8:00 Early Service
Gathering Hymns
O How He Loves Y ou and Me
The Gift of Love
10:30 Traditional Service
FWS #2108
UMH #408
Ritual of Friendship
Sharing the Ministry of Mountain View UMC
Camping Ministries Moment
Ryan Culby
Invitation to Worship (see screen)
Responsive
Joys and Concerns
Prayer of Confession (see 10:30 or screen)
Pastoral Prayer
Our Lord’s Prayer
Centering Hymn Now Praise the Hidden God of Love
FWS #2027
Scripture Focus
Matthew 13: 31-33, 44-52
Bible p. 795
Scripture Response Leader: The Word of God, for the people of God.
All:
Thanks be to God.
Offering
Lenten Doxology (see 10:30 service)
Prayer of Dedication
Sermon
“Hidden Treasures”
Pastor Steven K. Warren
Closing Hymn
The Spirit Sends Us Forth to Serve
FWS #2241
Benediction
Lay Liturgist: Connie Balazs
Piano: Linda Chambers
9:03 Praise Service
Centering with Breathing Deep the Breath of God
Songs of Praise (words found on the screen)
Welcome and Sharing the Ministry of Mountain View UMC
Camping Ministries Sunday
Ryan Culby
Ritual of Friendship
Silent Meditation and Prayer
Claude Debussy
Bringing in the Light of Christ
Scouting Flag Ceremony
Sharing the Life and Ministry of Mountain View UMC
Camping Ministries Sunday
Ryan Culby
*Greetings and Passing of the Peace: Please greet each other with a
handshake or an embrace, and with the words, May the peace of
God be with you.
Choral Introit
O How He Loves You and Me
Kurt Kaiser
Chancel Choir
*Invitation to Worship
Responsive
Leader: Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God;
People: Whose holy mountain, beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all
the earth,
Leader: Within its citadels, God has proven a sure defense.
People: We have thought on Your steadfast love, O God, in the midst of
Your temple.
Leader: As Your name, O God, so Your praise reaches to the ends of
the earth.
All:
This is God, our God forever and ever. God will be our guide
forever.
(Adapted from Psalm 48)
*Opening Hymn
Blessed Assurance
*Psalter for Lent
Psalm 25: 1-10, Response #2
UMH #369
UMH #756-7
(The congregational response will be played one time by the organist, then sung
one time by the choir, and then sung by the congregation and choir.
Verses will be spoken responsively.)
Children’s Message
Anthem
Centering Song
The Gift of Love
American Folk Tune
arr. Hal Hopson
Chancel Choir
Offering
Message
First Arabesque
Laura Moylan, piano
Following this time, children age 3 through 5th grade are invited
to leave with our Children’s Director for Sunday School in room 109.
Sharing of Joys and Concerns
Scripture Focus
Prelude
Matthew 13: 31-33, 44-52
Bible p. 795
“Hidden Treasures”
Pastor Steven K. Warren
Special Music
The Sending Forth
Closing Song
If you are a guest today, please let us know who you are
through the Fellowship Pads as they are passed. Thank you.
Sharing our Joys and Concerns
Silent Meditation and Pastoral Prayer
Community Prayer of Confession
Unison
Lord, I confess that:
I have had longings and nudges from You which I did not translate into
action.
I have made decisions without consulting You, then have blamed You
when things went wrong.
I have said that I trusted You, yet have not turned my affairs over to You.
I have been greedy for present delight and pleasure, unwilling to wait for
those joys which time and discipline alone can give.
*Please stand, as you are able.
I have often sought the easy way, and have consistently drawn back from
the road that is hard.
I have been fond of giving myself to dreams, which I am going to do
sometime, yet have been so slow in getting started doing them.
Forgive me for all the intentions that were born and somehow never
lived…
And now, Loving Father, I claim Your promise to change me. Do, Lord,
for me what I cannot do for myself. Lead me into a new tomorrow
with a new spirit. Cleanse my heart, create in me new attitudes and
new ideas, as only You can create them!
The Lord’s Prayer (see screen for words)
Unison
*Hymn of Faith Now Praise the Hidden God of Love
FWS #2027
Invitation to Offering
Offertory
Musette
17th Century Serbian
arr. Kevin McChesney
Wesley Ringers
*Lenten Doxology
Text by G.W. Shepherd
Praise God throughout these forty days.
Praise Christ, our Lord, whom God did raise.
And praise the Spirit who imparts
God’s love in Christ into our hearts.
Amen.
Prayer of Thanksgiving
All:
May the words of our mouths, and the meditations of our
hearts, be acceptable in Thy sight, O God, our Rock and our
Redeemer!
(Psalm 19: 14)
Scripture Focus
Matthew 13: 31-33, 44-52
Bible p. 795
Scriptural Response
Leader: The Word of God, for the people of God.
All:
Thanks be to God.
Sermon
“Hidden Treasures”
Pastor Steven K. Warren
*Hymn of Dedication The Spirit Sends Us Forth to Serve FWS #2241
Taking the Light of Christ’s Blessings into the World
Benediction
Postlude
Litanies
Jim Ruth, Organist
Jehan Alain
Composer’s note: "W hen, in its distress, the Christian soul can find no new word
to implore God's mercy, it tirelessly repeats the same plea with vehement faith.
Reason has reached its limit. Faith alone can go farther."
The flowers on the altar this morning were given by
Con and Sharon Tsang
in honor of Rupert’s 2nd birthday.
S U N D AY
M O U NTA I N V I EW S
We would like to give thanks to our
liturgists, Connie Balazs at 8:00,
Jean Bowen at 9:03, and Kris
Flewelling at 10:30.
The Permanent Endowment Committee is entertaining grant applications for activities and initiatives
connected with Mountain View that
are not regularly underwritten in the
church budget. The Committee anticipates that grant funding in the
range of $5,000 to $6,500 will be
available for 2015. Any Mountain
View member, committee, team, or
staff member is eligible to apply.
Application forms are available in
the church office and a link to the
application is available on Mountain
View’s web site. Applications are
due by March 27, 2015. The Permanent Endowment Committee members are very appreciative of the
contributions made to its funds by
generous members and friends of
Mountain View United Methodist
Church. Thanks so much for those
past gifts, and for those yet to come!
Next Sunday, March 15, all are invited to attend the re-scheduled Spaghetti Dinner at 5:00pm and the
Benefit Concert at 6:30pm. Sor t of
like dinner and a movie, but you only have to go up a flight of stairs
between eating and entertainment!
Proceeds will help the youth go on
their mission trip this summer. The
plan for the trip is to go to the Grand
Canyon, with stops at various
churches and mission work as we
go. Of course, there will be at least a
little time for fun along the way!
If you’ve attended a benefit concert
previously, you know how much fun
they can be. We already have the
sax quartet, Spirit Singers, and tiny
violin players scheduled to perform.
If you’re interested in being part of
the fun, contact Sara Casarrubias at
[email protected]. See you there!
WOW Meets TODAY! The Women of the Word (WOW) will meet at
March 8, 2015
10:15 a.m., in the Flatirons Room.
We will focus on “The Parables of
Lent”: A Lenten Bible Study in Six
Sessions for both the March and
April meetings. We will study and
discuss sessions 1-3 for the March
meeting and sessions 4-6 at our
April 12 meeting. Please remember
to bring your Bible with you. We
also will share devotions from the
Alive Now! publication. For more
information, contact Jean Bowen at
303-443-3225.
The Mary-Martha circle will meet
on March 11 at 10:00 a.m. in the
Private Dining Room at FMRC.
Rev. Bob Ritzen, FMRC chaplain,
will present a program about using
the Bible in pastoral care. For more
information, contact Jan Winquest at
720-562-8215.
Bob Voss (Long time member of
Mt. View) will be 90 on March
14th. A “card shower” is being organized and he’d love to hear his
from friends at MVUMC. If you
wish to send a card to Bob and include any notes or memories you
might have of times with him his
address is: 2874 Zami Drive, Grand
Junction, CO 81501. Questions can
be directed to Paul or Donna Voss
303-530-0282.
Sara Casarrubias is leaving her position as Church Administrator, effective today, to take another job at a
local software firm. There will be a
reception to honor her service on
March 29. In related news, SPRC
has posted a job listing for a church
administrator, with resumes requested by March 23. For the complete
job listing, visit mtview.org. The
link is on the home page.
The Children's Ministry team is collecting Easter eggs for our annual
egg hunt! This year, the hunt will
take place following the 10:30 service on Easter Sunday. We are asking that you bring in plastic eggs,
Joys:
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Gene Lundeen stopped by the church
this week to say hello!
This Week’s Schedule
Office Hours: Monday-Thursday, 9 am—3 pm
Friday 9 am—1 pm
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Prayers:
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Bill Schumpert.
Phil Youngren.
Kent and Frances Boggs.
Patti Roberts.
Sympathies:
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Steve Hrynik’s sister, Linda, died
suddenly in Michigan. Her service
was held this past week. Our prayers
are with the Hrynik family.
Jean Bowen’s father passed away last
week. Our prayers are with Jean and
their family.
filled with treats, by March 29 (Palm
Sunday). There will be a basket in the
Narthex where we will collect plastic
eggs.
Sermon Notes
We will grow in love of God and neighbor and self as
Disciples of Jesus Christ in the Wesleyan tradition.
TODAY
Daylight Savings Begins!
Worship at 8:00, 9:03 and 10:30am
9:00am – 10:00am Adult Sunday School
10:30am – 12:30pm WOW (205)
10:30am – 12:30pm Men's Group (208)
10:45am Children's Sunday School (109)
11:30am Music Staff Meeting (110)
4:30pm—5:30pm Spirit Singers (108)
5:30pm—7:30pm Crossfyre Youth Group
Monday, March 9
7:00am – 9:00am Jim Ruth Practice (S)
8:00am – 12:15pm Handweavers (BH)
2:00pm – 8:00pm Violin-Brady (202)
3:00pm – 4:00pm Violin - Bowman (108)
4:00pm – 7:30pm GBYO (FP)
4:15pm – 8:45pm GBYO (S)
4:30 – 8:45pm GBYO (108,109,111,112)
5:30pm – 7:00pm Lay Leadership (208)
7:00pm – 9:00pm Reserved (205)
Tuesday, March 10
7:00am – 9:00am Jim Ruth Practice (S)
10:30am – 12:30pm Flood Meeting (FP)
12:30pm – 2:00pm Staff Meeting (205)
12:30pm – 9:00pm Violin - Berg (112)
3:00pm – 8:00pm Violin-Brady (111)
3:30 – 7:00pm Bridge House Dinner (BH)
6:00pm – 8:30pm Reserved (205)
6:00pm – 10:00pm Handweavers (FP)
6:15pm – 7:30pm Bell Rehearsal (S)
6:30pm – 8:00pm NA Committee (208)
Wednesday, March 11
7:00am – 9:00am Jim Ruth Practice (S)
12:00pm – 4:00pm MVP (FP)
3:00pm – 8:00pm Violin - Morris (111)
3:30pm – 5:30pm BPA (BH)
3:30pm – 6:00pm Flute - Kelley (112)
3:30pm – 7:00pm BPA (109)
7:00pm – 8:30pm Chancel Choir (S)
7:00pm – 9:00pm Wednesday Night
Women (205)
Thursday, March 12
7:00am – 9:00am Jim Ruth Practice (S)
12:30pm – 9:00pm Violin - Berg (108)
4:00pm – 5:00pm Daisy Troop (112)
5:00pm – 8:00pm Violin - Felsing (111)
Friday, March 13
7:00am – 9:00am Jim Ruth Practice (S)
9:00am – 11:00am There with Care (BHK)
4:00pm – 6:30pm Suzuki Group
Saturday, March 14
7:00am – 9:00am Jim Ruth practice (S)
7:30am – 5:00pm GS Outdoor Skills Day
(BH, FP, classrooms and outside)
8:00am – 12:00pm Mt View Spruce UP!
11:00am – 1:00pm Guitar - Schiller (111)
5:00pm – 6:30pm Head for Home (S)
7:30pm – 10:00pm NA Meeting (FP)
Sunday, March 15
Worship at 8:00, 9:03 and 10:30am
9:00am – 10:00am Adult Sunday School
10:45am Children's Sunday School (109)
5:00pm Spaghetti Dinner (BH)
6:30pm Benefit Concert (S)
March 8, 2015
Scouting and Camping Ministries Sunday
“Hidden Treasures”
Pastor Steven K. Warren
Scripture Focus: Matthew 13: 31-33, 44-52
Mountain View
United Methodist Church
355 Ponca Place • Boulder, CO 80303
303-494-5025 • www.mtview.org