{"id":3308,"date":"2018-03-04T00:20:12","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T00:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3308"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:45:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:45:38","slug":"worship-march-4-2018-3rd-sunday-in-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3308","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; March 4, 2018 &#8211; 3rd Sunday in Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #008cff\"><em><strong>&#8220;Who I Am In Christ (Part 3)&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Who-I-Am-In-Christ-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Who-I-Am-In-Christ-1-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3310\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #008cff\"><em><strong>John 8:28-36&nbsp; (New International Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span id=\"en-NIV-26410\" class=\"text John-8-28\"><sup class=\"versenum\">28&nbsp;<\/sup>So Jesus said,&nbsp;<span class=\"woj\">\u201cWhen you have lifted up&nbsp;the Son of Man,&nbsp;then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-26411\" class=\"text John-8-29\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">29&nbsp;<\/sup>The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone,&nbsp;for I always do what pleases him.\u201d<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-26412\" class=\"text John-8-30\"><sup class=\"versenum\">30&nbsp;<\/sup>Even as he spoke, many believed in him.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><span id=\"en-NIV-26413\" class=\"text John-8-31\">Dispute Over Whose Children Jesus\u2019 Opponents Are<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"text John-8-31\"><sup class=\"versenum\">31&nbsp;<\/sup>To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said,&nbsp;<span class=\"woj\">\u201cIf you hold to my teaching,&nbsp;you are really my disciples.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-26414\" class=\"text John-8-32\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">32&nbsp;<\/sup>Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span id=\"en-NIV-26415\" class=\"text John-8-33\"><sup class=\"versenum\">33&nbsp;<\/sup>They answered him, \u201cWe are Abraham\u2019s descendants&nbsp;and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span id=\"en-NIV-26416\" class=\"text John-8-34\"><sup class=\"versenum\">34&nbsp;<\/sup>Jesus replied,&nbsp;<span class=\"woj\">\u201cVery truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-26417\" class=\"text John-8-35\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">35&nbsp;<\/sup>Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-26418\" class=\"text John-8-36\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">36&nbsp;<\/sup>So if the Son sets you free,&nbsp;you will be free indeed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"line wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #008cff\"><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: #008cff\">Coffee &amp; Discussion:<\/span><br>\n<\/em><\/strong>9:00 \u2013 9:45 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Upper Level.&nbsp; <span style=\"color: #ff0000\">Coffee &amp; Discussion resumes this week!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #008cff\"><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: #008cff\"><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: #008cff\"><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 \u201cWho I Am in Christ (Part 3).\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Who I Am In Christ (Part 3)&#8221; &nbsp; John 8:28-36&nbsp; (New International Version) 28&nbsp;So<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-3308","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\/3308","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=3308"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4794,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3308\/revisions\/4794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}