{"id":2579,"date":"2022-03-19T15:03:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-19T15:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=2579"},"modified":"2022-03-19T15:03:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T15:03:59","slug":"worship-for-the-third-sunday-in-lent-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/03\/19\/worship-for-the-third-sunday-in-lent-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for the Third Sunday in Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for the Third Sunday in Lent<\/h1>\n<h2>March 20, 2022<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-000-1.jpg\"><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>\u201cShow us how to find the things in life.\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>\u201cHow Beautiful\u201d Arranged by Marilyn Ham<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Beautiful (Prelude)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-vxD4erNOa0?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: Take note, God is here.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: We are in God&#8217;s holy presence.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Take note, you are loved.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: God&#8217;s presence is one of love.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #2202: \u201cCome Away with Me\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Come Away with Me #2202\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ae8aO7kHuMY?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\/03\/image-001-2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h2>Connecting in Prayer<\/h2>\n<h3>Shared Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nHoly One,<br \/>\nWe notice that you specialize in turning things upside down,<br \/>\nmostly the values of the world replaced with the values of your beloved community.<br \/>\nHelp us notice the difference, and let go of the values of the world,<br \/>\nso that we can build that community.<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\/03\/image-002-2.jpg\"><\/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\/tzll3qcy6Ns?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: Psalm 63:1-8 and Isaiah 55:1-9<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Psalm 63:1-8 and Isaiah 55:1-9\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eW12UX78mxI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Mission Moment: International Mission Trip<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Misson Moment - Intergenerational Mission Trip\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/devRf6-25XM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Children&#8217;s Time: \u201cSatisfies\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Satisfies (TWYP)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I9tWYb_CsAg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #618: \u201cLet Us Break Bread Together\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Let Us Break Bread Together #618\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/goUBJLWPCug?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\/BH1991\/326\/low\"><\/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: \u201cBread That Satisfies\u201d &#8211; Rev. Sara Baron<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bread That Satisfies (Sermon)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E-hcda8LxC8?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: \u201cI Gave My Life for Thee\u201d Arranged by Mary McDonald<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I Gave My LIfe for Thee (Offertory)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EPzjTFLVnog?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 Satisfying Bread Prayer<\/h3>\n<p>Life-Giving One,<br \/>\nYou offer us water, milk, and wine, bread and cup,<br \/>\nbaptism and new life.<br \/>\nYou offer us second chances (as many times as we need),<br \/>\nand hope when everything seems hopeless.<br \/>\nYou offer rest, and life abundant.<br \/>\nIn response, we offer to you our gifts:<br \/>\nour time, our energy, our resources, and our love.<br \/>\nMay they be a source of satisfying bread for others.<br \/>\nAmen<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-004-3-e1647700842742.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #620: \u201cOne Bread, One Body\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"One Bread, One Body #620\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wQN_1FFUdK4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Benediction<\/h3>\n<p>Beloveds of God, let the Holy One guide you to the kindom values,<br \/>\nand help you let go of the bread that does not satisfy. Amen<\/p>\n<h3>Postlude<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe Lord Bless You and Keep You\u201d Arranged by Gail Smith<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Lord Bless You and Keep You (Postlude)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SlIdCvQes8w?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\/03\/image-005-3.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady Worship for the Third Sunday in Lent March 20, 2022 Photo by Sue Learner &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/03\/19\/worship-for-the-third-sunday-in-lent-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for the Third Sunday in Lent<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2579","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\/2579","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=2579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2585,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579\/revisions\/2585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}