{"id":2152,"date":"2021-04-16T21:29:33","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T21:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=2152"},"modified":"2021-04-16T21:29:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T21:29:39","slug":"worship-for-the-third-sunday-of-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2021\/04\/16\/worship-for-the-third-sunday-of-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for the Third Sunday of Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for the Third Sunday of Easter<\/h1>\n<h2>April 18, 2021<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Page-2-Image-2-2.png\"><\/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 be with you, peace be with 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>\u201cTrumpet Tune in D Major\u201d by David N. Johnson<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trumpet Tune in D Major -  David N  Johnson\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dsjuzsH3QxA?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: Breathe out, dear one,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: God is with us.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Breathe in, dear one.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: God is with us.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Let go of the week behind you,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: we are here with God.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Make space for your heart to be with God.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: We are here to worship.<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Page-3-Image-3-2.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #318: <em>Christ is Alive<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hymn 318: Christ Is Alive\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6_X6L22pF4s?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\/318\/Accompaniment.png\"><\/p>\n<h2>Connecting in Prayer<\/h2>\n<h3>Shared Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nPeacemaker,<br \/>\nYour yearning for wholeness saturates all of creation,<br \/>\nyet you are patient with us as we struggle to come on board with you.<br \/>\nGuide our hearts dear one,<br \/>\nthat we may yearn for the things you yearn for,<br \/>\nand let go of our fears and all that holds us back.<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\/04\/Page-4-Image-4-2.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Pastoral Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><em><br \/>\nPeacemaker,<br \/>\nWe seek to breathe your peace into our hearts, our minds, our strength, and our souls, so that we can be your peace in the world.<br \/>\nWe see a world so deeply in need of peace, healing, compassion, and hope.<br \/>\nWe also see a world with amazing moments of peace, powerful powers of healing, astounding instances of compassion, and incredible reasons for hope.<br \/>\nWeek in and week out those in our midst are vaccinated, and new possibilities emerge.<br \/>\nWeek in and week out we thank you for the development of the vaccines and the protection they offer.<br \/>\nThere are wonderful signs of compassion in our government, even as we know there remains much to do.<br \/>\nThe powers of human resilience amaze us, even as we are aware that many are being stretched beyond their resilience.<br \/>\nOh dear one, this life of ours is complicated.<br \/>\nHelp us find peace in the midst of it all.<br \/>\nHelp us be peace in the midst of it all.<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\/04\/Page-4-Image-4-1.png\"><\/p>\n<h2>Word and Reflection<\/h2>\n<h3>Choir Anthem<\/h3>\n<p><em>Paschal Lamb, Who Suffered For Us<\/em> by Carl Schalk<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paschal Lamb, Who Suffered for Us\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dK9jvB-enwI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture: Hosea 5:15-6:6<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hosea 5:15-6:6\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MDoNF9jecVM?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 and Bob Long<\/h3>\n<p><strong>CROP Walk<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Page-5-Image-5-2.png\"><br \/>\nThis week\u2019s mission moment features a video about the CROP Walk. The script was written by Bob Long. Linda Smith assisted in the recording. Schenectady\u2019s CROP Walk is sponsored by Schenectady Community Ministries (SiCM). The website for the Schenectady CROP Walk is <a href=\"https:\/\/events.crophungerwalk.org\/2021\/schenectady\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/events.crophungerwalk.org\/2021\/schenectady<\/a>. On this website you can register as an individual or as part of our FUMC team. You can also donate online here. Or you<br \/>\ncan skip the website and donate by sending a check to the church with CWS\/CROP in the notation. There will be a short virtual rally at 12:30 on May 2 via zoom. Zoom meeting ID is 891 7893 6666. Passcode is 536964. More information is in the April Spire. We hope to see you at 2:00 on May 2 at the Kiwanis Park on route 5S in Rotterdam. Or feel free to walk anywhere else. The goal is to raise money.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mission Moment: Cross Walk\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vfoo-fL8dWI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Children&#8217;s Time: Rainy Day<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Children&#039;s Time: Rainy Day\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2LpRG2eaZA4?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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Page-5-Image-6.png\"><br \/>\n<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 #314: In the Garden<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hymn 314: In the Garden\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IwCMUoTpkNo?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\/HWC1986\/417\/low\"><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture Reading &#8211; Luke 24:36b-48<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Luke 24:36b-48\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r7dKnpjOlVo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon: \u201cThree Days? Can You Count?\u201d by Rev. Sara Baron<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thee Days? Can You Count?\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XLWFL-OTvzw?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: \u201cThis Joyful Eastertide\u201d by Alice Parker and Robert Shaw<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This Joyful Eastertide - Alice Parker\/Robert Shaw\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C5l3mpacLks?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>Peacemaker,<br \/>\nMay our gifts bless and build your kindom,<br \/>\nand may your peace within us become peace in your world.<br \/>\nAmen<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Page-6-Image-8.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #311: Now the Green Blade Riseth<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hymn 311: Now the Green Blade Riseth\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zAARBFXXc3g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Benediction<\/h3>\n<p>Resurrection People, may God\u2019s hope planted in you come to fruition. Amen<\/p>\n<h3>Postlude<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cChrist lag in Todesbanden\u201d by Johann Sebastian Bach<br \/>\nChrist lay in death\u2019s bonds.<br \/>\nHe is risen again<br \/>\nand has brought us life<br \/>\nFor this we should be joyful,<br \/>\npraise God and be thankful<br \/>\nand sing Allleluia!<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Christ lag in Todesbanden\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UxPnTcpV6PU?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\/04\/Page-7-Image-9.png\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady Worship for the Third Sunday of Easter April 18, 2021 Getting Centered It may &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2021\/04\/16\/worship-for-the-third-sunday-of-easter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for the Third Sunday of Easter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2152","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\/2152","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=2152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2153,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2152\/revisions\/2153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}