{"id":1788,"date":"2020-10-25T03:45:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-25T03:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=1788"},"modified":"2020-10-25T03:46:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-25T03:46:02","slug":"worship-for-the-twenty-first-sunday-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/25\/worship-for-the-twenty-first-sunday-after-pentecost\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost<\/h1>\n<h2>October 25, 2020<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Page-2-Image-2-1.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>\u201cFestive Processional\u201d by David Lasky<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Festive Processional -  David Lasky\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IvP7TvGppV0?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: Love the Lord your God,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: We love God with all our hearts, soul and minds.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Love your neighbors.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: We seek to love our neighbors in word and action.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: May your life be guided by love.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: May we find compassion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #402: <em>Lord I Want To Be A Christian<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UPH Choir - Lord I Want To Be A Christian - Melissa Christina Senior Recital\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7xIrC9Gjles?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\/GG2013\/904\/low\"><\/p>\n<h2>Connecting in Prayer<\/h2>\n<h3>Shared Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Lover of our Souls,<br \/>\nLover of our Beings,<br \/>\nYour love is the center of the universe,<br \/>\nand of our lives.<br \/>\nIt is in you that we live, and breath,<br \/>\nand have our beings.<br \/>\nMay we continue to learn your love,<br \/>\nfrom the inside out,<br \/>\nso we can rest in it and<br \/>\nshare it with the world.<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-3-1.png\"><br \/>\nPhoto 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>\nLover of our Souls, Lover of our Beings,<br \/>\nWe seek to savor life itself, as a gift.<br \/>\nWe have been reminded that life is a gift,<br \/>\nas we lose those we love.<br \/>\nWe seek to savor beauty as a source of awe.<br \/>\nWe know that we need to store up the wonder of fall,<br \/>\nto keep colors in mind through winter.<br \/>\nWe bring our gratitude to healing, and hope,<br \/>\neven as we worry for those who are ill or injured,<br \/>\nor nearing the end of life.<br \/>\nMay your loving support be with all who are struggling,<br \/>\nand may it help us find ways to show support beyond ourselves.<br \/>\nAmen<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Page-4-Image-4-1.png\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Barbara Armstrong<\/p>\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>The Gift of Love<\/em> by Hal Hopson<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Gift of Love - Arr. Hal H. Hopson\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c0AicZiBA7s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Psalm 90:1-6, 13-17\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bKvciEHWemM?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>Thinking of Voting Early?<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4>Voting Hours:<\/h4>\n<table  class=\" table table-hover\" >\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Saturday, October 24<\/td>\n<td>9AM to 2PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sunday, October 25<\/td>\n<td>9AM to 2PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Monday, October 26<\/td>\n<td>12AM to 8PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tuesday, October 27<\/td>\n<td>9AM to 5PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Wednesday, October 28<\/td>\n<td>12AM to 8PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thursday, October 29<\/td>\n<td>9AM to 5PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Friday, October 30<\/td>\n<td>9AM to 5PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Saturday, October 31<\/td>\n<td>9AM to 2PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sunday, November 1<\/td>\n<td>9AM to 2PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Page-5-Image-5-2.png\"><\/p>\n<h4>Poll Sites:<\/h4>\n<p>If you are registered in a county, you are eligible to vote early at any of the<br \/>\nsites offered in your county. Phone numbers for County Boards of Election<br \/>\nare listed below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Schenectady County: 518-377-2469<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Central Library, 99 Clinton St., Schenectady<\/li>\n<li>South Schenectady Fire Dept., 6 Old Mariaville Rd., Rotterdam<\/li>\n<li>Glenville Senior Center, 32 Worden Rd., Glenville<\/li>\n<li>Niskayuna Town Hall, 1 Niskayuna Circle, Niskayuna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Saratoga County 518-885-2249<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Halfmoon Library, 45 Moe Rd., Clifton Park<\/li>\n<li>Gavin Park, 10 Lewis Dr., Saratoga<\/li>\n<li>Board of Elections, 50 W. High St., Ballston Spa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Albany County 518-487-5060<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Albany Board of Elections, 260 Pearl St., Albany<\/li>\n<li>Pine Grove UMC, 1580 Central Ave, Albany<\/li>\n<li>Boght Comm Fire Dept., 8 Preston Dr., Cohoes<\/li>\n<li>Guilderland Fire Dept., 2303 Western Ave., Guilderland<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rensselaer County 518-270-2990<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Holy Cross Armenian Church, 255 Spring Ave., Troy<\/li>\n<li>Schodack Town hall, 265 Schuurman Rd., Castleton<\/li>\n<li>Brunswick Office Building, 336 Town Office Rd., Troy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Children&#8217;s Time: God&#8217;s Paintbrush Part 2<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"God&#039;s Paintbrush part 2\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dQsugkFOL4Y?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\/10\/Page-6-Image-6-2.png\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Barbara Armstrong<\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #2168: Love the Lord Your God<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Love the Lord your God\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9LbX38CRamU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n(You may want to substitute \u201chumankind\u201d for \u201cmankind\u201d as you sing.)<\/p>\n<h3>Scripture Reading: Matthew 22:34-46<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Matthew 22:34-46\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZdUm6n6OMV4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon &#8211; &#8220;Love&#8221; &#8211; Rev. Sara E. Baron<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Love\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NjN-X1dGOow?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>\u201cWe Are Singing for the Lord Is Our Light\u201d &#8211; Traditional Zulu Song, arranged by Hal Hopson<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"We are Singing for the Lord is our Light (Siyahamba) traditional Zulu Song, arr. by Hal Hopson\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4E_ZIruw_DA?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>\nLover of our Souls, Lover of our Beings,<br \/>\nWe offer you our gratitude,<br \/>\nour love,<br \/>\nand gifts in service to your kindom.<br \/>\nMay the gifts we give be blessed<br \/>\nto be used with love,<br \/>\nand for love.<br \/>\nAmen<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Hymn #432: Jesu, Jesu<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jesu,Jesu, Fill Us with Your Love (CHEREPONI)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UvQz513Jl8M?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\/BH1991\/501\/Accompaniment.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Benediction<\/h3>\n<p>May God&#8217;s compassion find its way into you,<br \/>\nand through you. Amen<\/p>\n<h3>Postlude<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cOde to Joy\u201d by Ludwig van Beethoven<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ode to Joy by Beethoven on the UCR carillon\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/imcb2obRIe4?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-8-1.png\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Barbara Armstrong<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady Worship for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost October 25, 2020 Photo by Alice Nash &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2020\/10\/25\/worship-for-the-twenty-first-sunday-after-pentecost\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for the Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1788","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\/1788","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=1788"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1792,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788\/revisions\/1792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}