{"id":2928,"date":"2022-08-28T02:48:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T02:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=2928"},"modified":"2022-08-28T02:48:53","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T02:48:53","slug":"worship-for-the-twelfth-sunday-after-the-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/08\/28\/worship-for-the-twelfth-sunday-after-the-pentecost\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for the Twelfth Sunday after the Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for the Twelfth Sunday after the Pentecost<\/h1>\n<h2>August 28, 2022<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image-000-3.jpg\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Zach Long<\/p>\n<h2>Gathering<\/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 creation, help us notice you in each other.\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>\u201cO Love of God Most Full\u201d Arranged by Don Phillips<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Prelude: O Love of God Most Full\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zNdkOiwN1_Y?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 Church of Christ,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: today as always,<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: is changing:<br \/>\n<strong>Many: is led by the Spirit,<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: is challenged to find its truths,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: must keep on rising from the dead.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #589: \u201cThe Church of Christ, in Every Age\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Church of Christ in Every Age ELW 729\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/66Ob1pHj_Xg?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\/08\/image-001-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h2>Praying<\/h2>\n<h3>Shared Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nGod of power and justice,<br \/>\nlike Jeremiah you weep over those<br \/>\nwho wander from you,<br \/>\nand turn to life-draining distractions.<br \/>\nTeach us your ways<br \/>\nand write them on our hearts<br \/>\nso that we may follow faithfully<br \/>\nthe path you show us.<br \/>\nHelp us be builders 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\/08\/image-001-e1661654269920.png\"><\/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)<br \/>\nwho 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 trespass against us.<br \/>\nAnd lead us not into temptation,<br \/>\nbut deliver us from evil:<br \/>\nFor thine is the kingdom, and the power,<br \/>\nand the glory, for ever. Amen.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-003.png\"><\/p>\n<h2>Listening and Reflecting<\/h2>\n<h3>Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 2:4-13 and Luke 14: 1, 7-14<\/h3>\n<h3>Time with Young People: \u201cLife Choices\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Time With Young People: Life Choices\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SB6pys1wmNY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Poem: \u201cNarrative Theology #2\u201d by P\u00e1draig \u00d3 Tuama<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Poem: Narrative Theology #2\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4rdo-UzkvBI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #427: \u201cWhere Cross the Crowded Ways of Life\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Where Cross The Crowded Ways Of Life | Hymn-Singing with TGSFUMC Chorale Ensemble\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wd_i68hJOj8?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\/2022\/08\/image-009-e1661051433755.jpg\"><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 Art of Choosing What to do with Your Life as a Church\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sermon: The Art of Choosing What to Do With Your Life as a Church\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2xbqWC-wGRw?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: \u201cMake Me A Servant\u201d Arranged by Mark Hayes<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Offertory: Make Me a Servant\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_X-vaTvlVA8?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 Prayer of Including<\/h3>\n<p>God of power and justice,<br \/>\nKeep on reminding us<br \/>\nabout the impacts of<br \/>\ninclusion<br \/>\nand exclusion,<br \/>\nuntil our hearts expand.<br \/>\nBless our gifts<br \/>\nto be used<br \/>\ntowards your inclusion.<br \/>\nAmen<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-004.png\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #632: \u201cDraw Us in the Spirit&#8217;s Tether\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Draw us in the Spirit&#039;s Tether - Harold Friedell (Virtual Choir)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FxDrHhLghl8?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 keep on opening our hearts. Amen<\/p>\n<h3>Postlude: \u201cWhat A Mighty God We Serve\u201d Traditional, Arranged by Fred Bock<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Postlude: What a Mighty God We Serve\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wYVqpn7c2rM?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\/08\/image-005.png\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady Worship for the Twelfth Sunday after the Pentecost August 28, 2022 Photo by Zach &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/08\/28\/worship-for-the-twelfth-sunday-after-the-pentecost\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for the Twelfth Sunday after the Pentecost<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2928","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\/2928","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=2928"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2929,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2928\/revisions\/2929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}