{"id":1434,"date":"2015-04-10T00:16:15","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T00:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=1434"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:49:08","slug":"worship-april-12-2015-2nd-sunday-of-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=1434","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; April 12, 2015 &#8211; 2nd Sunday of Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #37698a\"><em><strong>&#8220;The Offer of Living Water&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/The-Offer-of-Living-Water.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/The-Offer-of-Living-Water.jpeg\" alt=\"The Offer of Living Water\" class=\"wp-image-1437\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #37698a\"><em><strong>Psalm 36:5-9&nbsp; (English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><sup><span style=\"font-size: small\">5&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>Your steadfast love, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>, extends to the heavens,<br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-36-5\">your faithfulness to the clouds.<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-ESV-14445\" class=\"text Ps-36-6\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><sup class=\"versenum\">6&nbsp;<\/sup><\/span>Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-36-6\">your judgments are like the great deep;<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-36-6\">man and beast you save, O <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"poetry top-1\">\n<p class=\"line\"><span id=\"en-ESV-14446\" class=\"text Ps-36-7\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><sup class=\"versenum\">7&nbsp;<\/sup><\/span>How precious is your steadfast love, O God!<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-36-7\">The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-ESV-14447\" class=\"text Ps-36-8\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">8&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>They feast on the abundance of your house,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-36-8\">and you give them drink from the river of your delights.<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-ESV-14448\" class=\"text Ps-36-9\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">9&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>For with you is the fountain of life;<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-36-9\">in your light do we see light.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"line\"><span style=\"color: #37698a\"><em><strong>John 4:1-14&nbsp; (English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"chapter-1\"><span class=\"text John-4-1\"><span class=\"chapternum\">4&nbsp;<\/span>Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26148\" class=\"text John-4-2\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">2&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>(although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples),<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26149\" class=\"text John-4-3\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">3&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>he left Judea and departed again for Galilee.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26150\" class=\"text John-4-4\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><sup class=\"versenum\">4&nbsp;<\/sup><\/span>And he had to pass through Samaria.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26151\" class=\"text John-4-5\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">5&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26152\" class=\"text John-4-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">6&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>Jacob&#8217;s well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-ESV-26153\" class=\"text John-4-7\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">7&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, <span class=\"woj\">\u201cGive me a drink.\u201d<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26154\" class=\"text John-4-8\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">8&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>(For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.)<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26155\" class=\"text John-4-9\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">9&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>The Samaritan woman said to him, \u201cHow is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?\u201d (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26156\" class=\"text John-4-10\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">10&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>Jesus answered her, <span class=\"woj\">\u201cIf you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, \u2018Give me a drink,\u2019 you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.\u201d<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26157\" class=\"text John-4-11\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">11&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>The woman said to him, \u201cSir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water?<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26158\" class=\"text John-4-12\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><sup class=\"versenum\">12&nbsp;<\/sup><\/span>Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.\u201d<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26159\" class=\"text John-4-13\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">13&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>Jesus said to her, <span class=\"woj\">\u201cEveryone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again,<\/span><\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-26160\" class=\"text John-4-14\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">14&nbsp;<\/span><\/sup>but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #37698a\"><em><strong>Sunday School:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n10:00 \u2013 11:00 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Lower Level. &nbsp;A Children\u2019s Church program is available weekly on Sunday mornings.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #37698a\"><em><strong>Nursery Ministry:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n10:00 \u2013 11:00 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Lower Level. &nbsp;Available every Sunday morning during the worship service.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #37698a\"><em><strong>Sunday Morning Worship:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n10:00 AM \u2013 in the Sanctuary. &nbsp;Join us today for Pastor Tom Hendershot\u2019s sermon \u201cThe Offer of Living Water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Offer of Living Water&#8221; Psalm 36:5-9&nbsp; (English Standard Version) 5&nbsp;Your steadfast love, O<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-1434","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\/1434","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=1434"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4892,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1434\/revisions\/4892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}