{"id":3057,"date":"2017-08-18T22:22:10","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T22:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3057"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:58:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:58:00","slug":"worship-august-20-2017-11th-sunday-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3057","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; August 20, 2017 &#8211; 11th Sunday after Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #2bbf0d\"><em><strong>Don&#8217;t forget the Luau Potluck Dinner immediately following the morning worship service in the Parish Hall.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #1d85ad\"><em><strong>&#8220;The Power of Vision&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Abraham-Stars.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Abraham-Stars-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3065\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Promises-Promises-Genesis-15-vs.-1-6.jpg\"><br>\n<\/a><span style=\"color: #1d85ad\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #1d85ad\">Genesis<\/span> 15:1-6 &nbsp;(English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><span id=\"en-ESV-362\" class=\"text Gen-15-1\">God&#8217;s Covenant with Abram<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"chapter-2 wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"text Gen-15-1\"><span class=\"chapternum\">15&nbsp;<\/span>After these things the word of the&nbsp;<span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>&nbsp;came to Abram in a vision:&nbsp;\u201cFear not, Abram, I am&nbsp;your shield; your reward shall be very great.\u201d<\/span><span id=\"en-ESV-363\" class=\"text Gen-15-2\"><sup class=\"versenum\">2&nbsp;<\/sup>But Abram said, \u201cO Lord&nbsp;<span class=\"small-caps\">God<\/span>, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-364\" class=\"text Gen-15-3\"><sup class=\"versenum\">3&nbsp;<\/sup>And Abram said, \u201cBehold, you have given me no offspring, and&nbsp;a member of my household will be my heir.\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-365\" class=\"text Gen-15-4\"><sup class=\"versenum\">4&nbsp;<\/sup>And behold, the word of the&nbsp;<span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>&nbsp;came to him: \u201cThis man shall not be your heir;&nbsp;your very own son&nbsp;shall be your heir.\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-366\" class=\"text Gen-15-5\"><sup class=\"versenum\">5&nbsp;<\/sup>And he brought him outside and said, \u201cLook toward heaven, and&nbsp;number the stars, if you are able to number them.\u201d Then he said to him,&nbsp;\u201cSo shall your offspring be.\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-367\" class=\"text Gen-15-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\">6&nbsp;<\/sup>And&nbsp;he believed the&nbsp;<span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>, and&nbsp;he counted it to him as righteousness.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #1d85ad\"><em><strong>Proverbs 29:18 &nbsp;(English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span id=\"en-ESV-17243\" class=\"text Prov-29-18\">Where&nbsp;there is no prophetic vision the people&nbsp;cast off restraint,<\/span><br>\n<span class=\"indent-1\"><span class=\"indent-1-breaks\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"text Prov-29-18\">but blessed is he who&nbsp;keeps the law.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #1d85ad\">Coffee &amp; Discussion:<\/span><br>\n<\/em><\/strong>9:00 \u2013 9:45 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Upper Level. &nbsp;Our current topic is a study of Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #1d85ad\"><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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #1d85ad\"><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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #1d85ad\"><em><strong>Sunday Morning Worship:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\n10:00 AM \u2013 in the Sanctuary. &nbsp;Join us today for Pastor Joe Vasarhelyi\u2019s sermon \u201cThe Power of Vision.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t forget the Luau Potluck Dinner immediately following the morning worship service in the<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-3057","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\/3057","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=3057"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5091,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3057\/revisions\/5091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}