TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
October 12, 2025 | 8:30 & 11:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Carillon
Leo Sowerby (1895-1968)
Welcome
Rev. Dr. Jason Hays, Executive Minister
*Call to Worship (Based on Psalm 66)
Leader: Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth!
People: Sing to the glory of God’s name.
Leader: All of creation worships, singing praise to God.
People: Let us give glory to God.
*Gathering Hymn 15 All Creatures of Our God and King, Verse 2
*Corporate Confession (Unison)
O God of exiles and homecomings,
we confess that we have resisted the places
where You have planted us.
We have longed for elsewhere.
We have built walls instead of gardens.
Forgive us for the worry that dims our hope,
for impatience that will not wait for your future,
for hearts too narrow to imagine possibility.
Plant in us again the courage to build, the faith
to seek peace, and the trust to live without fear.
In the name of the One who is our hope,
Jesus Christ. Amen.
*Assurance of God’s Love
*Response Gloria (Sung two times)
*Passing of the Peace
*Hymn
37 Let All Things Now Living (Ash Grove)
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 the 11:00am service is livestreamed and your child’s image may appear on the video.
Sacrament of Holy Baptism (11:00am)
*The Baptismal Creed (Unison)
In life and in death we belong to God.
Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God,
and the communion of the Holy Spirit,
we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel,
whom alone we worship and serve.
We trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God.
We trust in God, whom Jesus called Abba, Father.
We trust in the Holy Spirit, everywhere the giver and renewer of life.
With believers in every time and place,
we rejoice that nothing in life or in death
can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Glory be to the Creator, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. Amen.
(Excerpted from A Brief Statement of Faith.)
The Presentation
Pastor: This candle represents the new life in Christ. It is entrusted to you to be kept burning brightly. May all who have received this sacrament walk as children of the light and may God keep the flame of faith alive in them forever.
People: With joy and thanksgiving, we welcome you into Christ’s church, to share with us this ministry, for we are all one in Christ. Amen.
Anthem
Exodus (8:30am)
Ernest Gold, arr. Robert Biber
My Eyes for Beauty Pine (11:00am)
Arlen Clarke (b. 1954)
Prayer for Illumination (Unison)
O God, open our hearts by the power
of your Holy Spirit
so that the words of Scripture may
become your Living Word.
Amen.
Scripture Lesson
Jeremiah 29:1-7 (Pew Bible Old Testament Page 690)
Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
Being Here Now
Rev. Clover Reuter Beal, Co-Pastor
Moment for Reflection
Musical Reflection
Sonata in C Major, G.6, Adagio (8:30am)
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805)
Ubi Carita (11:00am)
Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978)
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.
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
39 Great Is Thy Faithfulness (Faithfulness)
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
*Charge and Benediction
Benediction Response (11:00am)
Amen, from Magnificat
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
Postlude
Festal Finale
Henry Coleman (1888-1965)
MINISTRY HIGHLIGHT: DEVELOPMENT IN GARDENING (DIG)
Development in Gardening (DIG) helps create regenerative gardens that grow health, wealth, and belonging for marginalized communities in Kenya, Uganda, and Senegal. With the support of the $150,000 grant we received from the Capital Campaign’s
Mission Impact Fund, DIG is strengthening local leadership to expand its impact. Meet our Co-founder and Executive Director Sarah Koch, and Olivia Nyaidho, Executive Director of DIG Kenya, at our table in the Commons today.
ADULT FAITH FORMATION
Paul Reimagined: A Progressive Lens on the Apostle
with Pam Eisenbaum, Ph.D. and Christy Cobb, Ph.D.
October 12, 19, 26 | 9:30am (Miller Chapel)
What if everything we thought we knew about Paul wasn’t the complete picture? For nearly two thousand years, the apostle Paul has been read through the lens of empire, used to justify exclusion, inequality and silence women. But what if another look at Paul helps us to see a more radical Paul than the one we’ve been taught? Join us for thoughtful and challenging sessions with leading biblical scholars who are re-imagining Paul.
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: Rev. Clover Reuter Beal
Liturgists: Rev. Dr. Jason Hays and Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist
Organist Emerita: Barbara Hulac
Cello: Sarah Biber (8:30am)
Piano: Robert Biber (8:30am)
Cello: Sybil Bradley (8:30am)
Conductor: Mary Louise Burke (11:00am)
Reader: Kate Williams (8:30am)
Reader: Ellen Reath (11:00am)
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
Livestream: Christine Hofstad
Chorus: Westminster Choir (11:00am)
PARISH NEWS
Prayer Tree
Sears Barrett (husband of Colleen Barrett); Edward Collins (son of Dolores Collins); Jolene Cranston; Cindi Graves; Mark Haynes; Joe Hickman; Suzy King; Lynn Merwin and family (mourning the death of Lynn’s mother, Ethel Merwin); Eden Murphy;
Margaret Pearce (friend of Peggy Gonder); Jim Polsfut; Damara Rice (great niece of The Rev. JeanAnne Swope); Lynne Sheridan (mourning the death of her mother, Nellie Jean Sheridan); Franklin Thompson (brother of Dolores Collins); Kathryn Walton (daughter of MaryGrace Wake); Mary Weinzirl (friend of Sharon Craft); Peggy Whitt; Steve Wrenn (brother of Grover and Suzie Wrenn)
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 Mary Medley and Bob Cloud in celebration of Benson Axel Smith and his parents, Whitney Mugford Smith and Kellen Smith, and by Lauren Hillary in memory of her mom, Nona Powell.
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
Paul Reimagined: A Progressive Lens on the Apostle
Pam Eisenbaum, Ph.D., Iliff School of Theology
Location: Miller Chapel
Bel Canto Choir (Grades K-5)
Location: Room 205
Assembly: Choir Alternative Fellowship (Grades K-5)
Location: Room 204B
Confirmation
Location: Confirmation Room
Sunday School (Preschool)
Location: Room 112
JAM in the AM (Grades 6-8)
Location: Cellar
10:00am
Sunday School (Grades K-5)
Location: Second Floor
11:00am
Worship Service
Location: Sanctuary
12:00pm
Jubilate Singers
Location: Sanctuary
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.
MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org