{"id":3010,"date":"2023-01-01T03:32:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T03:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=3010"},"modified":"2023-01-01T03:33:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T03:33:00","slug":"worship-for-the-first-sunday-after-christmas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2023\/01\/01\/worship-for-the-first-sunday-after-christmas-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for the First Sunday After Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nFirst Sunday after Christmas<\/h1>\n<h2>January 1st, 2023<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/image-001.jpg\"><br \/>\nPhoto by Amanda Taylor<\/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>Prelude<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cOnce in Royal David\u2019s City\u201d by Henry Gauntlett<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Once in Royal David&#039;s City \/ Carols from King&#039;s 2013\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PtiCLJvyePw?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: What a curious time it has been &#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>Many: While Mary and Joseph make a home with the baby<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Birth in a barn, angels winging about, shepherds coming to see, figuring out life with a newborn &#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>Many: While Mary and Joseph make a home with the baby<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Wise men come with a star story and gifts for a king &#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>Many: While Mary and Joseph make a home with the baby<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: But home is not to be forever, fleeing all three to avoid Herod\u2019s sword &#8230;<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Refugees in Egypt, settling down, until it\u2019s safe to go back, where Mary and Joseph make a home with the child Jesus in Nazareth. God of dreams, God of safe passage, bring us always to You, our Home.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #219: \u201cWhat Child Is This\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Child Is This\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8rZQMzJAPCM?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 Light and Compassion, You call us to make our home in You, to rest in knowing that we are loved and cared for. But so many of us don\u2019t really know what a home is, or what it means to be home. We are refugees, fleeing from war or famine or violence in our hometowns, only to be turned away, or vilified, in the places we try to find safety. We suffer violence at the hands of those who say they love us, making where we live a dangerous place. We live on the edge of losing it all to climbing rents, expensive food, jobs that don\u2019t offer a living wage or that disappear when the stock market falls. Many of us can never relax, the traumas of war, or crime, or abuse and neglect making us wary of what\u2019s coming next. But You promised us One who would come and teach us about You, One who would be God with Us, and Jesus was born. Teach us O Lord how to be home, help us to know Your Peace and rest in Your reassurances, so we can share Your Love with all your children, and work for a world where justice brings a safe place to live and thrive. We ask in the name of Jesus, Emmanuel, the living Christ in our midst. Amen.<\/p>\n<h3>Pastoral Prayer<\/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: Isaiah 63:7-9<\/h3>\n<h3>Hymn #228: He Is Born<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hymn &quot;He Is Born&quot;\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cPyZEJWgl2I?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=\"Children&#039;s Time 01012023\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DhnafxKWhkQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture Reading: Matthew 2:13-23<\/h3>\n<h3>Sermon: \u201cGoing Home\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Matthew 2 13 23\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KTfHZBSNptM?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: \u201cOf the Father\u2019s Love Begotten\u201d by Terre Johnson<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Of the Father&#039;s Love Begotten by Terre Johnson\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pJ_-AW4nZnk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>A Time to Consider 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 Home<\/h3>\n<h3>Hymn #229: \u201cInfant Holy, Infant Lowly\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Infant Holy, Infant Lowly\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gwWXOrqxT00?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: \u201cGlorify Thy Name\u201d by Donna Adkins, arranged by Fred Bock<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Glorify Thy Name arr. Fred Bock\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DTs2TRqwmFQ?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 after Christmas January 1st, 2023 Photo by Amanda Taylor Gathering It may &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2023\/01\/01\/worship-for-the-first-sunday-after-christmas-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for the First Sunday After Christmas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3003,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3010","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\/3010","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=3010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3011,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3010\/revisions\/3011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}