{"id":3400,"date":"2018-06-08T21:56:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T21:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3400"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:53:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:53:48","slug":"worship-june-10-2018-3rd-sunday-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3400","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; June 10, 2018 &#8211; 3rd Sunday after Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #008000\">&#8220;Hiding From God 2&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Hiding-From-God-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Hiding-From-God-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3401\" \/><\/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: #008000\">Exodus 2:11-25&nbsp; (English Standard Version)<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><span id=\"en-ESV-1566\" class=\"text Exod-2-11\">Moses Flees to Midian<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"text Exod-2-11\"><sup class=\"versenum\">11&nbsp;<\/sup>One day,&nbsp;when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their&nbsp;burdens, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people.<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-1567\" class=\"text Exod-2-12\"><sup class=\"versenum\">12&nbsp;<\/sup>He looked this way and that, and seeing no one, he&nbsp;struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-1568\" class=\"text Exod-2-13\"><sup class=\"versenum\">13&nbsp;<\/sup>When&nbsp;he went out the next day, behold, two Hebrews were struggling together. And he said to the man in the wrong, \u201cWhy do you strike your companion?\u201d<\/span><span id=\"en-ESV-1569\" class=\"text Exod-2-14\"><sup class=\"versenum\">14&nbsp;<\/sup>He answered,&nbsp;\u201cWho made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?\u201d Then Moses was afraid, and thought, \u201cSurely the thing is known.\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-1570\" class=\"text Exod-2-15\"><sup class=\"versenum\">15&nbsp;<\/sup>When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But&nbsp;Moses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. And he sat down by&nbsp;a well.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span id=\"en-ESV-1571\" class=\"text Exod-2-16\"><sup class=\"versenum\">16&nbsp;<\/sup>Now the&nbsp;priest of Midian had seven daughters, and&nbsp;they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father&#8217;s flock.<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-1572\" class=\"text Exod-2-17\"><sup class=\"versenum\">17&nbsp;<\/sup>The shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and saved them, and&nbsp;watered their flock.<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-1573\" class=\"text Exod-2-18\"><sup class=\"versenum\">18&nbsp;<\/sup>When they came home to their father&nbsp;Reuel, he said, \u201cHow is it that you have come home so soon today?\u201d<\/span><span id=\"en-ESV-1574\" class=\"text Exod-2-19\"><sup class=\"versenum\">19&nbsp;<\/sup>They said, \u201cAn Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds and even drew water for us and&nbsp;watered the flock.\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-1575\" class=\"text Exod-2-20\"><sup class=\"versenum\">20&nbsp;<\/sup>He said to his daughters, \u201cThen where is he? Why have you left the man? Call him, that he may&nbsp;eat bread.\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-1576\" class=\"text Exod-2-21\"><sup class=\"versenum\">21&nbsp;<\/sup>And Moses was content to dwell with the man, and he gave Moses his daughter&nbsp;Zipporah.<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-1577\" class=\"text Exod-2-22\"><sup class=\"versenum\">22&nbsp;<\/sup>She gave birth to a son, and he called his name&nbsp;Gershom, for he said, \u201cI have been a&nbsp;sojourner&nbsp;in a foreign land.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><span id=\"en-ESV-1578\" class=\"text Exod-2-23\">God Hears Israel&#8217;s Groaning<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"text Exod-2-23\"><sup class=\"versenum\">23&nbsp;<\/sup>During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel&nbsp;groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help.&nbsp;Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-1579\" class=\"text Exod-2-24\"><sup class=\"versenum\">24&nbsp;<\/sup>And&nbsp;God heard their groaning, and God&nbsp;remembered his covenant with&nbsp;Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-ESV-1580\" class=\"text Exod-2-25\"><sup class=\"versenum\">25&nbsp;<\/sup>God&nbsp;saw the people of Israel\u2014and God&nbsp;knew.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #008000\">Coffee &amp; Discussion:<\/span><br>\n<\/em><\/strong>9:00 \u2013 9:45 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Upper Level. &nbsp;Join our adult Coffee &amp; Discussion group.&nbsp; The current topic is a study of the Evangelical Catechism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><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: #008000\"><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: #008000\"><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 \u201cHiding From God 2.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Hiding From God 2&#8221; Exodus 2:11-25&nbsp; (English Standard Version) Moses Flees to Midian 11&nbsp;One<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-3400","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\/3400","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=3400"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4986,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3400\/revisions\/4986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}