{"id":2693,"date":"2022-04-10T13:05:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T13:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=2693"},"modified":"2022-04-10T13:06:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-10T13:06:01","slug":"worship-for-palm-sunday-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/04\/10\/worship-for-palm-sunday-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for Palm Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for Palm Sunday<\/h1>\n<h2>April 10, 2022<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-000.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>\u201cGod of justice, help us hear.\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>\u201cTell Me the Story of Jesus\u201d by J.R. Sweney<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tell me the Story of Jesus (Prelude)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/plvMJCdEkTQ?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: Hosanna!<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Blessed be the ones who come in the name of the Lord!<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Peace be on earth!<br \/>\n<strong>Many: God saves!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #280: \u201cAll Glory, Laud, and Honor\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"All Glory, Laud, and Honor #280\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o4Is9TsFFiI?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\/282\/low\/280\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-001-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h2>Connecting in Prayer<\/h2>\n<h3>Shared Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nGiver of light,<br \/>\nyour steadfast love endures forever.<br \/>\nOpen our hearts to the Blessed One<br \/>\nwho entered Jerusalem<br \/>\non a borrowed colt.<br \/>\nOpen before us the<br \/>\ngates of your justice,<br \/>\nthat we may enter,<br \/>\nand guide others in.<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\/04\/image-003-1.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 118:1-2, 19-29 and Luke 19:28-40<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 and Luke 19:28-40\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T7jZNEVLFBc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Children&#8217;s Time: \u201cPalm (not Psalm) Sunday\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Palm Not Psalm Sunday\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vC6uTjrSQrI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #277: \u201cTell Me the Stories of Jesus\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tell Me the Stories of Jesus #277\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cCS6qIsog8I?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\/278\/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: \u201cNonviolent Protests\u201d &#8211; Rev. Sara Baron<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nonviolent Protests   (Sermon)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nmawbjDeo-Y?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: \u201cWhat Wondrous Love Is This\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Wondrous Love Is This (Offertory )\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wEFWlQKkYhc?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 Palm Sunday Protest Prayer<\/h3>\n<p>Holy One,<br \/>\nWe have seen how you&#8217;ve worked through your prophets,<br \/>\nand through those faithful to you,<br \/>\nto change the world for the better.<br \/>\nWe see how you work for justice.<br \/>\nWe offer ourselves to you,<br \/>\nto work with you in justice work,<br \/>\nin kindom building,<br \/>\nin giving and receiving love.<br \/>\nGuide us, individually and together,<br \/>\nso the gifts we give<br \/>\nmay be useful to your kindom.<br \/>\nAmen<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-004-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #278: \u201cHosanna, Loud Hosanna\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hosanna, Loud Hosanna #278\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FUjXDYb_Cwo?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\/279\/low\/278\"><\/p>\n<h3>Benediction<\/h3>\n<p>Dear Ones, get up on your colts, and ride towards Jerusalem.<br \/>\nGod is doing new things for justice, and calls us to work along side.<br \/>\nThanks be to God! Amen<\/p>\n<h3>Postlude<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cOpen the Gates of the Temple\u201d by Joseph Knapp<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Open the Gates of the Temple (Postlude )\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UcukSAYZoWM?list=PLA_1mLaG8ttcURA2zsiThwUpZfQYSJxGJ\" 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\/04\/image-005-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady Worship for Palm Sunday April 10, 2022 Photo by Sue Learner Getting Centered It &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/04\/10\/worship-for-palm-sunday-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for Palm Sunday<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2693","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\/2693","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=2693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2701,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2693\/revisions\/2701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}