcome
Rev. Dr. Jason Hays
Executive Minister
*Call to Worship
Leader: Come, beloved of God, enter this sacred space with open
hearts and expectant spirits.
People: We come, bringing our joys and our burdens,
our doubts and our faith.
Leader: God meets us here offering grace, speaking peace,
and stirring hope.
People: We come to worship the One who calls us by name
and renews our weary souls.
*Opening Hymn
761 Called as Partners in Christ’s Service (Beecher)
*Corporate Confession (Unison)
God of mercy and love,
you know our hearts and hear our cries.
We confess that we have turned away
from your ways of love—
in what we have done and in what
we have left undone.
We have been silent when we should have spoken,
and spoken when we should have listened.
Forgive us, guide us, and renew us,
that we may walk in your light. 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
Communion from Cinq Pièces pour harmonium
Cesar Franck (1822-1890)
Prayer for Illumination (Unison)
Lord, open our hearts and 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
Ruth 4:13-17 (Pew Bible Old Testament Page 226)
Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
I Still Have Joy
Rev. Dr. Dewey Williams, Guest Preacher
Moment for Reflection
Musical Reflection
Finlandia (Be Still My Soul)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
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
611 Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee (Hymn to Joy)
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
*Charge and Benediction
Postlude
GUEST PREACHER: REV. DR. DEWEY WILLIAMS, D.MIN.
Rev. Dr. Dewey Williams is the Chaplain for Alamance Orange Prison Ministry in Orange County, North Carolina. He served as a Baptist Pastor for seventeen years in Colorado and North Carolina. Dewey has a Master of Divinity from Duke University Divinity School, and a Doctor of Ministry from Virginia Union University. His focus was on prison ministry reform. He is the author of Finding Joy On Death Row: Unexpected Lessons from Lives We Discarded.
MINISTRY HIGHLIGHT: ANTI-RACISM TRUST TEAM
Montview’s Anti-Racism Trust Team (ARTT) sets concrete anti-racism goals and provides opportunities to learn about anti-racism as a community of faith. This fall, ARTT again will offer Zoom small group video studies on The Color of Compromise, or How to Fight Racism by Dr. Jemar Tisby to develop an expanded understanding of race and racism personally and in our church history. We encourage all members to enroll. Visit ARTT in the Commons after church to learn more or to register.
CELEBRATION SUNDAY
Celebration Sunday – Back to Fall!
Sunday, September 7
8:30am
Worship
9:30am
Sunday School for All Ages
Pastors’ Forum
11:00am
Worship
12:00pm
Celebration on the Outdoor Plaza
Join us on Sunday, September 7, as we begin the new programming year. We’ll have music, food, festivities and fun. Come celebrate this return to fall with us!
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Guest Preacher: Rev. Dr. Dewey Williams
Liturgists: Rev. Dr. Jason Hays and Sandy Prouty
Organ: Yinying Luo
Oboe: Jonathan Musser
Piano: Bob Bassett
Reader: Randy Savoren
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
Livestream: Christine Hofstad
PARISH NEWS
Prayer Tree
Brian and Amy Brown (family of Jim and Irene Brown, and Haley Figueroa); Dolores Collins (mourning the death of her aunt, Alberta Little); Sylvia Cordy; Jolene Cranston; Mary Gerwin (mourning the death of her mother, Marie Gerwin); Dick Getzinger (brother of Nancy Getzinger); Mark Haynes; Joe Hickman; Judy Hutchison and family (mourning the death of Dave Hutchison); Ella Logan; Ben Meyerhoff; Eden Murphy; The Norman Family (mourning the death of Sue Norman); Jim Polsfut; Marthanne Simons (mourning the death of her brother, Edward); Bud and Mary Starker (mourning the death of their son, Adam); Franklin Thomas (brother of Dolores Collins); Constanza Hege de Tobasia (friend of Lisa Padilla); Kathryn Walton (daughter of MaryGrace Wake)
Memorial Services
Adam Joseph Starker | August 30 at 11:00am in the Sanctuary
Sue Norman | September 6 at 2:00pm in the Sanctuary
David Hutchison | September 26 at 1:00pm 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: caring@montview.org or (303) 355-1651 (general mailbox voicemail). For pastoral care emergencies, please call (303) 355-1651 and press 4.
Flower Dedication
The flowers in the chancel today are given to the glory of God by Toni Knight in memory of Jewel Wegs, a valued member of the WHI Set Up Team; and Jonathan Wolfer in memory of his mother, Janet Wolfer.
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
Farewell Reception for Organist Yinying Luo
Location: South Plaza
Sunday School Family Picnic
Location: Preschool Playground
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
Interim Senior Director of Operations and Finance: Rev. Dr. John Thexton
Director of Finance: Dan Gasser
Director of Video Services: John Goerner
Building Manager: Brandon Severinsen
Associate Minister of Music and Organist: Yinying Luo
Assistant Minister of Children’s Music: Becki Cornwall
Executive Assistant to the Co-Pastors: Beth Ellsworth
Membership Coordinator/Scheduler: Todd Rembe
Communications Coordinator: Christine Hofstad
Mission Life Coordinator: Jennifer Seward
Administrative Assistant for Faith Formation: Trisha Pshak
Music Ministry Administrator: Heidi Shriver
Administrative Assistant to Older Adult Ministries: Debby Sycamore
Sunday Sound Engineer: Cate Thieme
Sextons: Christina Chavez and Zach Slowik
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.
MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org