{"id":1660,"date":"2020-08-02T02:54:02","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T02:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=1660"},"modified":"2020-08-02T02:54:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-02T02:54:07","slug":"worship-for-the-ninth-sunday-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2020\/08\/02\/worship-for-the-ninth-sunday-after-pentecost\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for Ninth Sunday after Pentecost<\/h1>\n<h2>August 2, 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>&#8220;We are one in the Spirit\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>Prelude from <em>A Lyric Suite<\/em> by Alfred Fedak<\/strong><br \/>\nDominick Giaquinto &#8211; Organ (FUMC)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prelude by Alfred Fedak\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MqMw8GtDK_0?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\/06\/Fire-6-4.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Call to Worship<\/h3>\n<p>One: We come together while in many places<br \/>\n<strong>Many: To share a time across times<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: To be one in spirit<br \/>\n<strong>Many: And one in love.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #2130: <em>Will You Come and Follow Me<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Will You Come and Follow Me (KELVINGROVE))\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1EOmW1_gJwY?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\/VU1996\/575\/low\"><\/p>\n<h2>Connecting in Prayer<\/h2>\n<h3>Shared Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><strong>O God, in mystery and silence you are present with us, bringing new life out of destruction, hope out of despair, growth out of difficulty. We thank you that you do not leave us alone but labor to make us whole. Help us to perceive your presence in the unfolding of our lives, and to attend to the gentle guidance of your Spirit, that we may know the joy you give your people. Amen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Silent Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Page-4-Image-3.png\"><br \/>\nPhoto from Alice Nash<\/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, because of a  pandemic we are scattered across time and space\u2014isolated from each other. Yet because of your universal Spirit, we are together as one wherever we are and whenever we share this service. Help us learn from this experience of being a community unhinged from a familiar frame that you are the glue holding us together in love. 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>Ubi Caritas<\/em> &#8211; Ola Gjeilo<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CWU Chamber Choir: Ola Gjeilo, Ubi Caritas (unaccompanied)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zvI5sNucz1w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nWhere charity and love are, God is there.<br \/>\nThe love of Christ has gathered us together.<br \/>\nLet us rejoice and be glad in it.<br \/>\nLet us revere and love the living God.<br \/>\nAnd from a sincere heart let us love one another. Amen<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture &#8211; Galatians 3:23-29<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Galatians 3:23-29\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pDwLM1FxybU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Mission Moment &#8211; Jan Huston<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Arizona Justice for Our Neighbors<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Please consider contributing a mission moment. It can be an experience, a poem, something meaningful that you recently learned, a brief book review, an insight, or maybe something else. Send your idea to me \u2013 Jan Huston.<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\nArizona Justice for Our Neighbors (AZJFON), a United Methodist Immigration Ministry, is the organization that coordinated the United Methodist Primetimers visits to Tucson so that participants could learn about immigration. <a href=\"https:\/\/azjfon.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to learn more.<\/a><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Page-5-Image-4.png\"><br \/>\n<strong>\u201cLighting a Candle for Children Separated from Parents at the Border\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nRev. Kelley Dick, AZJFON Board Member &amp;<br \/>\nMinister at Sahuaro Christian Church; June 2020<br \/>\nSaguaro Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has a commitment to be an inclusive, intergeneration, missional and sacred community of faith. We live this out in a number of different ways. We have been holding a daily candle vigil for the children who were separated from their parents at the border for the past 770 days. We hold it on Saguaro Christian Church\u2019s Facebook page every day at 10am.<br \/>\nOur vigil began first at a border crossing in Nogales, Son. We were on an Agape trip serving alongside our sister church Comunidad Familiar Cristiana in Nogales, Son. As our group was waiting in line to cross the border, we caught up with the news going on in America. Report after report, story after story of the horrific family separations caught our attention just as the small children waiting to seek asylum caught Owen\u2019s (the other minister at Saguaro) 2 daughter\u2019s attention. It was as if the world shifted on its axis, we knew we had to do something, but what? All the way home and into the next day we prayed and texted and prayed and read and soon the daily vigil was born. In 2018, immigrant children along the southern border were separated from their families as a result of Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Zero Tolerance Policy.&#8221; Many were reunited, but some are still separated. Even now, questions remain regarding the care of children within detention centers. We\u2019ve seen the stats, we\u2019ve read the reports, we know that families are still separated. It is our hope that by holding this vigil that we will ignite in others the desire to help change the system.<br \/>\nThe lighting of the candle reminds us that even in the worst conditions that God is still present. So we light the candle to remind us all of the light inside each of us is the same light inside each of the families separated at the border. We will pray until all are reunited. But prayer should also move us to action. May this action be our prayer in motion. We can all do something. We invite you to continue to pray, protest and be an agent of change alongside us. Three ways we encourage you to help justice happen are:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Reach out to those in power and make your voice heard. Policy makers are policy changers. We recommend the \u201c5 Calls&#8221; app or \u201cResistBot.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Give money, resources, and time to organizations and churches who are helping immigrant families navigate the asylum process.<\/li>\n<li>Do your research, be knowledgeable and know together we can make a difference.<\/li>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Page-5-Image-5.png\"><\/ol>\n<h3>Children&#8217;s Time<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"0802 Children&#039;s Time\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IMnWmlMVSvY?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><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #534: Be Still My Soul<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Be Still My Soul - FINLANDIA\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uAT6PWayxCI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hymnary.org\/flexscore\/UMH\/534\/Accompaniment.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture Reading: Mark 7:24-30<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mark 7:24-30\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4E5FnZC9ht0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon &#8211; &#8220;An Inclusive Community&#8221; &#8211; Rev. Bill Pattison<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"04 An Inclusive Community\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ss4odFem1pA?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 Sing! Rejoice!\u201d by George Handel, arr. Patrick Liebergen<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;O Sing, Rejoice&#039; - Handel\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DtnP3TwHJi8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nO sing! Rejoice! Lift up a joyful song to God with every voice!<\/p>\n<h3>Prayer of Presentation<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>We share, O God, the gifts of who we are, not just what we have earned, that the world may be a better place. Amen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Hymn #2223: We Are One in the Spirit<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"We Are One In The Spirit\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cBHJobmBdK0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nWe are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord;<br \/>\nWe are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord;<br \/>\nAnd we pray that all unity will one day be restored.<br \/>\nChorus: And they&#8217;ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love,<br \/>\nyes, they&#8217;ll know we are Christians by our love.<br \/>\nWe will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand;<br \/>\nWe will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand;<br \/>\nAnd together we&#8217;ll spread the news that God is in our land.<br \/>\nWe will work with each other, we will work side by side;<br \/>\nWe will work with each other, we will work side by side;<br \/>\nAnd we&#8217;ll guard each man&#8217;s dignity and save each man&#8217;s pride.<br \/>\nAll praise to the Father, from whom all things come;<br \/>\nAnd all praise to Christ Jesus, His only Son.<br \/>\nAnd all praise to the Spirit who makes us one.<br \/>\nCopyright: Words: 1966 F.E.L. Publications. Assigned 1991 Lorenz Publishing Company (Admin. by Lorenz Corporation),<br \/>\nMusic: 1966 F.E.L. Publications. Assigned 1991 Lorenz Publishing Company (Admin. by Lorenz Corporation)<\/p>\n<h3>Benediction<\/h3>\n<p>Let us bring a sense of community to all we meet. Amen.<\/p>\n<h3>Postlude<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;Finlandia&#8221; by Jean Sibelius<br \/>\nCantus<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Finlandia&quot; by Jean Sibelius -- Cantus\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YuXrFZBforA?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\/08\/Page-7-Image-7.png\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Barbara Armstrong<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady Worship for Ninth Sunday after Pentecost August 2, 2020 2020 Photo from Dominick Giaquinto &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2020\/08\/02\/worship-for-the-ninth-sunday-after-pentecost\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1660","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\/1660","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=1660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1661,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660\/revisions\/1661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}