{"id":2995,"date":"2022-11-27T04:02:45","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T04:02:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=2995"},"modified":"2022-11-27T04:02:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T04:02:52","slug":"service-for-the-first-sunday-of-advent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/11\/27\/service-for-the-first-sunday-of-advent\/","title":{"rendered":"Service for the First Sunday of Advent"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nFirst Sunday of Advent<\/h1>\n<h2>November 27th, 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 rejoice, we rejoice in you\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Prelude<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;We Gather Together\u201d, Netherlands Folk Hymn, Arranged by Fred Bock<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"John Hutchinson plays &quot;We Gather Together&quot;\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N23iWB2E7x8?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: As one year ends and another begins.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: We gather in hope and give You thanks.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: As old dreams die and we feel set adrift<br \/>\n<strong>Many: We gather in hope and give You thanks.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: When we\u2019re stuck in situations and long to be free<br \/>\n<strong>Many: We gather in hope and give You thanks.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Despite sorrow and grief of nearly unbearable loss<br \/>\n<strong>Many: We gather in hope and give You thanks.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: In a world full of cruelty and strife, where fear and hunger abound<br \/>\n<strong>Many: We gather in hope and give You thanks.<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: In the darkest of times, when we can\u2019t see our next step.<br \/>\n<strong>Many: We gather in hope and give You thanks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #206: \u201cI Want to Walk as a Child of the Light\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ionKh1dL9o0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Lighting of the Advent Wreath: \u201cHope\u201d by Larry McArthur<\/h3>\n<h3>Advent Song: \u201cA Holy Hush\u201d verse 1<\/h3>\n<h2>Praying<\/h2>\n<h3>Unison Prayer<\/h3>\n<p>Living Hope, we gather in hope and thanksgiving because we trust in you to hear out cries for a new year.<br \/>\nWith room in our lives for new dreams burning bright<br \/>\nWith freedom from the chains that once bound us<br \/>\nFilled with the love and laughter of children<br \/>\nAnd where all Your people know peace and plenty.<br \/>\nWe offer ourselves to You, to be your hands and feet in the building the kindom and the vessels that bring<br \/>\nYour light to each other and to the world.  Amen.<\/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\/11\/image-001-1.jpg\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Carolyn Micklas<\/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: Genesis 16:7-13<\/h3>\n<h3>Special Music: A Star in the East (The Southern Harmony 1854)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Star in the East\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hm8lhFjO0gQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Time with Young People<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Advent  (Time with Young People)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AeDmnjwXTpI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #276: \u201cThe First One Ever\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hymn:  The first one ever, oh ever to know - Ballad\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EjnQeXqofSQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture Reading: Luke 1:26-38<\/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: \u201cHope\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hope (Sermon)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eS0pNFAHMJs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Responding<\/h2>\n<h3>Joy in Giving<\/h3>\n<h3>Offertory: Aria and Musette from Divertimento No 4 by James Oswald<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Divertimento No. 4 - I. Affettuoso (Largo)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1HHJDGC2Kvk?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>Hymn #2122: \u201cShe Comes Sailing on the Wind\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"She Comes Sailing On the Wind (She Flies On!)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PPSjTGzjUSI?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: Allegro from Trio Sonata No. 5 in D Major Op. 3 by Thomas Augustine Arne<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trio Sonata No. 5 in D Major, Op. 3: IV. Allegro\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ALrJ95CLVRE?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 First Sunday of Advent November 27th, 2022 Photo by Zach Long Gathering It may &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2022\/11\/27\/service-for-the-first-sunday-of-advent\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Service for the First Sunday of Advent<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2995","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\/2995","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=2995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2996,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2995\/revisions\/2996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}