{"id":1867,"date":"2020-12-06T04:39:08","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T04:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=1867"},"modified":"2020-12-06T04:39:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T04:39:18","slug":"worship-for-the-second-sunday-of-advent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2020\/12\/06\/worship-for-the-second-sunday-of-advent\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for the Second Sunday of Advent"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for the Second Sunday of Advent<\/h1>\n<h2>December 6, 2020<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Page-2-Image-2-3.png\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Sue Learner<\/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>\u201cPeace Like a River \/ flow into me.\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>\u201cNun komm, der Heiden Heiland\u201d (Savior of the Nations, Come) by Johann Sebastian Bach<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nun komm der Heiden Heiland - Bach\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DCO-QRM7y38?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: God&#8217;s message comes.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: God sends comfort.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Good, we need comfort.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: God sends peace.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Good, we need peace.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: God sends hope.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Good, we need hope.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: God is with us.<br \/>\nThanks be to God!<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Page-3-Image-3.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #510: <em>Come, Ye Disconsolate<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Baylor A Cappella Choir (Men) - Come Ye Disconsolate - Johnson\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mNqzhfB4y1I?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\/ELW2006\/870\/low\"><\/p>\n<h3>Lighting of the Advent Wreath<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Advent Wreath Lighting\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HwhIBZ2_Lvo?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-3-4.png\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Alice Nash<\/p>\n<h2>Connecting in Prayer<\/h2>\n<h3>Shared Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nPeace Like a River,<br \/>\nWe keep trying to access you, to find calm, to find peace, but stress and strain pull us away.<br \/>\nYet, we remember that your peace isn&#8217;t dependent on our actions,<br \/>\nnor on our circumstances.<br \/>\nYour peace is a gift from you,<br \/>\nand you always offer it to us.<br \/>\nIt is close at hand.<br \/>\nMay we catch a glimpse of your peace with us,<br \/>\nand then to let it in.<br \/>\nAmen<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Silent Prayer<\/h3>\n<h3>Pastoral Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><em>You are welcome to read this out-loud or silently.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nPeace Like a River,<br \/>\nYou are with us, close at hand, offering us your gifts,<br \/>\nand you are with us when sorrow and exhaustion come too.<br \/>\nIn the midst of many struggles,<br \/>\nand in the midst of many joys,<br \/>\nwe reach out to you, to be our Steady Rock.<br \/>\nWhen we cannot find the way,<br \/>\nwe reach out to you, to be our Compass.<br \/>\nWhen everywhere we turn is darkness,<br \/>\nwe reach out to you, knowing you are with us in the dark,<br \/>\nhelping us grow and heal.<br \/>\nWhen lights emerge,<br \/>\nwe reach out to you, to help us see what you see.<br \/>\nDear one, be with the world, and all who need you.<br \/>\nOffer strength to those who are weakened,<br \/>\nhealing to those who are struggling,<br \/>\nlove to those who are aching,<br \/>\nhope to the hopeless,<br \/>\nand peace to all.<br \/>\nAnd may we keep reaching to you,<br \/>\nso that we may be able to savor your blessings,<br \/>\nand be your blessings in the world. Amen<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Page-6-Image-6.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>E&#8217;en So Lord Jesus, Quickly Come<\/em> by Paul Manz<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"E&#039;en So Lord Jesus Quickly Come\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aNyLmy3ml5Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-11<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Isaiah 40:1 -11\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RbfBzYZ9MVU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Children&#8217;s Time<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Amazing Peace Children&#039;s Time\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MpzXYpdGYFM?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\/12\/Page-6-Image-7.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #200: Tell Out My Soul<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3E7QWLyDWe8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/3E7QWLyDWe8<\/a><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hymnary.org\/flexscore\/LUYH2013\/364\/Accompaniment.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture Reading &#8211; Mark 1:1-8<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mark 1:1 8\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MJe2ZCnCCpQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon &#8211; Rev. Sara Baron<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;The Only Way Home is Through the Wilderness&quot;\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UwvkhghTfBY?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: Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus by Robert Hobby<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus - Hobby\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1Zmb3DHeX-k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nCome, thou long-expected Jesus, born to set thy people free.<br \/>\nfrom our fears and sins release us, let us find our rest in Thee.<br \/>\nIsrael\u2019s strength and consolation, hope of all the earth Thou art,<br \/>\nDear desire of every nation, joy of every longing heart.<br \/>\nBorn thy people to deliver, born a child and yet a King,<br \/>\nborn to reign in us forever, now our gracious kingdom bring.<br \/>\nBy thine own eternal spirit, rule in all our hearts alone,<br \/>\nBy thine own sufficient merit, raise us to thy glorious throne.<br \/>\nRule in us. Hope of all. Come expected Jesus, come.<\/p>\n<h3>Prayer of Presentation<\/h3>\n<p>Peace Like a River,<br \/>\nIn the moments when we experience your peace, we realize how profound it is. Like all of your blessings, as we receive them, we wish to give them to more and more people. With the gifts we give to the church and to the world \u2013 our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service, and our witness \u2013 we seek to give so that others can receive. May our gifts be blessed to be blessings.<br \/>\nAmen<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Page-7-Image-9.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #215: To a Maid Engaged to Joseph<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"To a Maid Engaged to Joseph - CSI Immanuel Sunday School, Singapore (Carol Service 2014)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KXSxfJ0nQsc?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 the God of Peace be in your heart all throughout this week,<br \/>\nGuiding you, strengthening you, supporting you. Amen<\/p>\n<h3>Postlude<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cSavior of the Nations, Come\u201d by Johann Pachelbel<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Savior of the Nations, Come - Johann Pachelbel\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IKOOA0DdMeU?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\/12\/Page-9-Image-11.png\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady Worship for the Second Sunday of Advent December 6, 2020 Photo by Sue Learner &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2020\/12\/06\/worship-for-the-second-sunday-of-advent\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for the Second Sunday of Advent<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1867","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\/1867","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=1867"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1870,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1867\/revisions\/1870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}