Worship Services
Watch for the Sunday Worship email each week for the latest information about our worship services.
Please Join Us
You are invited to join us in person at 1 Gilligan Road, East Greenbush, NY, or watch the 9:30 AM service live.
You may also watch the service live on Facebook.
Worship Services
The Theme of Worship: Following Jesus in The Election Year – Breaking Barriers
Holy Communion – FUMC Choir’s special anthem – Hymns: Come! Come! Everybody Worship, Creator of the Earth, and Skies, and The Trees of the Field
Message: “ ‘O no, a woman? Never ever!’ Jesus said once upon a time.” by Pastor Danyal
Week Two – September 15: Mark 8:27-38
The Theme of Worship: Following Jesus in The Election Year – Being Spiritual, Not Political
Chocolate Time for Sunday school students – FUMC Choir’s special anthem – Hymns: The King of Love, My Shepherd Is, Take My Life and Let It Be, and Close to Thee
Message: “The True Meaning of Messiah: A Call to Spirituality” by Pastor Danyal
Week Three – September 22: Mark 9:30-37
The Theme of Worship: Following Jesus in The Election Year – Humility and Service
Chocolate Time for Sunday school students – FUMC Choir’s special anthem – Hymns: Breathe on Me, Breath of God, Lord, Whose Love Through Humble Service, and Jesu, Jesu
Message: “Welcoming the Least: A Call to Humility and Inclusion” by Pastor Danyal
Week Four – September 29: Mark 9:38-50 The Theme of Worship: Following Jesus in The Election Year – Faithful Citizenship Chocolate Time for Sunday school students – FUMC Choir’s special anthem – Hymns: My Soul Gives Glory to My God, This Is My Song, and Great Is Thy Faithfulness Message: “For Us or Against Us?” by Pastor Danyal
Week Five – October 6: Mark 10:2-16
The Theme of Worship: Following Jesus in The Election Year – Inclusive Citizenship
Holy Communion – FUMC Choir’s special anthem – Hymns: For the Beauty of the Earth, For the Healing of the Nations, and Make Me a Channel of Your Peace
Message: “Valuing the Vulnerable” by Pastor Danyal
Week Six – October 20: Mark 10:17-31
The Theme of Worship: Following Jesus in The Election Year – How would Jesus challenge us to use our resources for good today?
Chocolate Time for Sunday school students – FUMC Choir’s special anthem – Hymns: Wonderful Words of Life, Just a Closer Walk with Thee, and O Thou, in Whose Presence
Message: “The Rich Young Ruler” by Pastor Danyal
Week Seven – October 27: Mark 10:35-45
The Theme of Worship: Following Jesus in The Election Year – Choosing leaders who embody servant leadership
Chocolate Time for Sunday school students – Hymns: They’ll Know We Are Christians by Our Love, I want to Be a Christian, and Blest Be the Tie That Binds
Message: “Servant Leadership” by Pastor Danyal
Week Eight – November 3: Mark 12:28-34
The Theme of Worship: Following Jesus in The Election Year – How would Jesus vote and act as a citizen today?
Holy Communion – For All the Saints, Come, Let Us Join Our Friends Above, and Give to the Winds Thy Fears
Message: “A Call to Active Engagement in the World” by Pastor Danyal
Early Worship Services: 8:30 AM
This Sunday, October 20th, will be the last 8:30 service until May.
Early worship services will be held on Sundays at 8:30 AM beginning the first Sunday in May until the First Sunday in October (Blessings of the Animals Sunday). Services will be held in the Chapel in the Woods, weather permitting. During inclement weather, services are held inside the church.
Sacrament of Communion
The Sacrament of Communion is celebrated the first Sunday of each month. Our tradition is open communion, which means that all who are present, or watching on Facebook, are invited to receive the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.
Other Services
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, services at Hawthorne Ridge, Riverside Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing and Rosewood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center are cancelled until further notice.