{"id":1155,"date":"2014-10-30T05:09:46","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T05:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=1155"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:56:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:56:54","slug":"worship-november-2-2014-all-saints-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=1155","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; November 2, 2014 &#8211; All Saints Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><em><strong>&#8220;Effective Witnesses&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Effective-Witnesses1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Effective-Witnesses1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Effective Witnesses\" class=\"wp-image-1158\" \/><\/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: #3366ff\"><em><strong>Psalm 43&nbsp; (World English Bible)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"chapternum\">43&nbsp;<\/span>Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation.<br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-43-1\">Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-WEB-14569\" class=\"text Ps-43-2\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">2&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me?<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-43-2\">Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-WEB-14570\" class=\"text Ps-43-3\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">3&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>Oh, send out your light and your truth.<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-43-3\">Let them lead me.<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-43-3\">Let them bring me to your holy hill,<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-43-3\">To your tents.<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-WEB-14571\" class=\"text Ps-43-4\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">4&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>Then I will go to the altar of God,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-43-4\">to God, my exceeding joy.<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-43-4\">I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.<\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-WEB-14572\" class=\"text Ps-43-5\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">5&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>Why are you in despair, my soul?<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-43-5\">Why are you disturbed within me?<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-43-5\">Hope in God!<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-43-5\">For I shall still praise him:<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-43-5\">my Savior, my helper, and my God.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><em><strong>1 Thessalonians 1:1-10&nbsp; (World English Bible)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"chapter-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><span id=\"en-WEB-29563\" class=\"text 1Thess-1-1\"><span class=\"chapternum\">1&nbsp;<\/span>Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span id=\"en-WEB-29564\" class=\"text 1Thess-1-2\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">2&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>We always give thanks to God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers, <\/span> <span id=\"en-WEB-29565\" class=\"text 1Thess-1-3\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">3&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father. <\/span> <span id=\"en-WEB-29566\" class=\"text 1Thess-1-4\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">4&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>We know, brothers loved by God, that you are chosen, <\/span> <span id=\"en-WEB-29567\" class=\"text 1Thess-1-5\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">5&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>and that our Good News came to you not in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and with much assurance. You know what kind of men we showed ourselves to be among you for your sake. <\/span> <span id=\"en-WEB-29568\" class=\"text 1Thess-1-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">6&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>You became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit, <\/span> <span id=\"en-WEB-29569\" class=\"text 1Thess-1-7\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">7&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>so that you became an example to all who believe in Macedonia and in Achaia. <\/span> <span id=\"en-WEB-29570\" class=\"text 1Thess-1-8\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">8&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>For from you the word of the Lord has been declared, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone out; so that we need not to say anything. <\/span> <span id=\"en-WEB-29571\" class=\"text 1Thess-1-9\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">9&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>For they themselves report concerning us what kind of a reception we had from you; and how you turned to God from idols, to serve a living and true God, <\/span> <span id=\"en-WEB-29572\" class=\"text 1Thess-1-10\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">10&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead\u2014Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><em><strong>Holy Communion:<\/strong><\/em><br>\n<\/span> Holy Communion is celebrated the first Sunday of every month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><em><strong>Sunday School:<\/strong><\/em><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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><em><strong>Nursery Ministry:<\/strong><\/em><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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><em><strong>Sunday Morning Worship:<\/strong><\/em><br>\n<\/span> 10:00 AM \u2013 in the Sanctuary. Join us today for Pastor Tom Hendershot\u2019s sermon \u201cEffective Witnesses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &#8220;Effective Witnesses&#8221; Psalm 43&nbsp; (World English Bible) 43&nbsp;Vindicate me, God, and plead my<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":[1,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","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\/1155","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=1155"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5061,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1155\/revisions\/5061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}