{"id":2965,"date":"2022-10-01T15:46:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T15:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=2965"},"modified":"2022-10-01T15:46:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T15:46:22","slug":"worship-for-the-17th-sunday-after-the-pentecost-world-communion-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/10\/01\/worship-for-the-17th-sunday-after-the-pentecost-world-communion-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for the 17th Sunday after the Pentecost,  World Communion Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for the 17th Sunday after the Pentecost,  World Communion Sunday<\/h1>\n<h2>September 25th, 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>\u201cWe come to be fed, Bread of Life.\u201d\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>\u201cIn the Cross of Christ I Glory\u201d by Ithamar Conkey<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"In The Cross Of Christ I Glory - Ithamar Conkey arr. Richard H. Cox\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uNgNzgRzHUE?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: In the shadow of the cross, wracked with sorrow and pain<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Your people have gathered and remembered you.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: In the catacombs of Rome, cloaked in secrecy and faith<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Your people have gathered and remembered you.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: In fields of cotton and tobacco, enslaved and abused<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Your people have gathered and remembered you.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: On battlefields and in bomb shelters, despite fear and uncertainty<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Your people have gathered and remembered you.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: In the wake of earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, fires, and floods, consumed by exhaustion and hopelessness<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Your people have gathered and remembered you.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: In bars and nightclubs, on street corners and in doorways, rejected and excluded by \u201cyour Church\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Your people have gathered and remembered you.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: And for centuries, in chapels, churches, and cathedrals on ordinary Sabbath days,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Your people have gathered and remembered you.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Today we gather here in love, to claim this piece of our inheritance, to join our path with all who have partaken of this meal since the Last Supper, with gratitude for the stewards who came before, in fellowship with those throughout the world remembering and celebrating today, and in preparation for those who will lead into the future.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Lord we come to this table today. Your table, not ours. Opened to all so that many may become one in you. We stand together in gratitude for your love and faithfulness throughout the ages. We acknowledge our imperfections and the abundance of your grace. We take up our part in this time and place to steward the many gifts<br \/>\nyou have given us, so that all who are hungry may be fed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #547: \u201cO Church of God United\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"O Church of God, United\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zDJfFFTh4QE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Praying<\/h2>\n<h3>Cares and Celebrations<\/h3>\n<h3>Silent Prayer<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-001-1.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)<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<h2>Listening and Reflecting<\/h2>\n<h3>Scripture Reading: Psalm 37:1-9<\/h3>\n<h3>Time with Young People<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Time with Young People: World Communion\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EVWEzs383BQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Poem: \u201cIs God a Bread Maker\u201d from \u201cCalling God She\u201d Rev. Dr. Barbara Thorington Green<\/h3>\n<h3>Hymn #632: \u201cDraw Us in the Spirit\u2019s Tether\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Friedell Draw us in the Spirit&#039;s Tether\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GWisycmT5dM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture Reading: Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4<\/h3>\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: \u201cBread of Life\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bread of Life\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FQ3C2-lmLZA?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: \u201cPut Peace into Each Other\u2019s Hands\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Put Peace Into Each Other&#039;s Hands (St Columba)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NtFqGyV-UCk?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>World Communion Table<\/h3>\n<p>One: The Lord be with you.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: And also with you.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Lift up your hearts.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: We lift them up to the Lord.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: It is right to give our thanks and praise.<br \/>\n&#8230;we join in their endless praise, saying:<br \/>\nHoly, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might.<br \/>\nHeaven and earth are full of your glory.<br \/>\nHosanna in the highest.<br \/>\nBlessed are they who come in the name of the Lord.<br \/>\nHosanna in the highest.<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8230;We have testified that this mystery of salvation found in Jesus Christ is for all,<br \/>\nwhen we say:<br \/>\n<strong>Dying you destroyed our death, rising you restored our life, Spirit of Love,<br \/>\nlive in us now!<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8230;Now as those called and empowered by God let us join with Christ in prayer:<br \/>\n<strong>Our Father, who art in heaven hallowed be thy name.<br \/>\nThy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.<br \/>\nGive us this day our daily bread.<br \/>\nAnd forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.<br \/>\nAnd lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.<br \/>\nFor thine is the kingdom, and the power and the glory, forever. Amen<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>A Prayer of Gratitude<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-004-2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #439: \u201cIn Christ There Is No East Or West\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"In Christ There is no East or West (11 am, webstream)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1zzS8GjaxY4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Benediction<\/h3>\n<h3>Postlude: \u201cThe Lord Bless You and Keep You\u201d Peter Lutkin<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Lord Bless You and Keep You (arr. Peter C. Lutkin)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6wIvU5awWic?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady Worship for the 17th Sunday after the Pentecost, World Communion Sunday September 25th, 2022 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/10\/01\/worship-for-the-17th-sunday-after-the-pentecost-world-communion-sunday\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for the 17th Sunday after the Pentecost,  World Communion Sunday<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2966,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2965","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\/2965","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=2965"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2967,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2965\/revisions\/2967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}