{"id":1900,"date":"2015-12-26T19:49:54","date_gmt":"2015-12-26T19:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=1900"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:48:19","slug":"worship-december-27-2015-1st-sunday-after-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=1900","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; December 27, 2015 &#8211; 1st Sunday after Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #84ab0e\"><em><strong>&#8220;Believer&#8217;s Testimony&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Cross-syrian-fabric.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1901\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Cross-syrian-fabric-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"In the man's dream, he believed the cross around his neck would protect him.\" class=\"wp-image-1901\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #84ab0e\"><em><strong>Psalm 148 (Holman Christian Standard Bible)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><span class=\"text Ps-148-1\">Creation\u2019s Praise of the <span class=\"small-caps divine-name\">Lord<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"poetry\">\n<p class=\"line\"><span class=\"text Ps-148-1\"><sup class=\"versenum\">1&nbsp;<\/sup>Hallelujah!<\/span><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\">2&nbsp;<\/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\">3&nbsp;<\/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\">4&nbsp;<\/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\">5&nbsp;<\/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\">6&nbsp;<\/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<\/div>\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\">7&nbsp;<\/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\">8&nbsp;<\/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\">9&nbsp;<\/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\">10&nbsp;<\/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\">11&nbsp;<\/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\">12&nbsp;<\/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\">13&nbsp;<\/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\">14&nbsp;<\/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<p><span style=\"color: #84ab0e\"><em><strong>Noisy Offering:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\nA 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: #84ab0e\"><em><strong>Sunday School:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\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<p><span style=\"color: #84ab0e\"><em><strong>Nursery Ministry:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n10:00 \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: #84ab0e\"><em><strong>Sunday Morning Worship:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n10:00 AM \u2013 in the Sanctuary. Join us today as we accept new members and as members of the congregation share their personal &#8220;Believer&#8217;s Testimony.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Believer&#8217;s Testimony&#8221; Psalm 148 (Holman Christian Standard Bible) Creation\u2019s Praise of the Lord 1&nbsp;Hallelujah!<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-1900","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\/1900","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=1900"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4875,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1900\/revisions\/4875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}