{"id":2835,"date":"2022-06-26T02:57:49","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T02:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=2835"},"modified":"2022-06-26T02:57:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T02:57:54","slug":"worship-for-the-third-sunday-after-the-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/06\/26\/worship-for-the-third-sunday-after-the-pentecost\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for the Third Sunday after the Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for the Third Sunday after the Pentecost<\/h1>\n<h2>June 26, 2022<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-000-1.jpg\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Zach Long<\/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>\u201cLove, joy.\u201d<br \/>\nor<br \/>\n\u201cPeace, patience.\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>Prelude on \u201cSt. Columba\u201d Traditional Irish Melody<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prelude on St  Columba\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0GckXIRM_lg?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: The Holy One breathes life into us.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: God walks with us for all our days.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: The Spirit&#8217;s wisdom is available to us.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Love shows us the way.<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-001-1-rotated.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #2004: \u201cPraise the Source of Faith and Learning\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Praise the Source of Faith and Learning #2004\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q2bqBTzmqss?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>Prayer for Graduates<\/h3>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nGod of Truths and Knowledge,<br \/>\nby your wisdom we are guided.<br \/>\nBless those who graduate this year,<br \/>\nthose who have finished a course of study<br \/>\nand a stage of their lives.<br \/>\nThank you for those who taught them,<br \/>\nand learned with them.<br \/>\nWalk with the graduates as they<br \/>\ntake their next steps,<br \/>\nas they enter the next stage of their lives.<br \/>\nBe with them in any anxiety or confusions.<br \/>\nStrengthen their talents and skills,<br \/>\nhelp them find confidence<br \/>\nin their way forward.<br \/>\nMay each of them find ways to<br \/>\nbless your people<br \/>\nwith their knowledge and their energy,<br \/>\nto build your kindom.<br \/>\nAmen<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Silent Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-001-2.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\/06\/image-003-2-e1656211786407.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h2>Word and Reflection<\/h2>\n<h3>Scripture Reading: Galatians 5:1, 13-25 and Luke 9:51-62<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Galatians 5:1, 13-25 and Luke 9:51-62\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y_dxz8kSsYI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Time for Young People: \u201cGraduations\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Graduations (TWYP)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1K1AaH2ee0E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #336: \u201cOf All the Spirit&#8217;s Gifts to Me\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Of All the Spirit&#039;s Gifts to Me #336\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/73q4sub6CT4?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: \u201cSpiritual and Physical\u201d &#8211; Rev. Sara Baron<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spiritual and Physical  (Sermon)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IBcLTqpbhAw?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: \u201cSpirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart\u201d Arranged by Crystal Davis Clay<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart   (Offertory)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xQuMwRYiLTk?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 Home-Based Prayer<\/h3>\n<p>Holy One,<br \/>\nFoxes have holes, but the Son of Man had<br \/>\nno where to lay his head.<br \/>\nYet, we still want those places.<br \/>\nIn fact, we want to have homes and have<br \/>\nEVERYONE have homes.<br \/>\nHelp us use our gifts to the greater good,<br \/>\nto the kindom, to the beloved community,<br \/>\nso that foxes may have holes and all of the<br \/>\nchildren you claim<br \/>\nmay have a place to lay their head<br \/>\nin safety<br \/>\nand joy.<br \/>\nAmen<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-004-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #2120: \u201cSpirit, Spirit of Gentleness\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spirit, Spirit of Gentleness #2120\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/niaw4sjWZas?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 God bless us with a thirst for justice, a yearning for healing, and the capacity to create both! Amen<\/p>\n<h3>Postlude<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI Will Praise Him \/ When Morning Gilds the Skies\u201d Arranged by Carol Tornquist<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u201cI Will Praise Him \/ When Morning Gilds the Skies\u201d (Postlude)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B_6yNGG_9RQ?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\/06\/image-005.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady Worship for the Third Sunday after the Pentecost June 26, 2022 Photo by Zach &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/06\/26\/worship-for-the-third-sunday-after-the-pentecost\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for the Third Sunday after the Pentecost<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2834,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2835","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\/2835","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=2835"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2837,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2835\/revisions\/2837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}