{"id":1008,"date":"2014-07-03T22:50:07","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T22:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=1008"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:51:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:51:00","slug":"worship-july-6-2014-4th-sunday-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=1008","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; July 6, 2014 &#8211; 4th Sunday after Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><em><strong>&#8220;My Yoke Is Easy&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/My-Yoke-is-Easy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/My-Yoke-is-Easy-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"My Yoke is Easy\" class=\"wp-image-1009\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><em><strong>Zechariah 9:9-12&nbsp; (English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><span id=\"en-ESV-23009\" class=\"text Zech-9-9\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">The Coming King of Zion<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"poetry\">\n<p class=\"line\"><span class=\"text Zech-9-9\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><sup class=\"versenum\">9&nbsp;<\/sup><\/span>Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Zech-9-9\">Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Zech-9-9\">Behold, your king is coming to you;<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Zech-9-9\">righteous and having salvation is he,<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Zech-9-9\">humble and mounted on a donkey,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Zech-9-9\">on a colt, the foal of a donkey.<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-ESV-23010\" class=\"text Zech-9-10\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><sup class=\"versenum\">10&nbsp;<\/sup><\/span>I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Zech-9-10\">and the war horse from Jerusalem;<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Zech-9-10\">and the battle bow shall be cut off,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Zech-9-10\">and he shall speak peace to the nations;<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Zech-9-10\">his rule shall be from sea to sea,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Zech-9-10\">and from the River to the ends of the earth.<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-ESV-23011\" class=\"text Zech-9-11\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">11&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Zech-9-11\">I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-ESV-23012\" class=\"text Zech-9-12\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">12&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Zech-9-12\">today I declare that I will restore to you double.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><em><strong>Matthew 11:25-30&nbsp; (English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><em><span id=\"en-ESV-23485\" class=\"text Matt-11-25\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Come to Me, and I Will Give You Rest<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"text Matt-11-25\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><sup class=\"versenum\">25&nbsp;<\/sup><\/span>At that time Jesus declared, <span class=\"woj\">\u201cI thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children;<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-23486\" class=\"text Matt-11-26\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">26&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-23487\" class=\"text Matt-11-27\"><span class=\"woj\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><sup class=\"versenum\">27&nbsp;<\/sup><\/span>All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-23488\" class=\"text Matt-11-28\"><span class=\"woj\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><sup class=\"versenum\">28&nbsp;<\/sup><\/span>Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-23489\" class=\"text Matt-11-29\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">29&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-23490\" class=\"text Matt-11-30\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">30&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300\"><em><strong>Holy Communion:<\/strong><\/em><br>\n<\/span> Holy Communion is celebrated the first Sunday of every month.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><em><strong>Sunday School:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n<\/span> 10:00 \u2013 11:00 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Lower Level. A Children\u2019s Church program is available weekly on Sunday mornings.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><em><strong>Nursery Ministry:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n<\/span> 10:00 \u2013 11:00 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Lower Level. Available every Sunday morning during the worship service.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"color: #993300\"><em><strong>Sunday Morning Worship:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n<\/span> 10:00 AM \u2013 in the Sanctuary. Join us today for Pastor Tom Hendershot\u2019s sermon \u201cMy Yoke Is Easy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;My Yoke Is Easy&#8221; Zechariah 9:9-12&nbsp; (English Standard Version) The Coming King of Zion<span class=\"more-dots\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-worship-this-week","no-post-thumbnail"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Sharon Tali","author_link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?author=2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1008"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4913,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008\/revisions\/4913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}