{"id":1635,"date":"2020-07-12T03:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T03:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=1635"},"modified":"2020-07-12T03:01:05","modified_gmt":"2020-07-12T03:01:05","slug":"worship-for-the-sixth-sunday-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2020\/07\/12\/worship-for-the-sixth-sunday-after-pentecost\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for the Sixth Sunday After Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for Sixth Sunday after Pentecost<\/h1>\n<h2>July 12, 2020<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Page-2-Image-1.png\"><br \/>\n2020 Photo from Dominick Giaquinto<\/p>\n<h2>Getting Centered<\/h2>\n<p>It may help to center yourself into worship by lighting a candle, as a symbol of God&#8217;s presence with you during the time of worship.  You may also want to pay attention to lighting, the position of your body, and the availability of distractions.<\/p>\n<h3>Breath Prayer<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe earth is the Lord&#8217;s.\u201d<br \/>\n<em>Breath prayers involve breathing in the first phrase, and breathing out the second.<br \/>\nYou may wish to simply pray for a moment before starting, or you may wish to pray while listening to the prelude.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Prelude<\/h3>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Offertoire&#8221; by Th\u00e9odore Dubois<\/strong><br \/>\nDominick Giaquinto &#8211; Organ<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Offertoire - Th\u00e9odore Dubois\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zU46ne4JyYQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Page-3-Image-2.png\"><br \/>\n<em>The Sower<\/em> located in the FUMC Narthex<\/p>\n<h3>Call to Worship<\/h3>\n<p>One: Happy are those whose way is blameless,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: who walk the path of God\u2019s law.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Happy are those who keep God\u2019s decrees,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: who seek him with their whole heart,<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: who also do no wrong,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: but walk in God\u2019s ways.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #577: <em>God of Grace and God of Glory<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;God of Grace and God of Glory&quot; (CWM RHONDDA)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KcFDuUDLsHo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hymnary.org\/page\/fetch\/UMH\/582\/low\/577\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hymnary.org\/page\/fetch\/UMH\/583\/low\/577\"><\/p>\n<h2>Connecting in Prayer<\/h2>\n<h3>Shared Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><strong> As on a first day you began the work of creating us;<br \/>\nSo on this first day, our God, freshen and remake us;<br \/>\nAnd as the week is new, let our lives begin again<br \/>\nBecause of Jesus who shows us your loving power.<br \/>\nAmen.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Silent Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Page-4-Image-3.png\"><br \/>\n2016 Photo Show: &#8220;Hope &#8230; That We Will All Learn To Play Together&#8221; by Barbara Armstrong<\/p>\n<h3>Pastoral Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><em>You are welcome to read this out-loud or silently.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nOur God, as we share in this time of prayer, help us be aware of those in need: those in our congregation, those in the city of Schenectady and surrounding communities, those across New York State, those across our nation, those around the world. If we see an opportunity to help, may we respond. If we see an injustice, may we proclaim it wrong. If we see a place where love is needed, may we react with compassion. Guide us O God, always in the paths of peace. Amen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Lord&#8217;s Prayer<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Our Father who art in heaven,<br \/>\nHallowed be thy name.<br \/>\nThy kingdom come.<br \/>\nThy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.<br \/>\nGive us this day our daily bread.<br \/>\nAnd forgive us our trespasses,<br \/>\nas we forgive those who trespass against us.<br \/>\nAnd lead us not into temptation,<br \/>\nbut deliver us from evil:<br \/>\nFor thine is the kingdom, and the power,<br \/>\nand the glory, for ever. Amen.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Word and Reflection<\/h2>\n<h3>Choir Anthem<\/h3>\n<p><em>Gabriel&#8217;s Message<\/em> &#8211; Traditional Basque Hymn<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Gabriel&#039;s Message With Lyrics\/Words - Kings College Choir\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ai79_hb_FMY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture &#8211; Isaiah 7:10-17<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Isaiah 7:10-17\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WSG3J_9K6eQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Mission Moment &#8211; Michele Cole<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Schenectady Community Action Program (SCAP)<\/strong><br \/>\nToday\u2019s mission moment was submitted by Michele Cole. I hope everyone will<br \/>\nconsider suggesting a mission moment this summer. Doing so can be another way to maintain and even increase our connections while we are apart. If you have had a joyful or meaningful experience or learned something interesting, please consider sharing it by emailing it to Jan Huston. It might even be something you found on You-tube or Facebook.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Page-5-Image-4.png\"><br \/>\n<strong>Schenectady Community Action Program (SCAP)<\/strong><br \/>\nSCAP first opened its doors in 1965, part of the community action movement that began during President Johnson\u2019s Great Society initiatives. Serving nearly 12,000 people each year, SCAP supports and empowers people to build on their resources so that they may eventually rise out of poverty and become self-supporting. Services available through SCAP include education, family stabilization and employment. The results are better families and stronger, more cohesive communities.<br \/>\nSCAP remains ever committed to ending poverty. Their community resource navigation efforts include a directory of community services. Our community breakfast program and SUSTAIN ministry are both listed in the SCAP directory, enabling FUMC to reach a broader community than might be possible just through word of mouth. Check out <a href=\"scapny.org\">SCAP<\/a> to learn more about their programs and find out how you can help!<\/p>\n<h3>Children&#8217;s Time<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"0712 Children&#039;s Time\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WSe3HonqstQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Passing of the Peace<\/h3>\n<p><em>If you are worshiping with others, please pass the Peace of Christ.<br \/>\nWhether you are alone or with others, please take a moment to find God&#8217;s peace within, and then to share it with the world. You may want to reach out to speak peace to another during this week.<\/em><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Page-8-Image-4.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #2222: The Servant Song<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Will You Let Me Be Your Servant (SERVANT SONG)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/32jWTAIHXgE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture Reading: Luke 1:26-35<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Luke 1:26-35\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6tFwn2IvkTk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon &#8211; &#8220;Who Said Mary Was a Virgin&#8221; &#8211; Rev. Bill Pattison<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"01 Who Said Mary Was a Virgin\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ae2xIXvIsyY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Responding<\/h2>\n<h3>Offering<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Page-6-Image-5.png\"><br \/>\n2017 Photo Show &#8211; &#8220;Prayers, Presence Gifts, Service, Witness&#8221; by Larry McArthur<br \/>\nIf you wish, you are welcome to use this time to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eservicepayments.com\/cgi-bin\/Vanco_ver3.vps?appver3=3_CMn6vY3gbXWj2GvkW32xVh5LubqSJdgKX6KHFre1VuMdS3Q8kj_eIJXGJN8RG-0gmHZvX_Lw1ha8ZXgn-54Krv7ImQMfM68o70RRXIZtDlvXRu7Icp8meYpri-7vHbdSHJK5fST8PKv5rD7H0pV4u2FYADh6CtWzBcTpjLo9qDxBXK0S3J8MPHZwZCFVXkDJkCUTrur4Wm694FEfvylg==&amp;ver=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">make a donation to the church online<\/a>, or to put a check in the mail.<br \/>\nThe time of offering is not only about our financial gifts to the church, it is about offering our lives to God and the building of the kindom. This is a time for reflection: What is being asked of us? What is being given to us? What are we able to offer? What do we need?<\/p>\n<h3>Offertory Anthem<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cO Thou Who Camest From Above\u201d by Philip Stopford<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"O thou who camest from above Stopford\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RAdWe67BajU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n1. O thou who camest from above<br \/>\nthe fire celestial to impart,<br \/>\nkindle a flame of sacred love<br \/>\non the mean altar of my heart!<br \/>\n2. There let it for thy glory burn<br \/>\nwith inextinguishable blaze,<br \/>\nand trembling to its source return<br \/>\nin humble prayer and fervent praise.<br \/>\n3. Jesus, confirm my heart\u2019s desire<br \/>\nto work, and speak, and think for thee;<br \/>\nstill let me guard the holy fire,<br \/>\nand still stir up the gift in me.<br \/>\n4. Ready for all thy perfect will,<br \/>\nmy acts of faith and love repeat;<br \/>\ntill death thy endless mercies seal,<br \/>\nand make the sacrifice complete.<\/p>\n<h3>Prayer of Presentation<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>We bring this offering, our God, to enable the ministries of our church in compassionate service to our neighbors near at hand and far away. May your Spirit follow it in blessing many lives. Amen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Hymn #179: Oh Sing a Song of Bethlehem<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"O Sing a song of Bethlehem (KINGSFOLD)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hYQ9bqmf7uE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hymnary.org\/page\/fetch\/UMH\/179\/low\/179\"><\/p>\n<h3>Benediction<\/h3>\n<p>May we go in peace to bring God\u2019s peace to all we meet. Amen.<\/p>\n<h3>Postlude<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;God of Grace and God of Glory&#8221; by Paul Manz<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"God of Grace - Paul Manz\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QUY9PkNWYIE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Page-7-Image-6.png\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady Worship for Sixth Sunday after Pentecost July 12, 2020 2020 Photo from Dominick Giaquinto &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2020\/07\/12\/worship-for-the-sixth-sunday-after-pentecost\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for the Sixth Sunday After Pentecost<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1631,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-online-worship"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1635"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1636,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1635\/revisions\/1636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}