{"id":2969,"date":"2022-10-08T15:31:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T15:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2022-10-08T15:31:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-08T15:31:56","slug":"worship-for-the-18th-sunday-after-the-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/10\/08\/worship-for-the-18th-sunday-after-the-pentecost\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for the 18th Sunday after the Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nWorship for the 18th Sunday after the Pentecost<\/h1>\n<h2>October 9th, 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>\u201cOpen us to You, right here, right now.\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>\u201cHow Majestic Is Your Name\u201d by Michael W. Smith, arranged by Fred Bock<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[Anthem 9\/16\/12] How Majestic Is Your Name - Smith\/Bock\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0vQd5E0Pmck?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: God you are our home,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: even when we are exiles.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: God you are our wholeness<br \/>\n<strong>Many: even when we are broken.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: God, you are life,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: God, you are grace,<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: God, you are hope,<br \/>\n<strong>Many: God, you are justice.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: We come to worship to be at home with you.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: We come to worship, to connect with your wholeness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #2182: \u201cWhen God Restored Our Common Life\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"When God Restored Our Common Life\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BZMXKbsX4vM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Praying<\/h2>\n<h3>Unison Prayer<\/h3>\n<p>God of the Exiles,<br \/>\nYou ask hard things of us.<br \/>\nYou keep us from getting stagnant.<br \/>\nYou push us toward love (even when<br \/>\nwe don&#8217;t want to).<br \/>\nYou keep on caring about the common good.<br \/>\nYou keep on calling us to life.<br \/>\nThanks.<br \/>\nMay we help each other listen.<br \/>\nAmen<\/p>\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-001-2.jpg\"><br \/>\nBarbara Armstrong<\/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 Luke 17:11-19<\/h3>\n<h3>Time with Young People<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Time With Young People: Thanks\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U9_B8pFZqQo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Poem: \u201cWhen Giving Is All We Have\u201d by Alberto Rios<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alberto Ri\u0301os: Dear Poet 2016\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5UfdYjptIgg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #433: \u201cAll Who Love and Serve Your City\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hymn: All Who Love and Serve Your City (CHARLESTOWN)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MB1gvyoZjgM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7<\/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: \u201cNow\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Now  (Sermon)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T86m-6FN9Y4?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: \u201cPeace Like a River\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Peace Like a River (2012) | The Tabernacle Choir\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M8of9CQ9Fes?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>Stewardship Moment<\/h3>\n<h3>A Prayer of Now<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-004-2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #2183: \u201cUnsettled World\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3>Benediction<\/h3>\n<h3>Postlude: \u201cHalle Halle Halle\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Halle, Halle, Halle\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ds8hSP4l-SE?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 18th Sunday after the Pentecost October 9th, 2022 Photo by Zach &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/10\/08\/worship-for-the-18th-sunday-after-the-pentecost\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for the 18th Sunday after the Pentecost<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2968,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2969","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\/2969","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=2969"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2971,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2969\/revisions\/2971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}