{"id":2517,"date":"2022-01-28T21:39:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T21:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=2517"},"modified":"2022-01-28T21:39:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T21:39:19","slug":"worship-for-the-3rd-sunday-after-epiphany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/01\/28\/worship-for-the-3rd-sunday-after-epiphany\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for the 3rd Sunday After Epiphany"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for the 3rd Sunday After Epiphany<\/h1>\n<h2>January 30, 2022<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Page-1-Image-1-1.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>\u201cGod of Visions, guide 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>\u201cWenn wir in h\u00f6chsten N\u00f6ten sein (When We Are in Deepest Need)\u201d by Johann Sebastian Bach<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wenn wir in h\u00f6chsten N\u00f6ten sein\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/d60Nbhnkhe4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nOne: From afar,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: *sigh*<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: From our homes,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: (murmured) &#8230;still&#8230;<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: With exhaustion,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: (yelled) SO MUCH EXHAUSTION!<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: We worship God.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Because God is God and we are God&#8217;s. Still.<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Page-2-Image-2-1.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #57: \u201cO, For a Thousand Tongues to Sing\u201d (v. 1-3, 5)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing #57\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mWAIm2didE4?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\/57\/low\/57\"><\/p>\n<h2>Connecting in Prayer<\/h2>\n<h3>Shared Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nOne Who Doesn&#8217;t Give Up,<br \/>\nYou keep on dreaming for us,<br \/>\nNurturing us towards wholeness,<br \/>\nOffering us ways to restart,<br \/>\nSeeding our dreams<br \/>\nfor wonderful things.<br \/>\nWhen we feel like giving up,<br \/>\nlet us lean on you.<br \/>\nWhen we need to give up,<br \/>\nhelp us trust you to get us BACK up.<br \/>\nAmen<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Silent Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Page-3-Image-3-1.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>The Lord&#8217;s Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lord&#039;s Prayer\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1iAmJSwfN5k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<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>Scripture Reading: Isaiah 61:1-4 and Luke 4:14-21<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Scriptures January 30, 2022   HD 720p\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6PnqWbe4Dp0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Children&#8217;s Time: Luke, Jesus, Us<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Luke, Jesus, Us (Time with Young People)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uQTEd63cg8E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #194: \u201cMorning Glory, Starlit Sky\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Morning Glory, Starlit Sky Hymn with Lyrics\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6P4WKUKUKW4?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>Sermon: \u201cA Vision for Us Together\u201d &#8211; Rev. Sara Baron<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Vision, for Us Together\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UQMOqxuL9Pc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Responding<\/h2>\n<h3>Offertory: \u201cChriste, du Lamm Gottes (Oh Christ, You Lamb of God)\u201d by Johann Sebastian Bach<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Christe, du Lumm Gottes\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cMVzJuryO7Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\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>A Fifth(?) Wave Prayer<\/h3>\n<p>God of All the World,<br \/>\nTwo years ago we had heard of a virus,<br \/>\nand wondered if it would travel the world and impact us.<br \/>\nWe could not have imagined.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re not always good at imagining what will come,<br \/>\nbut you are.<br \/>\nAnd you are always able to imagine good that can come,<br \/>\neven out of the hardest things.<br \/>\nHelp us to imagine with you,<br \/>\nand bless our offerings that they may be useful to your dreams.<br \/>\nAmen<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Page-4-Image-5.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #2130: \u201cThe Summons\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hymn 2130: The Summons\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/azBuDUfcDrI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Benediction<\/h3>\n<p>May God guide us, as we follow Jesus in upending the status quo for the sake of those who have been marginalized. Amen<\/p>\n<h3>Postlude<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cSonata II: Allegro Maestoso e vivace\u201d by Felix Mendelssohn<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sonata II: Allegro Maestoso e vivace\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/baaV98bZecY?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\/2022\/01\/Page-5-Image-6.png\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady Worship for the 3rd Sunday After Epiphany January 30, 2022 Getting Centered It may &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/01\/28\/worship-for-the-3rd-sunday-after-epiphany\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for the 3rd Sunday After Epiphany<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2517","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\/2517","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=2517"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2518,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517\/revisions\/2518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}