{"id":2592,"date":"2022-03-27T11:52:40","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T11:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=2592"},"modified":"2022-03-27T11:52:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T11:52:49","slug":"worship-for-the-fourth-sunday-in-lent-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/03\/27\/worship-for-the-fourth-sunday-in-lent-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for the Fourth Sunday in Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for the Fourth Sunday in Lent<\/h1>\n<h2>March 27, 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>\u201cSource of Love, heal us now.\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>\u201cAwesome in this Place\u201d Arranged by Bill Wolaver<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Awesome in this Place (Prelude)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gJoY9zd1FOE?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: The Bible tells of a people who wandered for forty years.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: That sounds about right.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: The Bible tells of a people who had wandered for forty years,<br \/>\nand then settled into the Promised Land.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Hmmmmm.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: The Bible says that after their wandering,<br \/>\nthey were clean and new.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: May our wanderings be so good.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #97: \u201cFor the Fruits of this Creation\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"For the Fruits of This Creation #97\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7f1C2qElzkI?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\/BH1991\/643\/Accompaniment.png\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-001-3.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h2>Connecting in Prayer<\/h2>\n<h3>Shared Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nGod who rolls away our disgrace,<br \/>\nFor forty years, the people depended on you,<br \/>\nand when the time came that they could depend on the land you told them they were healed.<br \/>\nThat the disgrace had been rolled away.<br \/>\nThat their former identity was no more.<br \/>\nThat they could start anew.<br \/>\nThat in taking away the gift of manna, you also gave them the gift of a new life.<br \/>\nHoly One,<br \/>\nwe want it too.<br \/>\nWe want the disgrace rolled away,<br \/>\nwe want the space for life anew.<br \/>\nHelp us be patient enough for your means of grace.<br \/>\nAmen<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Silent Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-002-3.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: Joshua 5:9-12 and Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joshua and Luke\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6XBAGMaAx5o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Mission Moment: UMCOR Sunday<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UMCOR Sunday Mission Moment\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iuWjU3VRcLY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Children&#8217;s Time: \u201cSiblings\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Siblings (Time with Young People)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OOG28APQfeM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #115: \u201cHow Like a Gentle Spirit\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Like a Gentle Spirit #115\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/64qizX5GOCU?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 Lost Family\u201d &#8211; Rev. Sara Baron<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Lost Family (Sermon)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yoYbU4n5AEE?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: \u201cGreat Is Thy Faithfulness\u201d Arranged by Lavawan Riley<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Great Is Thy Faithfulness (Offertory )\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8QosuiOMCiQ?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 Relational Prayer<\/h3>\n<p>God who rolls away our disgrace,<br \/>\nthank you for the gift of a Bible that knows about real families, and talks about the difficulties of relationships.<br \/>\nThank you for the stories about generational trauma, and the long road to healing.<br \/>\nThank you for a text that takes the challenges of humanity seriously, and finds holiness in what is (and not just what could be).<br \/>\nThank you for the times when we, a church, can be part of rolling away disgrace, and living in grace.<br \/>\nThank you for receiving our gifts, and letting us be part of kindom building.<br \/>\nThank you God, for the way you love us.<br \/>\nAmen<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-004-4.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #120: \u201cYour Love, O God\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Your Love, O God #120\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YQe91b7Lml4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Benediction<\/h3>\n<p>Dear ones, when we are lost, God is still with us.<br \/>\nWhen we make bad choices, God is still with us.<br \/>\nWhen we are overcome with resentment, God is still with us.<br \/>\nWhen we mess up relationships, God is still with us.<br \/>\nGod is still with us. We are blessed. Amen<\/p>\n<h3>Postlude<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cMy Lord, What A Morning\u201d<br \/>\nAfrican-American Spiritual<br \/>\nSetting by Roger C. Wilson<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"My Lord, What a Morning (organ postlude)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iwLtthGjYoI?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-005-2.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady Worship for the Fourth Sunday in Lent March 27, 2022 Photo by Sue Learner &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/03\/27\/worship-for-the-fourth-sunday-in-lent-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for the Fourth Sunday in Lent<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-online-worship","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592","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=2592"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2594,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592\/revisions\/2594"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}