{"id":1774,"date":"2020-10-18T03:16:16","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T03:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=1774"},"modified":"2020-10-18T03:16:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T03:16:23","slug":"worship-for-the-twentieth-sunday-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/18\/worship-for-the-twentieth-sunday-after-pentecost\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost<\/h1>\n<h2>October 18, 2020<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Page-2-Image-2.png\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Zach Long<\/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>\u201cHelp us Breathe \/ with Your breath\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>\u201cSonata II &#8211; Grave, Adagio\u201d by Felix Mendelssohn<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sonata II - Grave, adagio - Mendelssohn\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m-kzwiCF-gE?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: Sing to God a new song!<br \/>\n<strong>Many: We sing with the wholeness of creation.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Tell the stories of God&#8217;s goodness.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: We see and share the stories of God&#8217;s glory.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Let the whole of the universe rejoice,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: God is with us!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #2047: <em>Bring Many Names<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bring Many Names arr. J. Bankson\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YTP85GwoE88?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\/flexscore\/GG2013\/760\/Accompaniment.png\"><\/p>\n<h2>Connecting in Prayer<\/h2>\n<h3>Shared Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Life-Breather,<br \/>\nYou breathe into us the breath of life,<br \/>\nand into our lives you continue to breathe,<br \/>\nenlivening us time and time again<br \/>\nwith your Spirit.<br \/>\nYou aim to bring abundance to life.<br \/>\nHelp us find rest,<br \/>\nand the capacity to breathe deeply,<br \/>\nHoly One,<br \/>\nso that we can feel your breath<br \/>\nenliven us again.<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\/10\/Page-3-Image-3.png\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Amanda Taylor<\/p>\n<h3>Pastoral Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><em>You are welcome to read this out-loud or silently.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nLife-Breather,<br \/>\nThe beauty of creation is serving as a balm to our souls.<br \/>\nThank you.<br \/>\nThe generosity and care of people serves as a balm to our whole beings.<br \/>\nThank you<br \/>\nThe creativity and wonder of music breathes new life into us again, as an instrument of your peace.<br \/>\nThank you.<br \/>\nIn the midst of great heaviness, we take some moments to attend to your breath, and be grateful for our capacity to<br \/>\nbreathe.<br \/>\nThank you.<br \/>\nYou see to bring abundant life to all your people.<br \/>\nMay we be attentive enough to see you in action.<br \/>\nAnd may all those who need your love, peace, healing, and support find themselves open to your gifts.<br \/>\nAmen<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Page-4-Image-4.png\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Amanda Taylor<\/p>\n<h3>The Lord&#8217;s Prayer (From the Aramaic)<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p><strong>O cosmic Birther of all radiance and vibration.<br \/>\nSoften the ground of our being<br \/>\nand carve out a space within us<br \/>\nwhere your presence can abide.<br \/>\nFill us with your creativity<br \/>\nso that we may be<br \/>\nempowered to bear the fruit of your mission.<br \/>\nLet each of our actions bear fruit<br \/>\nin accordance with our desire.<br \/>\nEndow us with the wisdom<br \/>\nto produce and share<br \/>\nwhat each being needs to grow and flourish.<br \/>\nUntie the tangled threads of destiny that bind us,<br \/>\nas we release others from the entanglement<br \/>\nof past mistakes.<br \/>\nDo not let us be seduced by that which would<br \/>\ndivert us from our true purpose, but illuminate<br \/>\nthe opportunities of the present moment.<br \/>\nFor you are the ground and the fruitful vision,<br \/>\nthe birth, power and fulfillment, as all is gathered<br \/>\nand made whole once again. <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Page-5-Image-5-1.png\"><\/p>\n<h2>Word and Reflection<\/h2>\n<h3>Choir Anthem<\/h3>\n<p><em>Steal Away to Jesus<\/em><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fisk Jubilee Singers - Steal Away to Jesus\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wo0AOf9b6fU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nSteal away, steal away; steal away to Jesus.<br \/>\nSteal away home. I ain\u2019t got long to stay here.<br \/>\nMy Lord calls me, he calls me by the thunder;<br \/>\nthe trumpet sounds within my soul. I ain\u2019t got long to stay here.<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture &#8211; Exodus 33:12-23<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Exodus 33:12-23\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LXHkRpemGBo?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>Poem: &#8220;Open Road&#8221; by Beatrice Baker Zimmerman<\/strong><br \/>\nA few weeks ago, I shared a poem by my father. Today as I was getting ready to put their memory book away, I found one by my aunt, his sister. Aunt Beatrice had a congenital hip deformity and some difficulty walking. She rarely traveled. But she found other ways to experience an \u201copen road.\u201d Many of us are feeling confined and restricted by this pandemic. I hope her outlook and positive attitude might be helpful!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Page-6-Image-6-1.png\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Amanda Taylor<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I take my pen in hand to speak a word or two to those who see an open road &#8212;<br \/>\nThe open road is an invitation<br \/>\nbe it near at home or across the nation.<br \/>\nIt promises new faces and new places<br \/>\nand summons to experience.<br \/>\nEach new day is an open road.<br \/>\nTo walk with joy or gaiety or<br \/>\ntread with peace and dignity or<br \/>\njust to plod along.<br \/>\nThe choice is yours.<br \/>\nA book is an open road.<br \/>\nIt beckons minds to learn<br \/>\nof great adventure, romance, or philosophy<br \/>\nor just to earn a brief respite from reality.<br \/>\nBut take the open road. It welcomes you<br \/>\nto live, to learn, to know, all others of your kind,<br \/>\nwho seek the promise of the breath of life<br \/>\nand glorious enrichment of the mind.<\/p>\n<footer>&#8211; Beatrice Baker Zimmerman<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Children&#8217;s Time<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"God&#039;s Paintbrush - Part 1\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uvSYgTWIHuw?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><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #388: O Come and Dwell In Me<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"O Come and Dwell in Me\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xBv6l1SP9ec?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\/401\/low\"><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture Reading: Matthew 22:15-22<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Matthew 22:15-22\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tvETcaz0oHc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon &#8211; &#8220;Breathe&#8221; &#8211; Rev. Sara E. Baron<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Breathe\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/27oQY8pLEWU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Responding<\/h2>\n<h3>Offering<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/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>\u201cUkrainian Alleluia\u201d &#8211; Craig Courtney<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ukrainian Alleluia\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DJBZE57-Oyg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<em>This anthem was borne out of the knowledge of the circumstances in Ukraine of the more than 25 million people were killed in the 20th century due to starvation, war and the one of the deadliest nuclear accidents in history. Ukrainian Christians suffered discrimination, torture and death for the sake of their beliefs.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Prayer of Presentation<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>\nLife-Breather,<br \/>\nThank you, thank you, thank you,<br \/>\nfor a world in which there are Octobers,<br \/>\nfor your love in our lives,<br \/>\nfor stamina to get us through.<br \/>\nMay the gifts we offer be blessed to do the work of your kindom.<br \/>\nAmen<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Page-7-Image-8-1.png\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Amanda Taylor<\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #420: Breathe On Me Breath of God<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NAK Chor Kapstadt - Breathe on me, breath of God\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rlyo3neR6xg?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\/431\/low\/420\"><\/p>\n<h3>Benediction<\/h3>\n<p>As you leave this time of worship, may you notice that God is with you with every breath that you take! Amen<\/p>\n<h3>Postlude<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cSonata II \u2013 Allegro maestoso e vivace\u201d by Felix Mendelssohn<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sonata II - Allegro maestoso e vivace\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9fyiO_qu1H4?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\/10\/Page-8-Image-9-1.png\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Amanda Taylor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady Worship for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost October 18, 2020 Photo by Zach Long &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/18\/worship-for-the-twentieth-sunday-after-pentecost\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1774","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\/1774","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=1774"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1774\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1779,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1774\/revisions\/1779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}