SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT
March 1, 2026 | 8:30 and 11:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Selections from Die Wiener Sonatinen (8:30am)
W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)
Liebster Jesu (11:00am)
arr. Michael Bedford (b. 1949)
Welcome
Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Co-Pastor
*Call to Worship
Leader: We set our hearts toward Jerusalem.
People: We turn our spirits toward resurrection.
Leader: The way is demanding.
People: And yet, it is filled with grace.
All: With open hearts and steadfast souls,
let us journey this path together.
Gathering Hymn 165 The Glory of These Forty Days, Verse 1
*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Merciful God,
As we journey through Lent,
grant us the courage to speak truth
of our beauty and our brokenness.
Remind us that we bear your image,
and forgive us when we forget,
hungering for what does not satisfy,
clinging to what does not give life,
ignoring those who need our love.
In your mercy,
renew us, repair us, resurrect us. Amen.
*Assurance of God’s Love
*Response What Wondrous Love Is This
*Passing of the Peace
*Hymn
498 Loaves Were Broken, Words Were Spoken (Beach Spring)
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
Appalachian Waltz (8:30am)
Mark O’Connor (b. 1961)
Oh, Happy Morning (11:00am)
Cathy Moklebust (b. 1958)
Prayer for Illumination (Unison)
Lord, may your Holy Word
be for us the seed of
new possibilities
that blossoms in ways we
cannot yet imagine. Amen.
Scripture Lesson
John 3:1-17 (Pew Bible New Testament Page 81)
Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
From Womb to Tomb
Rev. Amanda Osenga, Associate Pastor
Moment for Reflection
Musical Reflection
St. Flavian (8:30am)
arr. David Schelat (b. 1955)
Let My Prayer Come Up (11:00am)
John Blow (1649-1708)
RESPONDING TO GOD’S GRACE
Offering Ourselves and Our Gifts Rev. Dr. Jason Hays, Executive Minister
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 223 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, Verse 4
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
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor: II. Largo ma non tanto (8:30am)
J. S. Bach (1685-1750)
The Heart Worships (11:00am)
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
*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
836 Abide With Me (Eventide)
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
*Charge and Benediction
Benediction Response (11:00am)
Kyrie
Plainsong
Postlude
Fantasia
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: Rev. Amanda Osenga
Liturgists: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal and Rev. Dr. Jason Hays
Piano/Conductor: Adam Waite
Organ: Benjamin Corwyn
Violin: Leena Waite (8:30am)
Violin: Rebekah Durham (8:30am)
Bell Choir Director: Becki Cornwall (11:00am)
Bell Choir: Youth Bells (11:00am)
Reader: Kate Williams (8:30am)
Reader: Nina Frant (11:00am)
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 Elective: Feasting on the Word
Location: Confirmation Room
JAM in the AM (Grades 6-8)
Location: Cellar
9:40am
Four Voices of Resistance and Hope: Faith in Times of Crisis
Dr. Albert Hernández, Iliff School of Theology
Location: Miller Chapel
10:00am
Sunday School (Grades K-5)
Location: Second Floor
11:00am
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary
12:00pm
Artist Reception (After the 11am Service)
Come and meet Amy Ward and learn more about her piece currently displayed in the McCollum Hallway – The Holiness of the Dark.
Location: McCollum Room
Jubilate Singers
Location: Sanctuary
4:00pm
JAM (Grades 6-8)
Location: Cellar
6:00pm
MOB (Grades 9-12)
Location: Cellar
PARISH NEWS
Prayer Tree
The clergy of Jamaica as they support those affected by Hurricane Melissa; Jolene Cranston; Rev. Emory Gillespie; Cindi Graves; Mark Haynes; Joe Hickman; Tim Hobbins (relative of Cindy and Terry Oakes); The Hoeft Family; The Holleman Family (mourning the death of Mary Holleman); Jody and Hannah Hunnicutt (mourning the death of William Hunnicutt); The Jensen Family (mourning the death of Joe Jensen); Sherwood Lingenfelter (brother of Paul Lingenfelter); Sam Mateo; Dianne Briscoe McKenzie; Vanessa Owen and family (mourning the death of Vanessa’s mother); Jim Polsfut; Jan Tazelaar; Anne Tennant
Births
January 20 | James Merrifield Weschler, child of Sarah and Charley Weschler
Deaths
February 12 | Joe Jensen
February 9 | Mary Holleman
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