{"id":2817,"date":"2022-06-05T11:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T11:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=2817"},"modified":"2022-06-05T11:01:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T11:01:04","slug":"worship-for-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/06\/05\/worship-for-pentecost\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for Pentecost<\/h1>\n<h2>June 5, 2022<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-000.jpg\"><\/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 All Languages, 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>\u201cTake Time To Be Holy\u201d Arranged by Charles Callahan<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Take Time to Be Holy (Prelude)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-yKynRCvvHU?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 attend to the God of Love.<br \/>\nGod of prophetic fire,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: speak to us.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: God of the still, small voice,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: speak to us.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: God of the many,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: speak to us all.<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-001.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #603: \u201cCome Holy Ghost, Our Hearts Inspire\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Come, Holy Ghost, Our Hearts Inspire #603\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cqqX38EhtCo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Connecting in Prayer<\/h2>\n<h3>Shared Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nGod of All Languages,<br \/>\nGod of Silence,<br \/>\nWe thank you for the gifts of words, and gestures.<br \/>\nWe thank for stories, and for songs,<br \/>\nfor books and poems,<br \/>\nfor translators,<br \/>\nfor Holy stillness.<br \/>\nWe thank you that we can communicate ideas to one another,<br \/>\nand to you.<br \/>\nAnd we ask that you help us,<br \/>\nso we might speak with grace,<br \/>\nbe heard with grace,<br \/>\nand share your grace<br \/>\nin our words and our silences.<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\/06\/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: Genesis 11:1-9 and Acts 2:1-21<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Genesis and Acts\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V9wBX-rXkSA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Time for Young People: \u201cPentecost\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pentecost (Time with Young People)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BO1nvMfbEA8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn: \u201cWhile on the Sea\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"While on the Sea (Ukrainian Hymn)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vkd4ExYCFf0?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: \u201cTowers of Babel\u201d &#8211; Rev. Sara Baron<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Towers of Babel (Sermon)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/urvMVdU0_ZA?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: In the Presence of Jehovah with Surely the Presence Of the Lord Is In This Place Arranged by Mark Hayes<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"In the Presence of Jehovah (Offertory)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ozwecjlset0?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 Fiery Prayer<\/h3>\n<p>Holy One of Connection,<br \/>\nKeep us close enough to one another,<br \/>\nthat the fires of justice and joy<br \/>\ncan leap between our hearts.<br \/>\nAnd may the gifts that we give,<br \/>\nbe blessed to help tend those fires.<br \/>\nAmen<\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #393: \u201cSpirit of the Living God\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spirit of the LIving God #393\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HrQ_MS8Z_rA?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 Spirit of God help us listen. Amen<\/p>\n<h3>Postlude<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cSweet, Sweet Spirit\u201d Arranged by Fred Bock<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sweet, Sweet Spirit (Postlude)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2JQJ0Al0h8o?list=PLA_1mLaG8ttebLZcbUKVy66M4EvULAjHj\" 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\/06\/image-003.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady Worship for Pentecost June 5, 2022 Getting Centered It may help to center yourself &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/06\/05\/worship-for-pentecost\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for Pentecost<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2815,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2817","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\/2817","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=2817"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2819,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2817\/revisions\/2819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}