{"id":1230,"date":"2014-12-12T01:36:35","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T01:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=1230"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:56:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:56:47","slug":"worship-december-14-2014-3rd-sunday-of-advent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=1230","title":{"rendered":"Worship – December 14, 2014 – 3rd Sunday of Advent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“The Spiritual Genealogy of Jesus Christ”<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Holiday Pot Luck & Fellowship<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Please join us immediately following the morning worship service for our Holiday Pot Luck & Fellowship in the Parish Hall.  We are sure to have many delicious dishes from St. Paul’s wonderful cooks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psalm 51:1-2,4,7, &13  (English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

51 Have mercy on me, O God,
\naccording to your steadfast love…
\n2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
\nand cleanse me from my sin!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…you may be justified in your words
\nand blameless in your judgment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
\nwash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
\nand sinners will return to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John 1:1-18  (English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Word Became Flesh
\n1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 (John bore witness about him, and cried out, \u201cThis was he of whom I said, \u2018He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.\u2019\u201d) 16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday School:<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\n10:00 \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

Nursery Ministry:<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\n10:00 \u2013 11:00 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Lower Level. Available every Sunday morning during the worship service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday Morning Worship:<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\n10:00 AM \u2013 in the Sanctuary. Join us today for Pastor Tom Hendershot\u2019s sermon \u201cThe Spiritual Genealogy of Jesus Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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