{"id":1846,"date":"2020-11-22T13:02:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-22T13:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=1846"},"modified":"2020-11-22T13:02:12","modified_gmt":"2020-11-22T13:02:12","slug":"worship-for-thanksgiving-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2020\/11\/22\/worship-for-thanksgiving-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for Thanksgiving Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for Thanksgiving Sunday<\/h1>\n<h2>November 22, 2020<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Page-2-Image-2-1.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>\u201cHoly One, we give you thanks.\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>\u201cTrumpet Tune\u201d (Homage to the 18th Century) by David N. Johnson<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trumpet Tune (Homage to 18th Century) _ David N. Johnson\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HMBd21iqGnU?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-3-Image-3-3.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Call to Worship<\/h3>\n<p>One: Give thanks with a grateful heart.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: When we can we will.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Give thanks with a heavy heart.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: When we can we will.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Know that God is with you.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Thanks be to God.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #131: <em>We Gather Together<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"We Gather Together (Grace Community Church)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/58YnptvuuXI?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\/BH2008\/637\/Accompaniment.png\"><\/p>\n<h2>Connecting in Prayer<\/h2>\n<h3>Shared Prayer (from Allie Scott)<\/h3>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nHoly One,<br \/>\nsource of all good things in this world,<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s be honest. It&#8217;s 2020.<br \/>\nYou&#8217;ve seen this year happen.<br \/>\nIn a year of pandemic, and politics,<br \/>\nand isolation, and exhaustion,<br \/>\nWe feel a lot more like saying,<br \/>\n&#8220;How long, O Lord?&#8221;<br \/>\nInstead of &#8220;in all things, give thanks.&#8221;<br \/>\nGive us eyes to see your wonders, O God,<br \/>\neven in a year like this one.<br \/>\nGive us hearts that overflow with gratitude<br \/>\nfor the ways we&#8217;ve made it through.<br \/>\nFor binge-worthy shows and new crafting skills;<br \/>\nFor fresh pots of coffee and surprise deliveries<br \/>\nof bread;<br \/>\nFires to burn and rooms to paint;<br \/>\nGood Lord, we give you thanks.<br \/>\nFor decent internet connection and love-to-hate-it Zoom;<br \/>\nFor the ding of a text and long phone chargers;<br \/>\nFor online shopping and unemployment checks;<br \/>\nGood Lord, we give you thanks.<br \/>\nFor annoying pets and their insistence that we get outside;<br \/>\nFor calls for justice so all can breathe;<br \/>\nFor music and podcasts and good books to read;<br \/>\nGood Lord, we give you thanks.<br \/>\nFor brilliant nurses and dedicated doctors;<br \/>\nFor Pharmacists currently making miracles happen;<br \/>\nFor family and community, even from far away;<br \/>\nGood Lord, we give you thanks.<br \/>\nFor the miracle that we haven&#8217;t disowned our children;<br \/>\nFor the reminder that we&#8217;re in this together;<br \/>\nAnd the reality that you are God and we are not;<br \/>\nGood Lord, we give you thanks.<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-4-Image-4-3.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>\nHoly One,<br \/>\nFor those getting together this week, may they be safe.<br \/>\nFor those staying apart this week, may they find ways to be connected.<br \/>\nAs we watch the numbers rise, our broken hearts break further open.<br \/>\nWe know the medical community is exhausted.<br \/>\nWe know essential workers are underappreciated.<br \/>\nWe know those who are alone are carrying heavy burdens of loneliness.<br \/>\nWe know those who are balancing too much are near breaking.<br \/>\nWe know far too many people are ill,<br \/>\nfar too many people have died,<br \/>\nand far too many people are grieving.<br \/>\nWorse, people have to grieve alone.<br \/>\nDifficult decisions are being made,<br \/>\nplans are being readjusted,<br \/>\nand there is less light with every passing day.<br \/>\nOh Holy One, what a time for Thanksgiving.<br \/>\nBless our smaller and quieter tables.<br \/>\nBless our sadness and our grief.<br \/>\nBless the tiny little wonders that still give us life.<br \/>\nAs we work through the struggles,<br \/>\nhelp us take enough time to offer our thanks,<br \/>\nand notice what there is to be grateful for.<br \/>\nAmen<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Page-5-Image-5-3.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>Alleluia<\/em> by Randall Thompson<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alleluia, by Randall Thompson\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GDY6TjwGKgg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture: Deuteronomy 8:7-18<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Deuteronomy 8:7-18\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3k3kRu6g4io?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>Alternative Giving \u2013 Church World Service Blanket Program<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Page-6-Image-6-3.png\"><br \/>\nFor many years, FUMC has supported the Church World Service (CWS) blanket program through our alternative giving at Christmas. For only $10.00 you can provide a warm, sturdy blanket to someone in need. Blankets go to people suffering from climate disasters, fires, displacement, low-income or other situations in which they might be cold. CWS has both lightweight and heavy blankets so that donations can be appropriate in each environment. Blankets are given within the US and also internationally wherever there is a need.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Page-6-Image-8-1.png\"><br \/>\nWhen I was in Arizona with the United Methodist Primetimers \u201cImmigration Immersion\u201d program, I saw CWS blankets in shelters for migrants both in Tucson and in Nogales, Mexico. (See photos.) Virgia has seen CWS blankets being used in Albany.<br \/>\nYou can give to this program by writing a check to FUMC with \u201cCWS blankets\u201d in the notation or by donating on the church website. If you would like to give as an alternative gift in someone\u2019s honor and want a card to give to the person you are honoring, contact Linda at the church office.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Page-6-Image-7-3.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Children&#8217;s Time<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thanksgiving Children&#039;s Time\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JMKrsVYydwg?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: We Are Gathered &#8211; Amanda Udis-Kessle<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;We Are Gathered&quot;\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0IvI-B3gFhk?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-9-1.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture Reading &#8211; Luke 17:11-19<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Luke 17:11-19\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q4rQW2g5_1Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon &#8211; \u201cGiving Thanks &#8211; 2020 Style\u201d &#8211; Rev. Sara Baron<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Giving Thanks - 2020 Style\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y5XTMO_XYzU?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: Now Thank We All Our God by Johann Sebastian Bach<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nun danket alle Gott (BWV 79)  Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kNGG_qT0PRk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Stewardship<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>Our Stewardship light is different in all of us.<br \/>\nWe give how we can with our hearts<\/p>\n<footer>-Amanda Taylor, Stewardship Chair<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Page-8-Image-11.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Prayer of Presentation<\/h3>\n<p>Holy One,<br \/>\nThis week as we bring our attention to our gratitude,<br \/>\nwe are able to attend to the multitude of gifts you have given us.<br \/>\nIt is overwhelming.<br \/>\nWith our offerings to this faith community,<br \/>\nand to your beautiful world,<br \/>\nwe embody our gratitude to you.<br \/>\nMay your love, peace, joy, and wisdom<br \/>\nbless all that we give,<br \/>\nand make it useful for the building of the<br \/>\nkindom.<br \/>\nAmen<\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #62: All Creatures of Our God and King<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"All Creatures of Our God and King (LASST UNS ERFREUEN)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YCCpj1x-vvg?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\/HTLG2017\/23\/low\"><\/p>\n<h3>Benediction<\/h3>\n<p>As you go from this time of worship,<br \/>\ninto this week of gratitude,<br \/>\nmay you be aware of God&#8217;s presence with you,<br \/>\nand the many gifts of love that surround you. Amen<\/p>\n<h3>Postlude<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cNow Thanks We All Our God\u201d by Michael Burkhardt<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Now Thank We All Our God&quot; by Michael Burkhardt\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fYX3AtRrVeo?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-9-Image-12-1.png\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady Worship for Thanksgiving Sunday November 22, 2020 Photo by Zach Long Getting Centered It &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2020\/11\/22\/worship-for-thanksgiving-sunday\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for Thanksgiving Sunday<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1845,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1846","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\/1846","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=1846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1847,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846\/revisions\/1847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}