{"id":2174,"date":"2021-04-30T20:37:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T20:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=2174"},"modified":"2021-04-30T20:37:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T20:37:31","slug":"worship-for-the-fifth-sunday-of-easter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2021\/04\/30\/worship-for-the-fifth-sunday-of-easter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for the Fifth Sunday of Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for the Fifth Sunday of Easter<\/h1>\n<h2>May 2, 2021<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/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>\u201cVinegrower, let your life grow in us\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>\u201cVon Gott will ich nicht lassen\u201d by Johann Sebastian Bach<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Von Got ich nicht lassen - J.S. Bach\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hx7FCNAeZKU?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: Beloved, let us love one another.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Love is from God.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: God is love.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: We love because God first loved us.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: As we see and love our siblings in Christ, we love God.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: As love grows in us, so too does our connection to God.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: For God is love.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Those who know love, know God.<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Page-3-Image-3-4.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #2115: <em>Christ Has Risen<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hymn 2115: Christ Is Risen\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O_Kg2D4M8zU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Connecting in Prayer<\/h2>\n<h3>Shared Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nVinegrower,<br \/>\nSometimes we get lost in what you are asking for from us.<br \/>\nWe try to be the vine and the branches, the flowers and the fruit, and the vinegrower as well.<br \/>\nWe forget that you are the life-source, the soil-tender, the waterer, and the sun that shines.<br \/>\nWe forget that all you ask of us is to do our part: to be the branches, and let life move in us and through us.<br \/>\nHelp us let go of the work that isn&#8217;t ours, so we can do what you ask of us.<br \/>\nAmen<\/strong><br \/>\n-Park Avenue UMC, published in <em>Shaping Sanctuary, Proclaiming God\u2019s Grace in an Inclusive Church<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Silent Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Page-4-Image-5.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Pastoral Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><em><br \/>\nVinegrower, God who is Love,<br \/>\nHelp us shake off our frustrations, like sand off our feet, and make space where frustration once lived for compassion to grow.<br \/>\nHelp us speak our truths in love, with integrity and honesty, and make space for deep connections to grow, rooted in truth.<br \/>\nHelp us tell our stories with clarity, so that past hurts can begin to be healed.<br \/>\nHelp us to love our siblings (all our siblings) so we can be a part of your love.<br \/>\nAmen<\/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-4-4.png\"><\/p>\n<h2>Word and Reflection<\/h2>\n<h3>Choir Anthem<\/h3>\n<p><em>Ubi Caritas et Amor<\/em> by Maurice Durufle<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ubi caritas et amor - Durufle\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l1BTWCpEFRQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture: 1 John 4:7-21<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1 John 4:7-21\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QyBc7Fy4JT4?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>Crop Walk<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Page-5-Image-6-1.png\"><br \/>\n<strong>Today (May 2, 2020) is the CROP Hunger Walk!<\/strong><br \/>\nWe have 3 ways to participate:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>ZOOM \u2013 Schenectady Community Ministries (SiCM) will have a virtual kick-off rally at 12:30 on Zoom. Zoom meeting ID is 891 7893 6666. Passcode is 536964.<\/li>\n<li>WALK \u2013 Meet at Kiwanis Park on route 5S in Rotterdam to walk with FUMC friends on the bike trail at 2:00PM. The distance you walk will be up to you. Free medium and large T-shirts will be available. OR you can walk whenever and wherever you want.<\/li>\n<li>GIVE \u2013 This is the most important part. You can give online through our website, or at <a href=\"events.crophungerwalk.org\/2021\/event\/Schenectady\">the event web page<\/a> OR you can send a check payable to FUMC with note: CWS\/CROP.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>75% of all donations will go to Church World Service to help people in all parts of the world with hunger, community development, recovery from disasters, and other needs. 25% of our donations will remain in our community to reduce hunger here.<\/p>\n<h3>Children&#8217;s Time: Pruning and Growing<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Children&#039;s Time Pruning and Growing\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SixFQkUrePg?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 #2246: Deep in the Shadows of the Past<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hymn 2246: Deep in the Shadows of the Past\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9iVlQ-vxxVg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture Reading &#8211; John 15:1-8<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John 15:1-8\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4FaCgxatIT4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon: \u201cOn Being Pruned\u201d by Sara E. Baron<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"On Being Pruned\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kNxlMik25F8?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: \u201cFor the Beauty of the Earth\u201d by Philip Stopford<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"For the beauty of the earth Philip Stopford\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZlZVOPk-_kk?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>Vinegrower, God who is Love,<br \/>\nWe thank you for the ways your life and love grow in us.<br \/>\nWe thank you for the pruning you do, and the space it makes for life and love to grow even stronger.<br \/>\nWith the gifts we give, we offer our lives to you in gratitude.<br \/>\nMay all that we give be blessed to be a blessing, for the building of the kindom.<br \/>\nAmen<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Page-7-Image-10.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #571: Go Make of All Disciples<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hymn 571: Go, Make of All Disciples\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qyTm9cSXaMo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Benediction<\/h3>\n<p>Dear ones, go from this worship breathing deeply,<br \/>\nresting well,<br \/>\ntrusting God,<br \/>\nletting fruit grow through you,<br \/>\nby the grace and power of God. Amen<\/p>\n<h3>Postlude<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cRiguadon\u201d by Andre Campra<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RIgaudon -  Andre Campra\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gJqlmNkn2Zk?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-9-2.png\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady Worship for the Fifth Sunday of Easter May 2, 2021 Photo by Sue Learner &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2021\/04\/30\/worship-for-the-fifth-sunday-of-easter-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for the Fifth Sunday of Easter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2167,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2174","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\/2174","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=2174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2175,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2174\/revisions\/2175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}