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Sunday, September 28, 2025 -- 10:30am Worship Service
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.
Greeting & Announcements
Prelude - Ein ungefärbt Gemüte from Cantata No. 24, J. S. Bach, Jacob Wilson, trumpet
Call to Worship
Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth!
Sing to the glory of God’s name.
All of creation worships, singing praise to God.
Sing to the glory of God’s name.
Let us give glory to God.
+ Hymn 610 - O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing
+ Call to Confession
+ A Prayer of Confession
Jesus, we have forgotten you when we needed you most. When we have felt drained, we could have turned to you for comfort and strength. We have been fixated on what people are saying rather than the opportunity to do what you have taught us. Yet you see us, and cleanse us, and make us whole. We ask for your mercy and give thanks for your grace. Hear now our silent prayers of confession.
• Assurance of Pardon
• Response to Forgiveness: Hymn 581, (Gloria Patri)
Passing of the Peace
Children’s Message
Prayer for Openness
These are your words, O God. Open our spirits to be ready to receive them. Strengthen us to hear their truth. Unbind us to live their call. Amen.
Scripture Reading - Psalm 111 OT, pg 562
Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them. Full of honor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures forever. He has gained renown by his wonderful deeds; the Lord is gracious and merciful. He provides food for those who fear him; he is ever mindful of his covenant. He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the heritage of the nations. The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy. They are established forever and ever, to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness. He sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever. Holy and awesome is his name. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever.
This is the written testimony to the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Anthem - Lord, in Thee Have I Trusted, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Chancel Choir
Scripture Reading - 2 Timothy 2.8-15, NT pg 212
Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David—that is my gospel, for which I suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, so that they may also obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. The saying is sure:
If we have died with him, we will also live with him;
if we endure, we will also reign with him;
if we deny him, he will also deny us;
if we are faithless, he remains faithful—
he cannot deny himself.
Remind them of this, and warn them before the Lord that they are to avoid wrangling over words, which does no good but only ruins those who are listening. Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth.
Sermon - A Reminder, Rev. Matt Falco
Statement of Faith - from a Brief Statement of Faith
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.
Jesus proclaimed the reign of God: preaching good news to the poor and release to the captives, teaching by word and deed and blessing the children, healing the sick and binding up the brokenhearted, eating with outcasts, forgiving sinners, and calling all to repent and believe the gospel.
+ HYMN 720 - Jesus Calls Us Over the Tumult
Prayers of the People & THE LORD’s PRAYER
Offering
• INVITATION
• Offertory
• 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 39 - Great is Thy Faithfulness
Charge & Benediction
Benediction Response - Hymn 765, May the God of Hope Go with Us
May the God of hope go with us every day,
filling all our lives with love and joy and peace.
May the God of justice speed us on our way,
bringing light and hope to every land and race.
Praying, let us work for peace;
singing, share our joy with all;
working for a world that’s new,
faithful when we hear Christ’s call.
Postlude - Profile II from Eight Profiles for Trumpet, Jacob Wilson, trumpet
+ Indicates that the congregation is invited to stand in body and/or spirit.
Greeting & Announcements
Prelude - Ein ungefärbt Gemüte from Cantata No. 24, J. S. Bach, Jacob Wilson, trumpet
Call to Worship
Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth!
Sing to the glory of God’s name.
All of creation worships, singing praise to God.
Sing to the glory of God’s name.
Let us give glory to God.
+ Hymn 610 - O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing
+ Call to Confession
+ A Prayer of Confession
Jesus, we have forgotten you when we needed you most. When we have felt drained, we could have turned to you for comfort and strength. We have been fixated on what people are saying rather than the opportunity to do what you have taught us. Yet you see us, and cleanse us, and make us whole. We ask for your mercy and give thanks for your grace. Hear now our silent prayers of confession.
• Assurance of Pardon
• Response to Forgiveness: Hymn 581, (Gloria Patri)
Passing of the Peace
Children’s Message
Prayer for Openness
These are your words, O God. Open our spirits to be ready to receive them. Strengthen us to hear their truth. Unbind us to live their call. Amen.
Scripture Reading - Psalm 111 OT, pg 562
Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the company of the upright, in the congregation.Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all who delight in them. Full of honor and majesty is his work, and his righteousness endures forever. He has gained renown by his wonderful deeds; the Lord is gracious and merciful. He provides food for those who fear him; he is ever mindful of his covenant. He has shown his people the power of his works, in giving them the heritage of the nations. The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy. They are established forever and ever, to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness. He sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever. Holy and awesome is his name. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever.
This is the written testimony to the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Anthem - Lord, in Thee Have I Trusted, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Chancel Choir
Scripture Reading - 2 Timothy 2.8-15, NT pg 212
Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David—that is my gospel, for which I suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, so that they may also obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. The saying is sure:
If we have died with him, we will also live with him;
if we endure, we will also reign with him;
if we deny him, he will also deny us;
if we are faithless, he remains faithful—
he cannot deny himself.
Remind them of this, and warn them before the Lord that they are to avoid wrangling over words, which does no good but only ruins those who are listening. Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved by him, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly explaining the word of truth.
Sermon - A Reminder, Rev. Matt Falco
Statement of Faith - from a Brief Statement of Faith
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.
Jesus proclaimed the reign of God: preaching good news to the poor and release to the captives, teaching by word and deed and blessing the children, healing the sick and binding up the brokenhearted, eating with outcasts, forgiving sinners, and calling all to repent and believe the gospel.
+ HYMN 720 - Jesus Calls Us Over the Tumult
Prayers of the People & THE LORD’s PRAYER
Offering
• INVITATION
• Offertory
• 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 39 - Great is Thy Faithfulness
Charge & Benediction
Benediction Response - Hymn 765, May the God of Hope Go with Us
May the God of hope go with us every day,
filling all our lives with love and joy and peace.
May the God of justice speed us on our way,
bringing light and hope to every land and race.
Praying, let us work for peace;
singing, share our joy with all;
working for a world that’s new,
faithful when we hear Christ’s call.
Postlude - Profile II from Eight Profiles for Trumpet, Jacob Wilson, trumpet
+ Indicates that the congregation is invited to stand in body and/or spirit.