{"id":3580,"date":"2019-01-05T07:00:50","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T07:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3580"},"modified":"2019-01-12T02:36:56","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T02:36:56","slug":"worship-january-6-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3580","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; January 6, 2019 &#8211; Epiphany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><em>&#8220;The G.O.A.T.&#8217;S. Part 1&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Cain-Abel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3581\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Genesis 4:1-9  (New International Version)<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Cain and Abel<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4&nbsp;<\/strong>Adam&nbsp;made love to his wife&nbsp;Eve,&nbsp;and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.&nbsp;She said, \u201cWith the help of the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;I have brought forth&nbsp;a man.\u201d&nbsp;<sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.&nbsp;<sup>3&nbsp;<\/sup>In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering&nbsp;to the&nbsp;Lord.<sup>4&nbsp;<\/sup>And Abel also brought an offering\u2014fat portions&nbsp;from some of the firstborn of his flock.&nbsp;The&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;looked with favor on Abel and his offering,<sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup>but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>6&nbsp;<\/sup>Then the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;said to Cain, \u201cWhy are you angry?&nbsp;Why is your face downcast?&nbsp;<sup>7&nbsp;<\/sup>If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door;&nbsp;it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup>Now Cain said to his brother Abel, \u201cLet\u2019s go out to the field.\u201d&nbsp;While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>9&nbsp;<\/sup>Then the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;said to Cain, \u201cWhere is your brother Abel?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d he replied. \u201cAm I my brother\u2019s keeper?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Holy Communion:<\/strong><\/em><br>Holy Communion is celebrated the first Sunday of every month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Coffee &amp; Discussion:<br><\/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><em><strong>Sunday School:<\/strong><\/em><br>10:00 \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><em><strong>Nursery Ministry:<\/strong><\/em><br>10:00 \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><em><strong>Sunday Morning Worship:<\/strong><\/em><br>10:00 AM \u2013 in the Sanctuary. &nbsp;Join us today for Pastor Joe Vasarhelyi\u2019s sermon \u201cThe G.O.A.T.&#8217;S. Part 1.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The G.O.A.T.&#8217;S. 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