{"id":2259,"date":"2016-05-09T22:16:08","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T22:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=2259"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:57:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:57:32","slug":"worship-may-15-2016-pentecost-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=2259","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; May 15, 2016 &#8211; Pentecost Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900\">&#8220;Crisis of Community Hope&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Hope.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Hope-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA\" class=\"wp-image-2260\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><em><strong>Psalm 33:13-18 &nbsp;(English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"poetry top-1\">\n<p class=\"line\"><span id=\"en-ESV-14380\" class=\"text Ps-33-13\"><sup class=\"versenum\">13&nbsp;<\/sup>The <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span> looks down from heaven;<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-33-13\">he sees all the children of man;<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-ESV-14381\" class=\"text Ps-33-14\"><sup class=\"versenum\">14&nbsp;<\/sup>from where he sits enthroned he looks out<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-33-14\">on all the inhabitants of the earth,<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-ESV-14382\" class=\"text Ps-33-15\"><sup class=\"versenum\">15&nbsp;<\/sup>he who fashions the hearts of them all<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-33-15\">and observes all their deeds.<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-ESV-14383\" class=\"text Ps-33-16\"><sup class=\"versenum\">16&nbsp;<\/sup>The king is not saved by his great army;<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-33-16\">a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span id=\"en-ESV-14384\" class=\"text Ps-33-17\"><sup class=\"versenum\">17&nbsp;<\/sup>The war horse is a false hope for salvation,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-33-17\">and by its great might it cannot rescue.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"poetry top-1\">\n<p class=\"line\"><span id=\"en-ESV-14385\" class=\"text Ps-33-18\"><sup class=\"versenum\">18&nbsp;<\/sup>Behold, the eye of the <span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span> is on those who fear him,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Ps-33-18\">on those who hope in his steadfast love,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><em><strong>1 Peter 3:14-17 &nbsp;(English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span id=\"en-ESV-30422\" class=\"text 1Pet-3-14\"><sup class=\"versenum\">14&nbsp;<\/sup>But even if you should suffer for righteousness&#8217; sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled,<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-30423\" class=\"text 1Pet-3-15\"><sup class=\"versenum\">15&nbsp;<\/sup>but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-30424\" class=\"text 1Pet-3-16\"><sup class=\"versenum\">16&nbsp;<\/sup>having a good conscience, so that,when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame.<\/span> <span id=\"en-ESV-30425\" class=\"text 1Pet-3-17\"><sup class=\"versenum\">17&nbsp;<\/sup>For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God&#8217;s will, than for doing evil.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><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\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><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\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><em><strong>Sunday Morning Worship:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n10:00 AM \u2013 in the Sanctuary. &nbsp;Join us today for Pastor Phil Ross&#8217;s sermon \u201cCrisis of Community Hope.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Crisis of Community Hope&#8221; Psalm 33:13-18 &nbsp;(English Standard Version) 13&nbsp;The Lord looks down from<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-2259","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\/2259","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=2259"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5080,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2259\/revisions\/5080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}