{"id":2335,"date":"2016-06-10T21:47:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T21:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=2335"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:57:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:57:27","slug":"worship-june-12-2016-4th-sunday-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=2335","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; June 12, 2016 &#8211; 4th Sunday after Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #0a7ef2\"><em><strong>Looking Ahead:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #0a7ef2\"><em><strong>We are planning a Farewell Celebration for Pastor Tom, Angie &amp; Hannah for Sunday June 26th. &nbsp;We will have a Potluck and Fellowship in the parish hall immediately following the morning worship service.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #9e0e0e\"><em><strong>&#8220;The Work of Your Ministry&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/THE-WORK-OF-YOUR-MINISTRY.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/THE-WORK-OF-YOUR-MINISTRY-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"THE WORK OF YOUR MINISTRY\" class=\"wp-image-2336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/THE-WORK-OF-YOUR-MINISTRY-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/THE-WORK-OF-YOUR-MINISTRY-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/THE-WORK-OF-YOUR-MINISTRY-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/THE-WORK-OF-YOUR-MINISTRY-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/THE-WORK-OF-YOUR-MINISTRY-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #9e0e0e\"><em><strong>Ephesians 4:7-16 &nbsp;(New King James Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><span id=\"en-NKJV-29280\" class=\"text Eph-4-7\">Spiritual Gifts<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"text Eph-4-7\"><sup class=\"versenum\">7&nbsp;<\/sup>But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ\u2019s gift. <\/span><span id=\"en-NKJV-29281\" class=\"text Eph-4-8\"><sup class=\"versenum\">8&nbsp;<\/sup>Therefore He says:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"poetry top-1\">\n<p class=\"line\"><span class=\"text Eph-4-8\"><span class=\"oblique\">\u201cWhen He ascended on high,<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Eph-4-8\"><span class=\"oblique\">He led captivity captive,<\/span><\/span><br>\n<span class=\"text Eph-4-8\"><span class=\"oblique\">And gave gifts to men.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"first-line-none top-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><span id=\"en-NKJV-29282\" class=\"text Eph-4-9\"><sup class=\"versenum\">9&nbsp;<\/sup>(Now this, <span class=\"oblique\">\u201cHe ascended\u201d<\/span>\u2014what does it mean but that He also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? <\/span><span id=\"en-NKJV-29283\" class=\"text Eph-4-10\"><sup class=\"versenum\">10&nbsp;<\/sup>He who descended is also the One who ascended far above all the heavens, that He might fill all things.)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span id=\"en-NKJV-29284\" class=\"text Eph-4-11\"><sup class=\"versenum\">11&nbsp;<\/sup>And He Himself gave some <i>to be<\/i> apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, <\/span><span id=\"en-NKJV-29285\" class=\"text Eph-4-12\"><sup class=\"versenum\">12&nbsp;<\/sup>for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, <\/span><span id=\"en-NKJV-29286\" class=\"text Eph-4-13\"><sup class=\"versenum\">13&nbsp;<\/sup>till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; <\/span><span id=\"en-NKJV-29287\" class=\"text Eph-4-14\"><sup class=\"versenum\">14&nbsp;<\/sup>that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting, <\/span><span id=\"en-NKJV-29288\" class=\"text Eph-4-15\"><sup class=\"versenum\">15&nbsp;<\/sup>but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head\u2014Christ\u2014 <\/span><span id=\"en-NKJV-29289\" class=\"text Eph-4-16\"><sup class=\"versenum\">16&nbsp;<\/sup>from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #9e0e0e\"><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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #9e0e0e\"><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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #9e0e0e\"><em><strong>Sunday Morning Worship:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n10:00 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall. Join us today for Pastor Tom Hendershot\u2019s sermon \u201cThe Work of Your Ministry.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking Ahead: We are planning a Farewell Celebration for Pastor Tom, Angie &amp; Hannah<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-2335","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\/2335","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=2335"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5076,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335\/revisions\/5076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}