{"id":3085,"date":"2017-09-02T06:07:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T06:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3085"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:57:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:57:58","slug":"worship-september-3-2017-13th-sunday-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3085","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; September 3, 2017 &#8211; 13th Sunday after Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900\">&#8220;The Power of Serving&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/The-Power-of-Serving.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/The-Power-of-Serving-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3087\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/The-Power-of-Serving-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/The-Power-of-Serving-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/The-Power-of-Serving-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/The-Power-of-Serving-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\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff9900\">1 Samuel 16:6-12 &nbsp;(English Standard Version)<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span id=\"en-ESV-7602\" class=\"text 1Sam-16-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\">6&nbsp;<\/sup>When they came, he looked on&nbsp;Eliab and thought, \u201cSurely the&nbsp;<span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>&#8216;s anointed is before him.\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-7603\" class=\"text 1Sam-16-7\"><sup class=\"versenum\">7&nbsp;<\/sup>But the&nbsp;<span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>&nbsp;said to Samuel,&nbsp;\u201cDo not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the&nbsp;<span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>&nbsp;sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance,&nbsp;but the&nbsp;<span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>&nbsp;looks on the heart.\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-7604\" class=\"text 1Sam-16-8\"><sup class=\"versenum\">8&nbsp;<\/sup>Then Jesse called&nbsp;Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, \u201cNeither has the&nbsp;<span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>&nbsp;chosen this one.\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-7605\" class=\"text 1Sam-16-9\"><sup class=\"versenum\">9&nbsp;<\/sup>Then Jesse made&nbsp;Shammah pass by. And he said, \u201cNeither has the&nbsp;<span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>&nbsp;chosen this one.\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-7606\" class=\"text 1Sam-16-10\"><sup class=\"versenum\">10&nbsp;<\/sup>And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, \u201cThe&nbsp;<span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>&nbsp;has not chosen these.\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-7607\" class=\"text 1Sam-16-11\"><sup class=\"versenum\">11&nbsp;<\/sup>Then Samuel said to Jesse, \u201cAre all your sons here?\u201d And he said,&nbsp;\u201cThere remains yet the youngest,&nbsp;but behold, he is keeping the sheep.\u201d And Samuel said to Jesse,&nbsp;\u201cSend and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here.\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-7608\" class=\"text 1Sam-16-12\"><sup class=\"versenum\">12&nbsp;<\/sup>And he sent and brought him in. Now he was&nbsp;ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the&nbsp;<span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>&nbsp;said,&nbsp;\u201cArise, anoint him, for this is he.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><em><strong>1 Samuel 17:48-51 &nbsp;(English Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span id=\"en-ESV-7667\" class=\"text 1Sam-17-48\"><sup class=\"versenum\">48&nbsp;<\/sup>When the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-7668\" class=\"text 1Sam-17-49\"><sup class=\"versenum\">49&nbsp;<\/sup>And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span id=\"en-ESV-7669\" class=\"text 1Sam-17-50\"><sup class=\"versenum\">50&nbsp;<\/sup>So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. There was no sword in the hand of David.<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-7670\" class=\"text 1Sam-17-51\"><sup class=\"versenum\">51&nbsp;<\/sup>Then David ran and stood over the Philistine&nbsp;and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead,&nbsp;they fled.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"line wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><em><strong>Holy Communion:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br>\nHoly Communion is celebrated the first Sunday of every month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #ff9900\">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: #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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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 Joe Vasarhelyi\u2019s sermon \u201cThe Power of Serving.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Power of Serving&#8221; 1 Samuel 16:6-12 &nbsp;(English Standard Version) 6&nbsp;When they came, he<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-3085","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\/3085","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=3085"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5089,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3085\/revisions\/5089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}