{"id":2439,"date":"2021-11-21T15:00:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T15:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=2439"},"modified":"2021-11-21T15:01:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T15:01:03","slug":"worship-for-reign-of-christ-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2021\/11\/21\/worship-for-reign-of-christ-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for Reign of Christ Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for Reign of Christ Sunday<\/h1>\n<h2>November 21, 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>\u201cShow us your ways, Holy One.\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>Procession (from the \u201cPartita on Diademata\u201d) by Charles Callahan<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prelude Procession (from the \u201cPartita on Diademata\u201d) Charles Callahan (b. 1951)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SJXNZiEjhnI?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 away for a while, from the demands of the world.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: We bring our attention to the things of God.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: We come away from conflicts and competitions.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: We let peace and hope fill us again.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: We seek to center in the things of God.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: We seek to remember what God&#8217;s Reign looks like.<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Page-2-Image-2-2.png\"><\/p>\n<h2>Connecting in Prayer<\/h2>\n<h3>Shared Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nHoly One, God of Us All,<br \/>\nGuide us.<br \/>\nGuide our hearts, and our minds,<br \/>\nguide our words and our actions,<br \/>\nguide our silence and our inaction.<br \/>\nGuide us.<br \/>\nLet us be filled with your love,<br \/>\nthrive in your peace,<br \/>\nsoak up your hope.<br \/>\nLet us be brave enough to be<br \/>\nexpressions of you,<br \/>\nlet us become healed enough to be<br \/>\nsigns of your love.<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\/11\/Page-3-Image-3-2-e1637506261661.png\"><\/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>Mission Moment: Belinda Forbes, Missionary in Nicaragua<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Belinda Forbes StillInMission\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uMmy84fMvUs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Children&#8217;s Time: Kings, Queens, and God<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Time with Young People: Kings Queens God\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EUeUiTCtGSs?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>Scripture Reading &#8211; John 18:33-37<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John 18:33-27\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1ym337I3_nM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Sermon: \u201cQuestions to Ask\u201d &#8211; Rev. Sara Baron<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Questions to Ask\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/64dBQb_8RUM?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: Offertory (from the \u201cFantasia\u201d on Darwall\u2019s 148th) by John S. Dixon<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Offertory\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0LgfBLjZrWk?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>Holy One,<br \/>\nIn giving, we receive.<br \/>\nIn making commitments,<br \/>\nwe find ourselves.<br \/>\nBless the commitments made to<br \/>\nthe church and to the kindom,<br \/>\nand bless the gifts that we give to<br \/>\nyou and each other.<br \/>\nMay they be received with grace<br \/>\nand used with wisdom.<br \/>\nAmen<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Page-4-Image-5-1-e1637506624210.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Benediction (Franciscan, Traditional)<\/h3>\n<p>May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may live deep within your heart.<br \/>\nMay God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression and exploitation of people, so that you may work for justice, freedom and peace.<br \/>\nMay God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation, and war, so that you may reach out your hand to comfort<br \/>\nthem and turn their pain to joy.<br \/>\nAnd may God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you can make a difference in this world, so that you can do what others claim cannot be done.<br \/>\nAmen.<\/p>\n<h3>Postlude<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cRejoice the Lord is King!\u201d (Darwall\u2019s 148th) arr. Benjamin M. Culli<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Postlude \u201cRejoice the Lord is King!\u201d (Darwall\u2019s 148 th ) arr. Benjamin M. 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