{"id":2788,"date":"2022-05-15T12:29:47","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T12:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=2788"},"modified":"2022-05-15T12:29:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T12:29:53","slug":"worship-for-the-fifth-sunday-of-easter-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/05\/15\/worship-for-the-fifth-sunday-of-easter-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for the Fifth Sunday of Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for the Fifth Sunday of Easter<\/h1>\n<h2>May 15, 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>\u201cHope. Love.\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>\u201cThe Bond of Love\u201d Arranged by Fred Bock<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Bond of Love (Prelude)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LX2e8PD1GAc?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: They&#8217;ll know we are Christians&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>Many: by our love!<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: But, will they?<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Sometimes that&#8217;s harder than it sounds.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Sometimes we&#8217;re not as loving as we wish.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: And yet.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: And yet God is not done with us yet?<br \/>\n<strong>Many: And yet God is not done with us yet.<br \/>\nThanks be to God!<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image-001-3.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #384: \u201cLove Divine, All Love&#8217;s Excelling\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Love Divine All Loves Excelling #384\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Od_9tKrmMUA?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\/396\/low\"><\/p>\n<h2>Connecting in Prayer<\/h2>\n<h3>Shared Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nEternal Love,<br \/>\nIt is because of you that we hope.<br \/>\nIt is because of you that we know ourselves to be loved and lovable.<br \/>\nIt is because of you that we seek the kindom.<br \/>\nIt is because you<br \/>\nand yours<br \/>\nhave loved us, that we have love to share!<br \/>\nWe are so grateful.<br \/>\nto be formed in love<br \/>\nand to have love to share!<br \/>\nGuide us,<br \/>\nthat our love may be a source of life!<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\/05\/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,<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<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image-003-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h2>Word and Reflection<\/h2>\n<h3>Scripture Reading: Revelation 21:1-6 and John 13:31-35<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Revelation 21:1-6 and John 13:31-35\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EB36Kjyg4f4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Time for Young People: \u201cI Believe in the Sun\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I believe in the Sun (Time with Young People)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WVpZh-KJLNI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #432: \u201cJesu, Jesu\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jesu, Jesu #432\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CwX5hNaPCD4?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: \u201cLove. One. Another.\u201d &#8211; Rev. Sara Baron<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Love.   One.   Another.   (Sermon)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OCzrFOcVEGc?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: \u201cOh Love That Will Not Let Me Go\u201d &#8211; St. Margaret, Arranged Mark Hayes<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"O Love that Wilt Not Let Me Go (Offertory)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZKfZNi1W7yc?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 Loving Prayer<\/h3>\n<p>O Holy One,<br \/>\nMay the gifts we give,<br \/>\nin love,<br \/>\nbe used<br \/>\nfor love.<br \/>\nAmen<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/image-004-2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #560: \u201cHelp Us Accept Each Other\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Help Us Accept Each Other #560\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WrY7BZdN29U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Benediction<\/h3>\n<p>May the words be true: may we be known by our capacity to share God&#8217;s love, with one another and with the world. Amen<\/p>\n<h3>Postlude<\/h3>\n<p>On \u201cNettleton\u201d (Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing) from John Wyeth\u2019s Repository of Sacred Music<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"On &quot;Nettleton&quot;   (Postlude)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ITM-sFRXWkU?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-005-2.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady Worship for the Fifth Sunday of Easter May 15, 2022 Photo by Ann Farrell &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/05\/15\/worship-for-the-fifth-sunday-of-easter-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for the Fifth Sunday of Easter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2785,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2788","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\/2788","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=2788"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2791,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2788\/revisions\/2791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}