{"id":3509,"date":"2018-10-05T21:54:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T21:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3509"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:53:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:53:27","slug":"worship-october-7-2018-20th-sunday-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3509","title":{"rendered":"Worship – October 7, 2018 – 20th Sunday after Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Spiritual Blessings”<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Ephesians 2:11-22  (International Standard Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

All Believers are One in the Messiah<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11 <\/sup>So then, remember that at one time you gentiles by birth were called \u201cthe uncircumcised\u201d by those who called themselves \u201cthe circumcised.\u201d They underwent physical circumcision done by human hands. <\/span>12 <\/sup>At that time you were without the Messiah, excluded from citizenship in Israel,and strangers to the covenants of promise. You had no hope and were in the world without God. <\/span>13 <\/sup>But now, in union with the Messiah Jesus, you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of the Messiah.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

14 <\/sup>For it is he who is our peace. Through his mortality he made both groups one by tearing down the wall of hostility that divided them. <\/span>15 <\/sup>He rendered the Law inoperative, along with its commandments and regulations, thus creating in himself one new humanity from the two, thereby making peace, <\/span>16 <\/sup>and reconciling both groups to God in one body through the cross, on which he eliminated the hostility. <\/span>17 <\/sup>He came and proclaimed peace for you who were far away and for you who were near. <\/span>18 <\/sup>For through him, both of us have access to the Father by one Spirit. <\/span>19 <\/sup>That is why you are no longer strangers and foreigners but fellow citizens with the saints and members of God\u2019s household, <\/span>20 <\/sup>having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, the Messiah Jesus himself being the cornerstone. <\/span>21 <\/sup>In union with him the whole building is joined together and rises into a holy sanctuary for the Lord. <\/span>22 <\/sup>You, too, are being built in him, along with the others, into a place for God\u2019s Spirit to dwell.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holy Communion:<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\nHoly Communion is celebrated the first Sunday of every month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coffee & Discussion:<\/span>
\n<\/em><\/strong>9:00 \u2013 9:45 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Upper Level.  Join our adult Coffee & Discussion group.  The current topic is a study of the Evangelical Catechism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday School:<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\n10:00 \u2013 11:00 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Lower Level.  A Children\u2019s Church program is available weekly on Sunday mornings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nursery Ministry:<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\n10:00 \u2013 11:00 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Lower Level.  Available every Sunday morning during the worship service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday Morning Worship:<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\n10:00 AM \u2013 in the Sanctuary.  Join us today for Pastor Joe Vasarhelyi\u2019s continuing series “Spiritual Blessings.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Spiritual Blessings” Ephesians 2:11-22  (International Standard Version) All Believers are One in the Messiah…<\/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-3509","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\/3509","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=3509"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4969,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3509\/revisions\/4969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}