Page Updated by Sunday Morning
Sunday, May 31, 2026 -- 10:30am Worship Service
This week’s bulletin art is a painting by Paul Hobbs, “Three in One”, 2000, acrylic on paper.
Welcome to Maxwell Street! We hope you will consider wearing a nametag so that we might get to know one another better. They can be found in the lobbies outside the sanctuary. You can find more helpful information inside this bulletin.
INTROIT 692 - God Is Here Today (first time in English, second time in Spanish)
God is here today;
as certain as the air I breathe,
as certain as the morning sun that rises,
as certain when I sing you’ll hear my song.
Dios está aquí,
tan cierto como_el aire que respiro,
tan cierto como la mañana se levanta,
tan cierto como que le canto y me puede oír.
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE - Larghetto, Trio No. 5, Luigi Boccherini, Jonah Falco & Lauren Falco, violin, Lucas Falco, cello
CALL TO WORSHIP
O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars that you have established;
what are humans that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?
Yet you have made them a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor.
O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
+ HYMN 20 - All Things Bright & Beautiful
+ CONFESSION & PARDON
O Lord our God, you call us to proclaim the gospel, but we remain silent in the presence of evil. You call us to be reconciled to you and one another, but we are content to live in separation. You call us to seek the good of all, but we fail to resist the powers of oppression. You call us to fight pretensions and injustice, but we sit idly by, endangering the lives of people far and near. Forgive us, O Lord. Reconcile us to you by the power of your Spirit, and give us the courage and strength to be reconciled to others; through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Savior. Listen now as we offer our silent prayers of confession.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven!
Thanks be to God.
RESPONSE TO FORGIVENESS - 581- Gloria Patri
PASSING OF THE PEACE
CHILDREN'S MESSAGE
PRAYER FOR OPENNESS
Speak to us, living God, as you have spoken to our ancestors: through the voices of your prophets, the breath of your Spirit, and the life of your Son, so that we may live according to your word; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.
SCRIPTURE READING- 2 Corinthians 13.11-13 NT pg 186 (NRSVUE)
Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Be restored; listen to my appeal; agree with one another; live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints greet you.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
This is the written testimony to the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
ANTHEM - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, arr. Dawson, Chancel Choir, Jay McNamee, solo
SCRIPTURE READING - Matthew 28.16-20 NT pg 34 (NRSVUE)
Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshiped him, but they doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
SERMON - “Students of Grace”, Rev. Matt Falco
+ STATEMENT OF FAITH- From The Confession of 1967 - The Inclusive Version
9.37 The church disperses to serve God wherever its members are at work or play, in private or in the life of society. Their prayer and Bible study are part of the church’s worship and theological reflection. Their witness is the church’s evangelism. Their daily action in the world is the church in mission to the world. The quality of their relation with other persons is the measure of the church’s fidelity.
9.38 Each member is the church in the world, endowed by the Spirit with some gift of ministry and is responsible for the integrity of his or her witness in each particular situation. Each member is entitled to the guidance and support of the Christian community and is subject to its advice and correction. In turn, each member, in her or his own competence, helps to guide the church.
+ HYMN 456 - Listen, God Is Calling
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE & THE LORD'S PRAYER
OFFERING
• OFFERTORY - Allegro, Trio No. 4, The London Trios, Joseph Haydn, Jonah Falco & Lauren Falco, violin, Lucas Falco, cello
+ • DOXOLOGY
Praise God from whom all blessing flow Praise Christ the Word in flesh born low;
Praise Holy Spirit evermore; One God, Triune, whom we adore. Amen.
+ • PRAYER OF DEDICATION
+ HYMN 757 - Today We Are All Called to Be Disciples
+ CHARGE & BENEDICTION
+ BENEDICTION RESPONSE -Hymn 372, O For A World (verses 1 and 5)
O for a world where everyone
respects each other’s ways,
where love is lived and all is done
with justice and with praise.
O for a world preparing for
God’s glorious reign of peace,
where time and tears will be no more,
and all but love will cease.
POSTLUDE- Allegro moderato, Trio No. 1, The London Trios, Joseph Haydn, Jonah Falco & Lauren Falco, violin, Lucas Falco, cello
Welcome to Maxwell Street! We hope you will consider wearing a nametag so that we might get to know one another better. They can be found in the lobbies outside the sanctuary. You can find more helpful information inside this bulletin.
INTROIT 692 - God Is Here Today (first time in English, second time in Spanish)
God is here today;
as certain as the air I breathe,
as certain as the morning sun that rises,
as certain when I sing you’ll hear my song.
Dios está aquí,
tan cierto como_el aire que respiro,
tan cierto como la mañana se levanta,
tan cierto como que le canto y me puede oír.
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS
PRELUDE - Larghetto, Trio No. 5, Luigi Boccherini, Jonah Falco & Lauren Falco, violin, Lucas Falco, cello
CALL TO WORSHIP
O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.
When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars that you have established;
what are humans that you are mindful of them, mortals that you care for them?
Yet you have made them a little lower than God and crowned them with glory and honor.
O LORD, our Sovereign, how majestic is your name in all the earth!
+ HYMN 20 - All Things Bright & Beautiful
+ CONFESSION & PARDON
O Lord our God, you call us to proclaim the gospel, but we remain silent in the presence of evil. You call us to be reconciled to you and one another, but we are content to live in separation. You call us to seek the good of all, but we fail to resist the powers of oppression. You call us to fight pretensions and injustice, but we sit idly by, endangering the lives of people far and near. Forgive us, O Lord. Reconcile us to you by the power of your Spirit, and give us the courage and strength to be reconciled to others; through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Savior. Listen now as we offer our silent prayers of confession.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven!
Thanks be to God.
RESPONSE TO FORGIVENESS - 581- Gloria Patri
PASSING OF THE PEACE
CHILDREN'S MESSAGE
PRAYER FOR OPENNESS
Speak to us, living God, as you have spoken to our ancestors: through the voices of your prophets, the breath of your Spirit, and the life of your Son, so that we may live according to your word; through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen.
SCRIPTURE READING- 2 Corinthians 13.11-13 NT pg 186 (NRSVUE)
Finally, brothers and sisters, farewell. Be restored; listen to my appeal; agree with one another; live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints greet you.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
This is the written testimony to the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
ANTHEM - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, arr. Dawson, Chancel Choir, Jay McNamee, solo
SCRIPTURE READING - Matthew 28.16-20 NT pg 34 (NRSVUE)
Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. When they saw him, they worshiped him, but they doubted. And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
SERMON - “Students of Grace”, Rev. Matt Falco
+ STATEMENT OF FAITH- From The Confession of 1967 - The Inclusive Version
9.37 The church disperses to serve God wherever its members are at work or play, in private or in the life of society. Their prayer and Bible study are part of the church’s worship and theological reflection. Their witness is the church’s evangelism. Their daily action in the world is the church in mission to the world. The quality of their relation with other persons is the measure of the church’s fidelity.
9.38 Each member is the church in the world, endowed by the Spirit with some gift of ministry and is responsible for the integrity of his or her witness in each particular situation. Each member is entitled to the guidance and support of the Christian community and is subject to its advice and correction. In turn, each member, in her or his own competence, helps to guide the church.
+ HYMN 456 - Listen, God Is Calling
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE & THE LORD'S PRAYER
OFFERING
• OFFERTORY - Allegro, Trio No. 4, The London Trios, Joseph Haydn, Jonah Falco & Lauren Falco, violin, Lucas Falco, cello
+ • DOXOLOGY
Praise God from whom all blessing flow Praise Christ the Word in flesh born low;
Praise Holy Spirit evermore; One God, Triune, whom we adore. Amen.
+ • PRAYER OF DEDICATION
+ HYMN 757 - Today We Are All Called to Be Disciples
+ CHARGE & BENEDICTION
+ BENEDICTION RESPONSE -Hymn 372, O For A World (verses 1 and 5)
O for a world where everyone
respects each other’s ways,
where love is lived and all is done
with justice and with praise.
O for a world preparing for
God’s glorious reign of peace,
where time and tears will be no more,
and all but love will cease.
POSTLUDE- Allegro moderato, Trio No. 1, The London Trios, Joseph Haydn, Jonah Falco & Lauren Falco, violin, Lucas Falco, cello