{"id":3392,"date":"2018-05-25T22:16:42","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T22:16:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3392"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:53:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:53:51","slug":"worship-may-27-2018-1st-sunday-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3392","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; May 27, 2018 &#8211; 1st Sunday after Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #07b7e3\">&#8220;The Cause&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The_Cause.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/The_Cause-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3393\" \/><\/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: #07b7e3\">1 Samuel 17:20-29&nbsp; (English Standard Version)<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span id=\"en-ESV-7639\" class=\"text 1Sam-17-20\"><sup class=\"versenum\">20&nbsp;<\/sup>And David rose early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper and took the provisions and went, as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to&nbsp;the encampment as the host was going out to the battle line, shouting the war cry.<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-7640\" class=\"text 1Sam-17-21\"><sup class=\"versenum\">21&nbsp;<\/sup>And Israel and the Philistines drew up for battle, army against army.<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-7641\" class=\"text 1Sam-17-22\"><sup class=\"versenum\">22&nbsp;<\/sup>And David left the&nbsp;things in charge of the keeper of the&nbsp;baggage and ran to the ranks and went and greeted his brothers.<\/span><span id=\"en-ESV-7642\" class=\"text 1Sam-17-23\"><sup class=\"versenum\">23&nbsp;<\/sup>As he talked with them, behold,&nbsp;the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines and spoke&nbsp;the same words as before. And David heard him.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span id=\"en-ESV-7643\" class=\"text 1Sam-17-24\"><sup class=\"versenum\">24&nbsp;<\/sup>All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him and were much afraid.<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-7644\" class=\"text 1Sam-17-25\"><sup class=\"versenum\">25&nbsp;<\/sup>And the men of Israel said, \u201cHave you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to&nbsp;defy Israel. And the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches&nbsp;and will give him his daughter and make his father&#8217;s house free in Israel.\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-7645\" class=\"text 1Sam-17-26\"><sup class=\"versenum\">26&nbsp;<\/sup>And David said to the men who stood by him, \u201cWhat shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away&nbsp;the reproach from Israel? For who is this&nbsp;uncircumcised Philistine, that he should&nbsp;defy the armies of&nbsp;the living God?\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-7646\" class=\"text 1Sam-17-27\"><sup class=\"versenum\">27&nbsp;<\/sup>And the people answered him in the same way,&nbsp;\u201cSo shall it be done to the man who kills him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span id=\"en-ESV-7647\" class=\"text 1Sam-17-28\"><sup class=\"versenum\">28&nbsp;<\/sup>Now Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men. And Eliab&#8217;s anger was kindled against David, and he said, \u201cWhy have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption and the evil of your heart, for you have come down to see the battle.\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-7648\" class=\"text 1Sam-17-29\"><sup class=\"versenum\">29&nbsp;<\/sup>And David said, \u201cWhat have I done now? Was it not but a word?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #07b7e3\"><strong><em>Coffee &amp; Discussion:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><strong><em><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 the Evangelical Catechism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #07b7e3\"><strong><em>Noisy Offering:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><br>\nA collection of coins by the children for missions is part of the worship service the last Sunday of every month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #07b7e3\"><strong><em>Sunday School:<\/em><\/strong><\/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: #07b7e3\"><strong><em>Nursery Ministry:<\/em><\/strong><\/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: #07b7e3\"><strong><em>Sunday Morning Worship:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><br>\n10:00 AM \u2013 in the Sanctuary. &nbsp;Join us today for Pastor Joe Vasarhelyi&#8217;s sermon \u201cThe Cause.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Cause&#8221; 1 Samuel 17:20-29&nbsp; (English Standard Version) 20&nbsp;And David rose early 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-3392","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\/3392","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=3392"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4988,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3392\/revisions\/4988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}