{"id":1814,"date":"2020-11-08T15:57:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-08T15:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2020-11-08T15:58:07","modified_gmt":"2020-11-08T15:58:07","slug":"worship-for-the-23rd-sunday-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2020\/11\/08\/worship-for-the-23rd-sunday-after-pentecost\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for the 23rd Sunday After Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for the 23rd Sunday After Pentecost<\/h1>\n<h2>November 8, 2020<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/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>\u201cHumble and gentle One \/ you are rest for my soul.\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>\u201cAllein Gott in der H\u00f6h sei Her\u201d by Johann Sebastian Bach<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Allein Gott in der H\u00f6h sei Ehr - J.S. Bach\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-vfrgHw4mMU?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: This is the day that the Lord has made,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Let us rejoice and be glad in it.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: The heavens declare the glory of God &#8211;<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Not in words but in a glorious technicolor light show.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Every day shouts in wordless language<br \/>\n<strong>Many: That God made it all.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #66: <em>Praise My Soul, the King of Heaven<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (LAUDA ANIMA)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GRl-GdDeaAo?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\/TPH2018\/489\/low\"><\/p>\n<h2>Connecting in Prayer<\/h2>\n<h3>Shared Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><strong>How wonderful, O Lord, are the works of your hands! The heavens declare Your glory, the arch of sky displays Your handiwork. In Your love you have given us the power to behold the beauty of Your world robed in all its splendor. The sun and the stars, the valleys and hills, the rivers and lakes all disclose Your presence. The roaring breakers of the sea tell of Your awesome might; the beasts of the field and the birds of the air bespeak Your wondrous will. In Your goodness You have made  us able to hear the music of the world. The voices of loved ones reveal to us that You are in our midst. A divine voice sings through all creation.<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\/11\/Page-3-Image-3-1.png\"><\/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 the sunrise, we awaken to greet you on the morning you have created. Everything around us reminds us of your love. We come here with our hearts open and our minds seeking you. Still our anxiousness, quiet our minds, restore our souls. Remind us when we worry that you are the God of life and breath, that you refresh our spirits. Be with those who are lonely and afraid, those who suffer, those in the hospital. Gather us all up in your loving care and give us the courage to be the people you call us to be. Amen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Page-4-Image-4-1.png\"><\/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>Keep God&#8217;s Light<\/em> by Mark Patterson<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Keep God\u2019s Light\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WIPIGxcKJAA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture: Matthew 25:1-13<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Matthew 25 1   13\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UoLq3VMicgQ?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>Nelson Mandela Quote<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Page-5-Image-5-1.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Children&#8217;s Time: All Saint&#8217;s Childrens&#8217; Time<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Childrens time 11 15 2020\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qeg8TVuo4KY?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\/11\/Page-6-Image-7-1.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #2212: My Life Flows On \/ How Can I Keep From Singing<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Can I Keep From Singing by Robert Lowry; arr. DeFord\/Loynes\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7g57AgQfvDo?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\/LUYH2013\/480\/low\"><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon &#8211; &#8220;What Do We Do While We Wait&#8221; &#8211; Rev. Dana Carroll<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Do We Do While We Wait?\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hotc6pAEwKk?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>\u201cPraise His Holy Name\u201d &#8211; Keith Hampton<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Syracuse University Singers: Praise His Holy Name\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PrZXKSfxvVs?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>\nWe bring to you our gratitude, for our lives, our relationships, the love that surrounds us, for your creation, for beauty, for kindness. Bless these gifts that we offer. Amen<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Page-7-Image-8-1.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #585: This Little Light of Mine<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This Little Light of Mine (Children&#039;s Gospel Music) Vocal and Piano Worship\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r0uAM8jo898?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\/GC2\/368\/low\"><\/p>\n<h3>Benediction<\/h3>\n<p>As you go from this worship, remember that God is with you, and all of us, in the present and in the waiting. Amen<\/p>\n<h3>Postlude<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cRondeau\u201d by Jean Joseph Mouret<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rondeau - Jean Joseph Mouret\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2atCWffD9_U?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\/11\/Page-7-Image-9.png\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady Worship for the 23rd Sunday After Pentecost November 8, 2020 Photo by Zach Long &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2020\/11\/08\/worship-for-the-23rd-sunday-after-pentecost\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for the 23rd Sunday After Pentecost<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1813,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1814","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\/1814","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=1814"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1817,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions\/1817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}