{"id":3149,"date":"2023-04-01T17:06:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T17:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/?p=3149"},"modified":"2023-04-01T17:06:47","modified_gmt":"2023-04-01T17:06:47","slug":"worship-for-palm-sunday-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2023\/04\/01\/worship-for-palm-sunday-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Worship for Palm Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady<br \/>\nPalm Sunday<\/h1>\n<h2>April 2nd, 2023<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-000-1.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>Breath Prayer<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cGod who hears, hear our prayers\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Prelude<\/h3>\n<p>&#8220;In the Cross of Christ I Glory&#8221; by Ithamar Conkey, arranged by John Cooper<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"In the Cross of Christ I Glory - Hymn Piano Instrumental\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1DwmKIuUGp4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Call to Worship<\/h3>\n<p>One: Hosanna!<br \/>\n<strong>Many: God save us!<\/strong><br \/>\nOne: Truly, God, we could use some help!<br \/>\n<strong>Many: Hosanna!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #278: \u201cHosanna, Loud Hosanna\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hosanna, Loud Hosanna (Lyric Video)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L8VgZTC0FSo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Passing the Peace<\/h3>\n<h3>Song of Transition #557: &#8220;Blest Be the Tie That Binds&#8221; verse 1<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Blest Be the Tie That Binds\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hVGE2R2wq5w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Praying<\/h2>\n<h3>Unison Prayer<\/h3>\n<p>God Who Save the People from Oppression,<br \/>\nGod Who Threatens the Status Quo,<br \/>\nGod Who Works for the Common Good,<br \/>\nGod Who is With Us,<br \/>\nGod Who Holds the Living and the Dead, the grieving and the violent.<br \/>\nSave us.  Help us.  Help.  Amen<\/p>\n<h3>Cares and Celebrations<\/h3>\n<h3>Silent Prayer<\/h3>\n<h3>Poem: &#8220;Hymn for the Hurting&#8221; by Amanda Gorman<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hymn for the Hurting by Amanda Gorman | Spoken by Seneca Holden | Ahava CSL Spiritual Center\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rkX7OiqZRJQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Sung Prayer: &#8220;God, Our Nation Feels the Loss&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"God, Our Nation Feels the Loss\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O08ec7hkQ8c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/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; web-share\" 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: Galatians 3:23-4:7<\/h3>\n<h3>Hymn #277: Tell Me The Stories of Jesus<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"VU 357 Tell Me the Stories of Jesus\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5ji7sma5dww?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Time With Young People<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Palm Sunday Parade (Time with Young People)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qoMRU5Mh_gY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Scripture Reading: Matthew 21:1-11<\/h3>\n<h3>Sermon: \u201cProtest or Revolt\u201d, Rev. Sara E. Baron<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Protest or Revolt?   (Sermon)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j7O5WeGTV-g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Responding<\/h2>\n<h3>Offertory: &#8220;I Gave My Life for Thee&#8221; by Philip B. Bliss, arranged by Mary McDonald<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I gave My life for thee \u6211\u66fe\u820d\u547d\u4e3a\u4f60 Mary McDonald piano only prelude arrangement\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8HND09jxM3o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" 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>Offertory Prayer<\/h3>\n<h3>The Great Thanksgiving<\/h3>\n<p>The Lord be with you.<br \/>\n<strong>And also with you<\/strong><br \/>\nLift up your hearts<br \/>\n<strong>We lift them up to the Lord<\/strong><br \/>\nLet us give thanks to the Lord our God<br \/>\n<strong>It is right to give our thanks and praise.<\/strong><br \/>\nIt is right, &#8230; we praise your name and join their unending hymn:<br \/>\n<strong>Holy, holy, holy Lord, God of power and might.  Heaven and earth are filled with your glory.  Hosanna in the highest.  Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.  Hosanna in the highest.<\/strong><br \/>\nHoly indeed are you, &#8230; as we proclaim the mystery of faith:<br \/>\n<strong>Dying you destroyed our death, rising you restored our life, Lord Jesus come in glory!<\/strong><br \/>\nPour out your Holy Spirit on us gather here &#8230; now and forever, <strong>Amen<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Hymn #280: \u201cAll Glory, Laud, and Honor\u201d<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"All Glory, Laud, And Honor\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mVzIr_jDkj0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Benediction<\/h3>\n<h3>Fanfare on &#8220;Hosanna, Loud Hosanna&#8221; from <i>Gesangbuch der H.W.K. Hofkapelle, 1784<\/i>, arranged by Vicki Collinsworth<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Fanfare on Hosanna, Loud Hosanna&quot; arr. by Vicki Collinsworth\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2NLE59J98rs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First United Methodist Church of Schenectady Palm Sunday April 2nd, 2023 Photo by Amanda Taylor Gathering It may help to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/2023\/04\/01\/worship-for-palm-sunday-4\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Worship for Palm Sunday<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3149","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\/3149","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=3149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3150,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3149\/revisions\/3150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fumcschenectady.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}