{"id":2709,"date":"2022-04-17T03:05:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-17T03:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=2709"},"modified":"2022-04-17T03:06:02","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T03:06:02","slug":"worship-for-easter-sunday-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/04\/17\/worship-for-easter-sunday-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for Easter Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for Easter Sunday<\/h1>\n<h2>April 17, 2022<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-000-3.jpg\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Ann Farrell<\/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>\u201cAlleluia, alleluia!\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>Easter Photo Show<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/category\/lenten-photo-show\/\">See the pictures!<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Prelude<\/h3>\n<p><strong>\u201cGalliard Battaglia\u201d by Samuel Scheidt B<br \/>\n\u201cSonata from Die Bankelsangerlieder\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cCanzona per Sonare No. 4\u201d by Giovanni Gabrieli<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prelude\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A2NQDNxANjY?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: When God is up to something,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: God wins.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: When love is up to something,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Love wins.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: If you try to stop God, to stop love,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: God breaks in anew.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Nothing, nothing!<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Not even the power of death!<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Can stop God&#8217;s love.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Alleluia, thanks be to God!<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-001-2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #302: \u201cChrist the Lord is Risen Today\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Christ the Lord is Risen Today #302\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EIj4kEhaOZk?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\/301\/low\/302\"><\/p>\n<h2>Connecting in Prayer<\/h2>\n<h3>Shared Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nGod of Life and Love,<br \/>\nWe are an Easter people.<br \/>\nWe are defined by your refusal to accept the world&#8217;s \u201cno.\u201d<br \/>\nWe are defined by the ways you make a way out of no way,<br \/>\nthat you spring forth with life<br \/>\nwhen it looked like death had won.<br \/>\nYou are eternally new.<br \/>\nYou are infinitely creative.<br \/>\nYou are love.<br \/>\nAnd we are yours.<br \/>\nAnd we are grateful.<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-002-1.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,<br \/>\nas it is in heaven.<br \/>\nGive us this day our daily bread.<br \/>\nAnd forgive us our trespasses,<br \/>\nas we forgive those who<br \/>\ntrespass against us.<br \/>\nAnd lead us not into temptation,<br \/>\nbut deliver us from evil:<br \/>\nFor thine is the kingdom,<br \/>\nand the power, and the glory, for ever.<br \/>\nAmen.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Word and Reflection<\/h2>\n<h3>Scripture Reading: Isaiah 65:17-25 and John 20:1-8<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Isaiah 65:17-25 and John 20:1-18\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cQu_403JeAw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Children&#8217;s Time: \u201cHappy Easter!\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Happy Easter! (Time with Young People)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oV4yc_dHmRs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #318: \u201cChrist Is Alive\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Christ Is Alive #318\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Eq1C5NwNCvA?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\/UMH\/318\/Accompaniment.png\"><\/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: \u201cThe Richness of the Unknown\u201d &#8211; Rev. Sara Baron<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Richness of the Unknown   (Sermon)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_ZmCDjNJC7s?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: \u201cTone Poem on \u201cWere You There\u201d arranged by Virginia Halberg<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tone Poem on &quot;Were You There&quot;  (Offertory)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BB_i2-y8jgo?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>An Easter Prayer<\/h3>\n<p>God of Life and Love,<br \/>\nIn all that you do, you enhance life and share love.<br \/>\nIn all that we do, we seek to enhance life and share love.<br \/>\nMay the gifts that we give, and the ones that we receive, be blessed as sources of life and love.<br \/>\nAmen<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/image-004-2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #304: \u201cEaster People, Raise Your Voices\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Easter People #304\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wobhBkMSuTk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Benediction<\/h3>\n<p>One: Alleluia, Christ is Risen!<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Christ is Risen indeed!<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Go, people of a living God, and live out God&#8217;s love.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Amen!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Postlude<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWith the Lord Begin Your Task\u201d by Johann Sebastian Bach arranged by Benjamin Culli<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"With the Lord Begin Your Task Arranged by M. 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