Bulletin: May 21, 2023

Ascension Sunday May 21 | 8:30 and 11:00am GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME PreludeReverie & ChoraleJohn Kuzma (1946-2021) Welcome *Call to Worship (from Psalm 66) Leader:  Shout for joy to God, all the earth!                People:  Sing the glory of God’s holy name. Leader:  All the earth worships you,       All:         And sings praises to your name.       …

Bulletin: May 14, 2023

Sixth Sunday of Easter May 14 | 8:30 and 11:00am GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME PreludeChant de MaiJoseph Jongen (1873-1953) Welcome *Call to Worship (from Psalm 66) Leader:  Shout for joy to God, all the earth!                People:  Sing the glory of God’s holy name. Leader:  All the earth worships you,       All:         And sings praises to your …

Bulletin: May 14, 2023 Children’s Sunday

Prelude & Processional Please remain seated unless otherwise instructed. Welcome . . . . . . Karlie Adams  Call to Worship . . . . . . Heidi Pshak Leader: We have come together in the name of God.                       People:  We have come together in faith. Leader: We worship God with joy. People: We worship God with gratitude. …

Bulletin: May 7, 2023

Fifth Sunday of Easter May 7 | 8:30 and 11:00am GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME PreludeNocturne (8:30am)Kenji Bunch (b.1973)          Berceuse (11:00am)Louis Vierne (1870-1937) Welcome *Call to Worship (from Psalm 66) Leader:  Shout for joy to God, all the earth!                People:  Sing the glory of God’s holy name. Leader:  All the earth worships you,       All:         And …

Bulletin: April 30, 2023

FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 8:30 & 11:00AM GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME PreludeAllegretto graziosoFrank Bridge (1879-1941) Welcome *Call to Worship (Based on John 10:1-11) Leader:  Our Good Shepherd calls.      People:  He knows us each by our name.  Leader:  Our Good Shepherd leads.     People:  We are here to listen and to follow.              Leader:  Our Good Shepherd protects and …

Bulletin: April 23, 2023 Spring Concert

ERNEST BLOCH AVODATH HAKODESH : SACRED SERVICE The Montview Westminster Choir & Guest Singers and Orchestra April 23, 2023 • 7:00pm Cantor Arik Luck, Baritone Adam Waite, Conductor and Minister of Music Barbara Hulac, Associate Minister of Music with Kali Paguirigan, Alto and Rebecca Koenigberg, Soprano Welcome             Rev. Clover Reuter Beal, Co-Pastor Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service)Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) Part ICantor:  …

Bulletin: April 23, 2023

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER 8:30 & 11:00AM GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME PreludePastoraleSamuel Adler (b. 1928) *Call to WorshipLeader:  We are gathered in the truth of the risen Christ.People:  We are gathered in thanksgiving and praise. Leader:  We open our hearts in this Eastertide.               People:  We open our hearts in belief and love. All:         Thanks be to …

Bulletin: April 16, 2023

SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER 8:30 & 11:00AM GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME PreludeAwake, My Heart, With GladnessFlor Peeters (1903-1986) *Call to WorshipLeader:  We are gathered in the truth of the risen Christ.People:  We are gathered in thanksgiving and praise. Leader:  We open our hearts in this Eastertide.               People:  We open our hearts in belief and love. All:        …

Bulletin: April 9, 2023

EASTER SUNDAY 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00AM GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME PreludeFolk Fragments, from String Quartet No. 3 (8:00am)Nancy Galbraith (b. 1951)                  Voluntary on Old 100th (9:30 & 11:00am)Henry Purcell (1659-1695)                  Sonata (9:30 & 11:00am)Giovanni Buonamente (1595-1642) *Call to WorshipLeader:  Christ is Risen! People:  Christ is Risen Indeed! Alleluia! Leader:  This is the day that the Lord has made. …

Bulletin: April 7, 2023

The Tenebrae of Good Friday 7:30pm THE SERVICE OF TENEBRAEThe service of Tenebrae (Latin for “shadows”) follows a tradition of the church dating back at least to the 8th century, and perhaps as early as the 5th century after Christ. The liturgy dramatizes the suffering, death and burial of Jesus through the reading of Scripture and singing of psalms, hymns …