MISSION SUNDAY
October 19, 2025 | 8:30 & 11:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Love, One for Another (8:30am)
Ike Sturm
Unending Season (11:00am)
Ike Sturm
Welcome
Rev. Amanda Osenga, Associate Pastor
*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 3
*Corporate Confession (Unison)
Merciful God,
we confess that we have sinned against you
in thought, word and deed
by what we have done
and by what we have left undone.
We have not loved you with our whole heart
and mind and strength.
We have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.
In your mercy forgive what we have been,
help us amend what we are,
and direct what we shall be,
so that we may delight in your will
and walk in your ways,
to the glory of your holy name. Amen.
*Assurance of God’s Love
*Response Gloria (Sung two times)
*Passing of the Peace
*Hymn
762 When the Poor Ones (El Camino)
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.
Anthem
Unending Season (8:30am)
Ike Sturm
Count on Me (11:00am)
Bruno Mars
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
2 Timothy 4:1-5 (Pew Bible New Testament Page 188)
Response to Reading
Leader: Listen to the voice of the Spirit speaking to the Church.
People: Thanks be to God.
Sermon
The Truth That Sends Us Free
Rev. Dr. Jason Hays, Executive Minister
Moment for Reflection
Musical Reflection
Treehouse (8:30am)
Ike Sturm
Bell Peal on OLD 100th (11:00am)
arr. Linda R. Lamb
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
766 The Church of Christ Cannot Be Bound (Mc Kee)
This morning’s singing of “The Church of Christ Cannot Be Bound” – an American Negro Spiritual – is presented in accordance with our reparations royalty pilot program: a practice of valuing the musical contributions of enslaved Africans to American worship and song. All are invited to make a reparation royalty contribution via the pew offering envelope (write “reparations royalty”), at Montview.org/giving (One-time gift: Reparations Royalty Fund) or by clicking here.
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
*Charge and Benediction
Benediction Response (11:00am)
Praise, Praise, Praise the Lord!
Traditional Cameroon
Postlude
Origins (8:30am)
Ike Sturm
Fanfare for Service (11:00am)
Adam Waite
MINISTRY HIGHLIGHT: MISSION LIFE COMMITTEE
Montview’s Mission Life Committee offers enriching intergenerational service opportunities within our historic building, throughout Denver and around the world. Today, take part in Montview’s Annual Beans & Rice event from 12:00-2:00pm in Fellowship Hall. Help break down 2,000 lbs of beans and rice into meal-ready packages for our local food pantries, and learn more about Mission Life at Montview.
UPCOMING EVENTS
What’s Happening at Montview?
Take part in our annual Pumpkin Carving Event on October 26; join the WayMakers (20s/30s) group at Top Golf; attend a Safety & Security volunteer training and more in our This Week @ Montview email. Click here to access the latest edition.
ADULT FAITH FORMATION
Paul Reimagined: A Progressive Lens on the Apostle
with Pam Eisenbaum, Ph.D. and Christy Cobb, Ph.D.
October 19 and 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. Dr. Jason Hays
Liturgists: Rev. Amanda Osenga and Rev. Dr. Lorraine Leist
Piano/Organ: Adam Waite
Artist-in-Residence: Ike Sturm
Conductor: Becki Taylor (11:00am)
Assistant Conductor: Heidi Shriver (11:00am)
Student Conductor: Andrew Dehab (11:00am)
Piano: Jim Craft (11:00am)
Reader: Juli Davidson
Sound: Cate Thieme
Video: John Goerner
Chorus: Bel Canto Choir (11:00am)
Handbells Choir: Youth Bells (11:00am)
PARISH NEWS
Prayer Tree
Sears Barrett (husband of Colleen Barrett); Bob Boswell and family (mourning the death of Bob’s wife, Rhonda); Edward Collins (son of Dolores Collins); Jolene Cranston; Cindi Graves; Mark Haynes; Joe Hickman; Tony Johnson; Suzy King; Lynn Merwin and family (mourning the death of Lynn’s mother, Ethel Merwin); Eden Murphy; Lisa Padilla; 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)
Memorial Services
Rhonda Boswell | October 20 at 10:30am 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 Lynn Merwin in memory of her mother, Ethel Merwin.
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
Annual Beans & Rice Event Location: Fellowship Hall
Jubilate Singers
Location: Sanctuary
5:00pm
YAM Family Enrichment: Navigating The Anxious Generation (Youth + Parents)
Location: Fellowship Hall (Childcare available, Room 113)
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