{"id":2038,"date":"2021-03-14T03:42:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-14T03:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=2038"},"modified":"2021-03-14T03:42:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T03:42:34","slug":"worship-for-the-fourth-sunday-in-lent-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2021\/03\/14\/worship-for-the-fourth-sunday-in-lent-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for the Fourth Sunday in Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for the Fourth Sunday in Lent<\/h1>\n<h2>March 14, 2021<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Page-2-Image-2-1.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>\u201cOpen our hearts Holy One, so we can see.\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>\u201cAh, Holy Jesus\u201d by Andrew Clarke<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ah, Holy Jesus -  Andrew Clarke\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gg_E2TkTn3M?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: Like the people wandering in the wilderness,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: we often feel dismay.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Like the ancients lost and afraid,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: we don&#8217;t always know the way.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Like the wanderers making sense of tragedy,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: we seek to find meaning in life.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Like your people throughout the ages, God,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: we seek you.<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Page-3-Image-3-1.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #384: <em>Love Divine, All Loves Excelling<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hymn 384: Love Divine, All Loves Excelling\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hB6oD_QfaZg?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\/396\/low\/384\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hymnary.org\/page\/fetch\/UMH\/397\/low\/384\"><\/p>\n<h2>Connecting in Prayer<\/h2>\n<h3>Shared Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nGod Who Seeks Us,<br \/>\nOne Who Reaches Out,<br \/>\nSource of Our Wholeness,<br \/>\nSometimes we get in the way of our connection with you.<br \/>\nHelp us get out of our own ways,<br \/>\nso we can savor you,<br \/>\nand follow you.<br \/>\nAmen<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Silent Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Page-4-Image-4-1.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Pastoral Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><em><br \/>\nGod Who Seeks Us,<br \/>\nGod Who Holds Us Close,<br \/>\nGod Who Offers Us a Safe Place to Land,<br \/>\nSometimes we find it hard to find You,<br \/>\nsometimes we get in our own ways,<br \/>\nsometimes guilt gets between us,<br \/>\nsometimes we don&#8217;t know how to let it go.<br \/>\nHelp us forgive ourselves,<br \/>\nso we can connect with you.<br \/>\nSometimes we&#8217;re overwhelmed with the wonder around us,<br \/>\nthe early signs of spring,<br \/>\nunexpected growth in ourselves or our loved ones,<br \/>\na sign of love we&#8217;d never expected.<br \/>\nHelp us savor the goodness of the world,<br \/>\nand help us reflect it back to the world in need of more goodness.<br \/>\nSometimes we are overwhelmed with the brokenness of the world,<br \/>\nthe unfairness of it all,<br \/>\nthe ways people are failed,<br \/>\nthe institutions that are meant to care for them.<br \/>\nHelp us see clearly what is broken,<br \/>\nand find the ways to move the world towards your healing.<br \/>\nAmen<br \/>\n<\/em><\/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<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Page-5-Image-5-1.png\"><\/p>\n<h2>Word and Reflection<\/h2>\n<h3>Choir Anthem<\/h3>\n<p><em>The Tree of Life<\/em> by K. Lee Scott<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Tree of Life   Palm Sunday 2020\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V-PAcPjaa9o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture: Numbers 21:4-9<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Numbers 21:4-9\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NfEY3BqcksE?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>United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) <\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Page-6-Image-6-1.png\"><br \/>\nThe United Methodist church has 6 \u201cSpecial Sundays\u201d on which specific ministries are highlighted and offerings to support these ministries are encouraged. Today is UMCOR Sunday. UMCOR, the United Methodist Committee on Relief, provides relief globally in many forms. In the past year, we have been particularly aware of the aid UMCOR gives in times of disasters.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UMCOR Sunday Overview\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VxYVhAA10rw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe offering for UMCOR is collected the fourth Sunday in Lent and provides major support for immediate assistance in the wake of natural and human-caused disasters and helps support on-going ministries of food, shelter, health, and peace. UMCOR Sunday giving allows 100 percent of designated gifts to be used for the specified disaster response or other ministry. There is a small amount for UMCOR in our FUMC benevolence budget, but we hope you will consider giving additional money to help enable UMCOR to \u201cbe the hands and feet of Jesus.\u201d You can send a check to the church made out to FUMC with \u201cUMCOR\u201d in the notation. Or you can go to the church\u2019s website and donate online.<\/p>\n<h3>Children&#8217;s Time<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"When God Was a Little Girl\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FF0D8udqD-c?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 #2196: We Walk By Faith<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hymn 2196: We Walk By Faith\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LtGENrOqXTg?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\/FWS\/2196\/Accompaniment.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture Reading &#8211; John 3:14-21<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John 3:14-21\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UfDB96z0Chg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon: \u201cLifted Up, I Guess\u201d by Rev. Sara Baron<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lifted Up, I Guess\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DRqN3IsKHiI?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: \u201cIf Thou But Trust in God to Guide You\u201d by David Cherwien<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;If You but Trust in God to Guide You&quot; arr. David Cherwien\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hOvU3xsUS5E?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<p>God Who Seeks Us, God we seek,<br \/>\nThank you for always seeking us out, and never letting us go.<br \/>\nThank you for being close at hand whenever we need you.<br \/>\nThank you for enriching our lives with your presence, and with the gift of wonder,<br \/>\nand with the wonder of relationships.<br \/>\nWith our gratitude, we offer our gifts to you.<br \/>\nWith hope, we ask for them to be blessed to be used for the kindom. Amen<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Page-7-Image-8.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #579: Lord God, Your Love Has Called Us Here<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hymn 579: Lord God, Your Love Has Called Us Here\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vv2cIJj2nGI?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\/UMH\/579\/Accompaniment.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Benediction<\/h3>\n<p>God\u2019s powers of life and love are unstoppable. May you leave this worship time filled up with life, with love, and with hope. Amen<\/p>\n<h3>Postlude<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWer nur den lieben Gott (If You But Trust in God to Guide You\u201d by Johann Gottfried Walther<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"If You But Trust In God to Guide You  - J G  Walther\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BYUbPNBjEAI?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\/2021\/03\/Page-8-Image-9-1.png\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady Worship for the Fourth Sunday in Lent March 14, 2021 Photo by Sue Learner &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2021\/03\/14\/worship-for-the-fourth-sunday-in-lent-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for the Fourth Sunday in Lent<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2040,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2038","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\/2038","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=2038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2045,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2038\/revisions\/2045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}