{"id":1728,"date":"2020-09-19T03:28:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T03:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2020-09-19T03:28:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T03:28:33","slug":"worship-for-the-sixteenth-sunday-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2020\/09\/19\/worship-for-the-sixteenth-sunday-after-pentecost\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for the Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost<\/h1>\n<h2>September 20, 2020<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Page-2-Image-1-1.png\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Alice Nash<\/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>\u201cLover of our souls \/ teach us compassion\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>\u201cPrelude in a Classic Style\u201d by Gordon Young<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prelude in a Classic Style - G. Young\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Iv32mNJnapQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Call to Worship<\/h3>\n<p>One: We worship a God of Compassion.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: God feels with us.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: We worship a God who encourages compassion.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: God yearns for us to feel with each other.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Given the brokenness of our world,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: compassion can be overwhelming.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Yet, without compassion,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: love cannot win.<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Page-3-Image-2-2.png\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Terry Phillips<\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #57 <em>or<\/em> Hymn #3001 from <em>Worship and Song<\/em>: <em>O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nx0rCabJ16c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hymnary.org\/page\/fetch\/UMH\/57\/low\/57\"><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"O for a Thousand Tongues,  by Mark Miller\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QUmehLLI0yI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Connecting in Prayer<\/h2>\n<h3>Shared Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Living Mercy,<br \/>\nGod of Compassion,<br \/>\nOpen our hearts,<br \/>\neven when it hurts.<br \/>\nMay we see clearly,<br \/>\neven when what we see is uncomfortable.<br \/>\nShow us what needs our attention,<br \/>\nincluding the wonder<br \/>\nalong with the brokenness.<br \/>\nGive us strength to face the world unafraid,<br \/>\nand share your compassion with it.<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\/09\/Page-4-Image-3-2.png\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Terry Phillips<\/p>\n<h3>Pastoral Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><em>You are welcome to read this out-loud or silently.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nGod of Compassion,<br \/>\nAre you ever overwhelmed like we are?<br \/>\nWhen you see all the natural disasters,<br \/>\nand human made disasters,<br \/>\nthe illness and injury,<br \/>\nthe grief and heartbreak,<br \/>\nhow do you handle it all?<br \/>\nHow do you feel with all of us without breaking?<br \/>\nOr, perhaps it makes more sense to say:<br \/>\nsometimes we feel close to breaking,<br \/>\nand we know how much more you experience.<br \/>\nHelp us, guide us, strengthen us,<br \/>\nto see and hear and feel what is happening around us<br \/>\nwithout shutting down.<br \/>\nAnd give us the insight to notice all the gifts and wonders around us as well.<br \/>\nSlow us down to see the leaves changing.<br \/>\nHelp us savor great music, art, books, or even meals.<br \/>\nMay wonderful memories help us as we grieve.<br \/>\nMay hope pervade our lives,<br \/>\nalong with your dreams for wholeness for all your people.<br \/>\nAmen<\/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>Ave Maria<\/em> &#8211; Franz Biebl<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ave Maria - The Morehouse College Glee Club and Cornell University Glee Club\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OOCJF7Kjnbw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture &#8211; Jonah 3:10-4:11<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jonah 3:10-4:11\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9of9KOk7_Dw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Mission Moment &#8211; Jan Huston<\/h3>\n<p><strong>UMCOR Disaster Response and Recovery<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Page-5-Image-4-2.png\"><br \/>\nHave you heard the story about the conversation between two governors after a disaster? The story is that one said to the other, \u201cHave the M and M\u2019s come yet?\u201d He meant the Methodists and the Mennonites. Methodists are often the first in and the last out of disaster situations. The United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR), Early Response Teams (ERTs),<br \/>\nand Volunteers in Mission (VIMs) make a significant difference in times of disaster. UMCOR is currently responding to storms in the Gulf Coast and wildfires in the west.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Page-5-Image-5.png\"><br \/>\nThe website states that UMCOR responds to natural or civil disasters of such magnitude that they overwhelm a community\u2019s ability to recover on their own. When disaster strikes, it is local churches that provide the first response to their communities. This basic understanding \u2013 that disaster response is local \u2013 forms the foundation for UMCOR\u2019s disaster training and response. UMCOR provides training, financial assistance, expertise, and community collaboration to churches and partners making them more resilient to disasters.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Page-6-Image-6-1.png\"><br \/>\nYou can learn more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=umcor+hurricane+relief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a>, at <a href=\"http:\/\/umcmission.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UMC Mission&#8217;s Web Site<\/a>, and at UMCOR\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UMCOR\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook page<\/a>.<br \/>\nUMCOR\u2019s annual financial goal for Disaster and Response Recovery (Advance #901670) is $20 million. We can give by going to <a href=\"https:\/\/umcmission.social\/3gt2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UMCOR US Disaster Response and Recovery<\/a> (there is a way to give our local church credit for the donation) or by going to the <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/electronic-giving\/\">FUMC website<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Children&#8217;s Time<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jonah and the Bush\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y9Bpjy7e5tE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; 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\/09\/Page-6-Image-7.png\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Terry Phillips<\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #2126: All Who Hunger<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"David Belt - All Who Hunger (The Live Unplugged Sessions)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V_kOR-tqFik?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hymnary.org\/page\/fetch\/SOF2001\/139\/low\"><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture Reading: Matthew 20:1-16<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Matthew 20:1-16\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9tW2VRIEvAw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon &#8211; &#8220;Hunger&#8221; &#8211; Rev. Sara E. Baron<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Hunger&quot;\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qpx73YYQxms?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nReflection Questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What do you see being done for the common good?<\/li>\n<li>How should food be distributed?<\/li>\n<li>In what ways does society treat some people as &#8220;expendable&#8221;?<\/li>\n<li>What do you see being done to change that?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Responding<\/h2>\n<h3>Offering<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Page-7-Image-8.png\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Alice Nash<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 Praise the Lord with Heart and Voice\u201d &#8211; Franz Joseph Haydn<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"O Praise the Lord With Heart and Voice\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rJSwZn7152c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Prayer of Presentation<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>Living Mercy,<br \/>\nWith these gifts, we seek to break free of the brokenness of this world, and participate in your blessings instead.<br \/>\nMay the gifts that we give: our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service, and our witness be blessed to be useful to your kindom.<br \/>\nAmen<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Hymn #581: Lord Whose Love Through Humble Service<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ELW 712 &quot;Lord, Whose Love in Humble Service&quot;\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SBe_bTjmHjk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Benediction<\/h3>\n<p>May God gift you with awareness of the systems you are in,<br \/>\nand the courage of your convictions to respond! Amen<\/p>\n<h3>Postlude<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cJoy and Celebration\u201d by Lee Afdahl<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joy and Celebration - Lee Afdahl\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R-LnEfc1D1w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Page-8-Image-9.png\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Terry Phillips<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady Worship for the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost September 20, 2020 Photo by Alice Nash &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2020\/09\/19\/worship-for-the-sixteenth-sunday-after-pentecost\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for the Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1721,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1728","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\/1728","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=1728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1729,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728\/revisions\/1729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}