{"id":2772,"date":"2022-05-01T12:32:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T12:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=2772"},"modified":"2022-05-01T12:32:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T12:32:49","slug":"worship-for-the-third-sunday-of-easter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/05\/01\/worship-for-the-third-sunday-of-easter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for the Third Sunday of Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for the Third Sunday of Easter<\/h1>\n<h2>May 1, 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>\u201cGod of abundance, calm our fears.\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>\u201cCome, Christians Join to Sing\u201d arranged by Bill Ingram Riley<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Come, Christians, Join to Sing   (Prelude)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5S5x3S7hagE?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: We gather to praise God,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: because God is with us.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: We set our hearts on holy things,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: because God is a God of compassion.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: We take time to worship,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: because we have known the wonder of love.<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image-001-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #454: \u201cOpen My Eyes, That I May See\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Open My Eyes, That I May See (United Methodist Hymnal #454)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fC12tTxaaNM?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\/464\/low\/454\"><\/p>\n<h2>Connecting in Prayer<\/h2>\n<h3>Shared Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nCreator of the universe,<br \/>\nyou created the world with enough:<br \/>\nenough food, enough beauty, enough love.<br \/>\nWhen humans distort your creation,<br \/>\nwith poverty, sickness, selfishness,<br \/>\nwar and greed,<br \/>\nforgive us, and change our hearts,<br \/>\nso that your creation may glorify you with justice, love, and peace.<br \/>\nAmen<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Silent Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image-002.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: Psalm 30 and John 21:1-19<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Psalm 30 and John 21:1-19\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LLQT6s4sXr4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Time for Young People: \u201cZooming Out\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Zooming Out (Time with Young People)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bu7PkDwjqG4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #314: \u201cIn the Garden\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"In the Garden (United Methodist Hymnal #314)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L6X-_8tcVIY?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\/CGH2010\/191\/thumbnail\"><\/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 Other Side of the Boat\u201d &#8211; Rev. Sara Baron<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Other Side of the Boat (Sermon)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j9JUA6DOXxQ?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: \u201cThis is My Song (or Be Still My Soul)\u201d Arranged by Jason W. Krugs<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Finlandia (Offertory )\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ML41QW65b5k?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 Barrier Dropping Prayer<\/h3>\n<p>Creative One,<br \/>\nWhen we are stuck,<br \/>\nyou are able to show us how to be freed.<br \/>\nWhen we are scared,<br \/>\nyou are able to show us how to be generous.<br \/>\nWhen we put up barriers,<br \/>\nyou are able to show us how to trust enough to let them fall.<br \/>\nAs we offer to you our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service, and our lives as witness,<br \/>\nwe ask for your blessings on our gifts, that they may build the kindom and free others from their fear.<br \/>\nAmen<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image-004.jpg\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Amanda Taylor<\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #311: \u201cNow the Green Blade Riseth\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Now the Green Blade Riseth (United Methodist Hymnal #311)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YCB6iQRT-wQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Benediction<\/h3>\n<p>When you keep on doing the same thing, without the results you want,<br \/>\nmay you hear God&#8217;s still-small-voice,<br \/>\nurging you to try the other side,<br \/>\nand may you be astounded by the results. Amen<\/p>\n<h3>Postlude<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cRejoice, Ye Pure in Heart!\u201d to the tune of MARION Arranged by Arthur Messiter<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart (Postlude)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fW4wPMsYUew?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\/05\/image-005.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady Worship for the Third Sunday of Easter May 1, 2022 Photo by Ann Farrell &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/05\/01\/worship-for-the-third-sunday-of-easter-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for the Third Sunday of Easter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2772","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\/2772","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=2772"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2774,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2772\/revisions\/2774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}