{"id":2412,"date":"2021-11-05T21:21:11","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T21:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=2412"},"modified":"2021-11-05T21:21:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T21:21:18","slug":"worship-for-all-saints-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2021\/11\/05\/worship-for-all-saints-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for All Saints Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for All Saints Sunday<\/h1>\n<h2>November 7, 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>\u201cRemember the Saints\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>\u201cIn Memoriam\u201d by Flor Peeters<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prelude\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M4lgWNw17Jw?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: I will bless God at all times;<br \/>\nwhose praise shall continually be in my mouth.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: My soul makes its boast in God;<br \/>\nlet the afflicted hear and be glad.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: O magnify God with me, and<br \/>\nlet us exalt the divine name together.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Happy are those who take refuge in God!<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Page-2-Image-2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #64: Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hymn 1\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tf1CTq4Z4FY?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\/64\/low\/64\"><\/p>\n<h2>Connecting in Prayer<\/h2>\n<h3>Shared Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nLiving God, shake us out of our contentment with a divided Church. In our thanksgiving for the saints in heaven, deliver us from imagining them as all our sort of people. And in our dealing with our fellow Christians on earth, show us how to be true to our consciences without being untrue to the law of love. Amen.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Silent Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Page-3-Image-3.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<h2>Word and Reflection<\/h2>\n<h3>Children&#8217;s Time<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Young People&#039;s Time\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zLBtGzevRfQ?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 #558: We Are the Church<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hymn 2\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8phXhaU6dvw?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\/558\/Accompaniment.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture Reading &#8211; Matthew 5:1-10<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Matthew 5:1-10\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L2SJpKlIqnY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon: \u201cThe Gift of the Saints\u201d &#8211; Rev. Bill Pattison<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Gift of the Saints\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V862scHIWU4?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=\"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>Offertory: \u201cFor All the Saints (Sine Nomine)\u201d by Raymond H. Haan<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Offertory\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3bwKw6yll4s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #711: For All the Saints<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hymn 3\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eu8BoQ24_1w?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\/706\/low\/711\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hymnary.org\/page\/fetch\/UMH\/707\/low\/711\"><\/p>\n<h3>Benediction<\/h3>\n<p>Celebrate the saints of your past by becoming a saint for someone\u2019s future.<br \/>\nAmen<\/p>\n<h3>Postlude<\/h3>\n<p>Elegy on Sine Nomine (from the Triptych) by Alfred V. Fedak<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Postlude\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j4LrXtmIVKQ?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\/11\/Page-4-Image-5.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady Worship for All Saints Sunday November 7, 2021 Photo by Zach Long Getting Centered &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2021\/11\/05\/worship-for-all-saints-sunday\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for All Saints Sunday<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2409,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2412","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\/2412","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=2412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2413,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412\/revisions\/2413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}