{"id":1244,"date":"2014-12-24T02:13:27","date_gmt":"2014-12-24T02:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:56:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:56:44","slug":"worship-december-28-2014-1st-sunday-after-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=1244","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; December 28, 2014 &#8211; 1st Sunday after Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<span style=\"color: #1179f0\"><em><strong>A Service of Praise &amp; Testimony<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/testimony.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/testimony-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"testimony\" class=\"wp-image-1246\" \/><\/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: #1179f0\"><em><strong>Psalm 148&nbsp; (Homan Christian Standard Bible)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup><span style=\"font-size: small\">1&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>Hallelujah!<br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-148-1\">Praise the <span class=\"small-caps divine-name\">Lord<\/span> from the heavens;<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-148-1\">praise Him in the heights.<\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-HCSB-16374\" class=\"text Ps-148-2\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">2&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>Praise Him, all His angels;<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-148-2\">praise Him, all His hosts.<\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-HCSB-16375\" class=\"text Ps-148-3\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">3&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>Praise Him, sun and moon;<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-148-3\">praise Him, all you shining stars.<\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-HCSB-16376\" class=\"text Ps-148-4\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">4&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>Praise Him, highest heavens,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-148-4\">and you waters above the heavens.<\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-HCSB-16377\" class=\"text Ps-148-5\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">5&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>Let them praise the name of Yahweh,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-148-5\">for He commanded, and they were created.<\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-HCSB-16378\" class=\"text Ps-148-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">6&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>He set them in position forever and ever;<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-148-6\">He gave an order that will never pass away.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"poetry top-1\">\n<p class=\"line\"><span class=\"top-1\"><span id=\"en-HCSB-16379\" class=\"text Ps-148-7\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">7&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>Praise the <span class=\"small-caps divine-name\">Lord<\/span> from the earth,<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-148-7\">all sea monsters and ocean depths,<\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-HCSB-16380\" class=\"text Ps-148-8\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">8&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>lightning and hail, snow and cloud,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-148-8\">powerful wind that executes His command,<\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-HCSB-16381\" class=\"text Ps-148-9\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">9&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>mountains and all hills,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-148-9\">fruit trees and all cedars,<\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-HCSB-16382\" class=\"text Ps-148-10\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">10&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>wild animals and all cattle,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-148-10\">creatures that crawl and flying birds,<\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-HCSB-16383\" class=\"text Ps-148-11\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">11&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>kings of the earth and all peoples,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-148-11\">princes and all judges of the earth,<\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-HCSB-16384\" class=\"text Ps-148-12\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">12&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>young men as well as young women,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-148-12\">old and young together.<\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-HCSB-16385\" class=\"text Ps-148-13\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">13&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>Let them praise the name of Yahweh,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-148-13\">for His name alone is exalted.<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-148-13\">His majesty covers heaven and earth.<\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-HCSB-16386\" class=\"text Ps-148-14\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">14&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>He has raised up a horn for His people,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-148-14\">resulting in praise to all His godly ones,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-148-14\">to the Israelites, the people close to Him.<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Ps-148-14\">Hallelujah!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"footnotes\" hidden=\"\">\n<h4>Footnotes:<\/h4>\n<ol type=\"a\">\n<li id=\"fen-HCSB-16380a\"><a title=\"Go to Psalm 148:8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm%20148&amp;version=HCSB#en-HCSB-16380\">Psalm 148:8<\/a> <span class=\"footnote-text\">Or <i>fire<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><!--end of footnotes--><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"crossrefs hidden\">\n<h3><!--end of crossrefs--><span style=\"color: #1179f0\">&nbsp;<strong>John 1:19-28&nbsp; (English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"text John-1-19\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">19&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, \u201cWho are you?\u201d<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26054\" class=\"text John-1-20\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><sup class=\"versenum\">20&nbsp;<\/sup><\/span>He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, \u201cI am not the Christ.\u201d<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26055\" class=\"text John-1-21\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">21&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>And they asked him, \u201cWhat then? Are you Elijah?\u201d He said, \u201cI am not.\u201d \u201cAre you the Prophet?\u201d And he answered, \u201cNo.\u201d<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26056\" class=\"text John-1-22\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">22&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>So they said to him, \u201cWho are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?\u201d<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26057\" class=\"text John-1-23\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">23&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>He said, \u201cI am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, \u2018Make straight the way of the Lord,\u2019 as the prophet Isaiah said.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-ESV-26058\" class=\"text John-1-24\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">24&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26059\" class=\"text John-1-25\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">25&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>They asked him, \u201cThen why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?\u201d<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26060\" class=\"text John-1-26\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">26&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>John answered them, \u201cI baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know,<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26061\" class=\"text John-1-27\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">27&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.\u201d<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26062\" class=\"text John-1-28\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">28&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #1179f0\"><em><strong>Noisy Offering:<\/strong><\/em><br>\n<\/span> A collection of coins by the children for missions is part of the worship service the last Sunday of every month.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #901bde\"><span style=\"color: #1179f0\"><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: #1179f0\"><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<p><span style=\"color: #1179f0\"><em><strong>Sunday Morning Worship:<\/strong><\/em><br>\n<\/span> 10:00 AM \u2013 in the Sanctuary. Join us today along with&nbsp;Pastor Tom Hendershot for a service of &#8220;Praise &amp; Testimony.\u201d&nbsp; We will hear testimony from members, install the new Consistory, and receive new members into the church.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;A Service of Praise &amp; Testimony Psalm 148&nbsp; (Homan Christian Standard Bible) 1&nbsp;Hallelujah! 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