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Sunday, November 9, 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 - Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing, arr. McChesney, Westminster Bells
Call to Worship - Adapted from Psalm 107
Give thanks to the Lord, for God is good;
God’s steadfast love never ends.
We are the ones God has gathered in—
those rescued from storms, from confusion, from fear.
When we were lost and weary, hungry for hope and thirsty for peace,
we cried out to the Lord in our trouble—and God heard us.
God calmed the chaos around us
and brought us safely to a place of rest.
Let us thank the Lord for steadfast love,
for mercy that holds us fast in every storm.
Let us lift our voices in praise and thanksgiving—
for the One who stills the wind and quiets the waves is with us even now.
+ Hymn 409 - God Is Here!
+ Call to Confession
+ A Prayer of Confession
Holy and gracious God, we confess that when the storm rises, we often lose sight of you. We let fear shape our choices, we let worry drown out your word of peace. You call us to trust, but we cling to control. You speak, “Peace, be still,” but we remain anxious and restless. Forgive us, Lord. Calm the waves within us. Still the winds around us. Speak your peace into our hearts, so that we may trust you more deeply and follow you more faithfully. 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
Guide us, O God, by your Word and Spirit, that in your light we may see light, in your truth find freedom, and in your will discover your peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Scripture Reading - Revelation 21.1-5, NT pg 205 (NRSVUE)
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them and be their God; he will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away.” And the one who was seated on the throne said, “See, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
This is the written testimony to the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Anthem - The Ground, Ola Gjeilo, Chancel Choir, Loren Tice, piano
Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Blessed is he who comes. Hosanna in the highest.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world.
Grant us peace.
Scripture Reading - Mark 4.35-41, NT pg 82
On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” And waking up, he rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Be silent! Be still!” Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?” And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
Sermon - The Home of God - Rev Matt Falco
Statement of Faith - Confession of 1967 Section C - 9.20
God the Holy Spirit fulfills the work of reconciliation in human life. The Holy Spirit creates and renews the church as the community in which people are reconciled to God and to one another. The Spirit enables people to receive forgiveness as they forgive one another and to enjoy the peace of God as they make peace among themselves. In spite of their sin, the Spirit gives people power to become representatives of Jesus Christ and his gospel of reconciliation to all.
+ HYMN 653 - Give Thanks to God Who Hears Our Cries (vs. 1, 4, 5, and 6)
Prayers of the People & THE LORD’s PRAYER
Offering
• INVITATION
• Offertory - Lord, I Want to be a Christian
• 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
Almighty and Everlasting God, we give You thanks this day as we gather the pledges of support for
Your Church in the coming year. We bring them before You with eager anticipation and hope.
Hear us, O God, as we give You our thanks and praise.
For those whose lives have been touched by Your Spirit, who have increased their commitment,
We give You thanks and praise.
For those who are responding to Your creative grace by pledging for the first time,
We give You thanks and praise.
For those who are tithing, and even exceeding a tithe,
We give You thanks and praise.
For committee workers who have labored in this effort to enable Your people to make a pledge of support for Your Church,
We give You thanks and praise.
That each one of us, and Your whole Church, become more faithful to the call of service in Jesus Christ,
We ask Your continuing guidance and care.
That these pledges may emerge as real gifts, thereby enabling the mission and ministry of Jesus Christ to move forward through this congregation and the Church Universal,
In the name of Jesus Christ, we commit ourselves to this action. Amen
+ HYMN 837 - What a Fellowship, What a Joy Divine
Charge & Benediction
Benediction Response - Hymn 541“God Be with You Till We Meet Again” vs. 1 & 3
1 God be with you till we meet again; loving counsels guide, uphold you,
with a shepherd’s care enfold you: God be with you till we meet again.
3 God be with you till we meet again; when life’s perils thick confound you,
put unfailing arms around you: God be with you till we meet again.
Postlude - Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee, arr. Sherman
GREETING & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Prelude - Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing, arr. McChesney, Westminster Bells
Call to Worship - Adapted from Psalm 107
Give thanks to the Lord, for God is good;
God’s steadfast love never ends.
We are the ones God has gathered in—
those rescued from storms, from confusion, from fear.
When we were lost and weary, hungry for hope and thirsty for peace,
we cried out to the Lord in our trouble—and God heard us.
God calmed the chaos around us
and brought us safely to a place of rest.
Let us thank the Lord for steadfast love,
for mercy that holds us fast in every storm.
Let us lift our voices in praise and thanksgiving—
for the One who stills the wind and quiets the waves is with us even now.
+ Hymn 409 - God Is Here!
+ Call to Confession
+ A Prayer of Confession
Holy and gracious God, we confess that when the storm rises, we often lose sight of you. We let fear shape our choices, we let worry drown out your word of peace. You call us to trust, but we cling to control. You speak, “Peace, be still,” but we remain anxious and restless. Forgive us, Lord. Calm the waves within us. Still the winds around us. Speak your peace into our hearts, so that we may trust you more deeply and follow you more faithfully. 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
Guide us, O God, by your Word and Spirit, that in your light we may see light, in your truth find freedom, and in your will discover your peace; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Scripture Reading - Revelation 21.1-5, NT pg 205 (NRSVUE)
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “See, the home of God is among mortals. He will dwell with them; they will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them and be their God; he will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away.” And the one who was seated on the throne said, “See, I am making all things new.” Also he said, “Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
This is the written testimony to the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God.
Anthem - The Ground, Ola Gjeilo, Chancel Choir, Loren Tice, piano
Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Blessed is he who comes. Hosanna in the highest.
Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world.
Grant us peace.
Scripture Reading - Mark 4.35-41, NT pg 82
On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him. A great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already being swamped. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion, and they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” And waking up, he rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Be silent! Be still!” Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm. He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?” And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
Sermon - The Home of God - Rev Matt Falco
Statement of Faith - Confession of 1967 Section C - 9.20
God the Holy Spirit fulfills the work of reconciliation in human life. The Holy Spirit creates and renews the church as the community in which people are reconciled to God and to one another. The Spirit enables people to receive forgiveness as they forgive one another and to enjoy the peace of God as they make peace among themselves. In spite of their sin, the Spirit gives people power to become representatives of Jesus Christ and his gospel of reconciliation to all.
+ HYMN 653 - Give Thanks to God Who Hears Our Cries (vs. 1, 4, 5, and 6)
Prayers of the People & THE LORD’s PRAYER
Offering
• INVITATION
• Offertory - Lord, I Want to be a Christian
• 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
Almighty and Everlasting God, we give You thanks this day as we gather the pledges of support for
Your Church in the coming year. We bring them before You with eager anticipation and hope.
Hear us, O God, as we give You our thanks and praise.
For those whose lives have been touched by Your Spirit, who have increased their commitment,
We give You thanks and praise.
For those who are responding to Your creative grace by pledging for the first time,
We give You thanks and praise.
For those who are tithing, and even exceeding a tithe,
We give You thanks and praise.
For committee workers who have labored in this effort to enable Your people to make a pledge of support for Your Church,
We give You thanks and praise.
That each one of us, and Your whole Church, become more faithful to the call of service in Jesus Christ,
We ask Your continuing guidance and care.
That these pledges may emerge as real gifts, thereby enabling the mission and ministry of Jesus Christ to move forward through this congregation and the Church Universal,
In the name of Jesus Christ, we commit ourselves to this action. Amen
+ HYMN 837 - What a Fellowship, What a Joy Divine
Charge & Benediction
Benediction Response - Hymn 541“God Be with You Till We Meet Again” vs. 1 & 3
1 God be with you till we meet again; loving counsels guide, uphold you,
with a shepherd’s care enfold you: God be with you till we meet again.
3 God be with you till we meet again; when life’s perils thick confound you,
put unfailing arms around you: God be with you till we meet again.
Postlude - Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee, arr. Sherman