{"id":2376,"date":"2021-10-03T00:25:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T00:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=2376"},"modified":"2021-10-03T00:25:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T00:25:20","slug":"worship-for-world-communion-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2021\/10\/03\/worship-for-world-communion-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for World Communion Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for World Communion Sunday<\/h1>\n<h2>October 3, 2021<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/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>\u201cFood of life, drink of love.\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>\u201cAllegretto\u201d on Dove of Peace by Robert J. Powell<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"01 Prelude\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h42A7rWJYi4?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: We come together to remember and celebrate.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: We remember how Jesus lived a life of love.<br \/>\nWe celebrate that we can do the same.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn: <em>We Come Recalling Jesus\u2019 Love<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>A poem by Bill Pattison<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"02 We Come Recalling\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MODR9NtaA4c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nWe come recalling Jesus\u2019 love for people from far and near<br \/>\nAnd in the cup and bread we find our call to share and care.<br \/>\nBy coming to this act of praise we learn to see the way<br \/>\nThat leads to serving in his name the folks we meet each day.<br \/>\nWe celebrate the joy it is to live among good friends<br \/>\nAnd in the strength of unity we welcome strangers in.<\/p>\n<h2>Connecting in Prayer<\/h2>\n<h3>Shared Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nO God, in this service we recall how Jesus shared meals with his friends. They ate bread and drank wine together. After his death, his friends continued to remember him through such sharing. Help us remember the loving ways of Jesus as we share in this time together. Amen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Silent Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-001.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>The Lord&#8217;s Prayer<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Our Father (Creator) 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<h3>Mission Moment<\/h3>\n<h4>Schenectady Community Ministries &#8211; Rev. Amaury Ta\u00f1\u00f3n-Santos<\/h4>\n<p>For decades, the First United Methodist Church has been an active presence in and for Schenectady standing for welcome and hospitality, justice and equity, seeking ways to bridge the gaps that exist because poverty is a system imposed on many in our community. In the 1960s, pastoral and lay leaders of the FUMC were instrumental in encouraging the founding of the former Schenectady Ecumenical Urban Ministry, now the Schenectady Community Ministries. FUMC was instrumental some years later in the establishment of SiCM\u2019s food pantry, housing the pantry for many years. FUMC\u2019s footprint in SiCM is wide and deep through continued and faithful financial support (which we greatly need!), with volunteers and board leaders (for which we are blessed and grateful for), and with your continued witness as a faith community member of SiCM.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-002.jpg\"><br \/>\nThese many years later, the collaborative witness and commitment to justice of the FUMC alongside the other member faith communities that make up the SiCM collaborative continues to impact and be present with Schenectady. Together we manage the largest food pantry in Schenectady County (serving over 10,000 households\/year), manage the count-wide summer meals program (distributing over 50,000 meals to children and youth), and manage a community farm with over 1.5 acres of urban farmland. Together we built a community hub that is set to open soon as an expanded safe space for everyone that knows SiCM to be generative, welcoming space. Together. We are able do this only together. This World Communion Sunday I encourage you to thank God for the opportunity of working across every diversity that makes<br \/>\nthe human creation in seeking to build a faithful, just, verdant and equitable world \u2013 starting with everyone that calls Schenectady home.<br \/>\nTo learn more about the work you are a part of through SiCM, and to join and support that work, please visit us online at sicm.us\/donate or send me an email at <a href=\"mailto:ed@sicm.us\">ed@sicm.us<\/a>. I look forward to reading from you!<\/p>\n<h2>Word and Reflection<\/h2>\n<h3>Children&#8217;s Time<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Young People&#039;s Time 1003\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O_U8lDJbnuI?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\/08\/Page-5-Image-6-2-e1630096883671.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 #618: Let Us Break Bread Together<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"03 Let Us Break Bread\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3j-ISb47-Ug?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\/BH2008\/555\/low\"><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture Reading &#8211; Mark 4:30-32<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mark 4:30-32\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H-9tsS940Hs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon &#8211; The Aphorism That Grew &#8211; Rev. Bill Pattison<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aphorism 1\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Ffy2DTorD8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Communion<\/h3>\n<h4>Invitation from Rev. Amaury Ta\u00f1\u00f3n-Santos<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FUMCS Table Welcome WCS 2021\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kMH4j8oNWv8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n(You are invited to take your own elements, pray and consume as the Spirit moves you.)<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-005.jpg\"><br \/>\n<strong>Prayer: Because Jesus called people his friends, and broke bread with them and shared the cup with a thankful heart, so now we break bread and share the fruit of the vine, asking you to blend your action with ours so that we may be united in all our living.<br \/>\nAll: Amen.<\/strong><br \/>\nSharing the Elements<\/p>\n<h2>Responding<\/h2>\n<h3>Offering<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Page-8-Image-10-1.png\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Larry McArthur<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>Hymn #614: For the Bread Which You Have Broken<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"04 For the Bread\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rQGq1MX5B4U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Benediction<\/h3>\n<p>Be in peace as God gives you peace. Amen.<\/p>\n<h3>Postlude<\/h3>\n<p>On \u201cFor the Bread Which You Have Broken\u201d by David Cherwien<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"05 Postlude\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9p6rIif2rZI?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\/10\/image-006.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady Worship for World Communion Sunday October 3, 2021 Photo by Zach Long Getting Centered &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2021\/10\/03\/worship-for-world-communion-sunday\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for World Communion Sunday<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2376","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\/2376","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=2376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2377,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2376\/revisions\/2377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}