{"id":3591,"date":"2019-01-25T23:37:31","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T23:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3591"},"modified":"2019-01-25T23:37:31","modified_gmt":"2019-01-25T23:37:31","slug":"worship-january-27-2019-3rd-sunday-after-epiphany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3591","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; January 27, 2019 &#8211; 3rd Sunday after Epiphany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"color:#05a4de;font-size:26px;text-align:center\" class=\"has-text-color\"><strong><em>The Annual Congregational Meeting will follow the worship service, which will be followed by our &#8220;Souper Bowl Sunday&#8221; Potluck in the Parish Hall.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#05a4de;font-size:26px;text-align:center\" class=\"has-text-color\"><strong><em>Please plan to attend!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#d96008;text-align:center\" class=\"has-text-color has-large-font-size\"><strong><em>&#8220;G.O.A.T.&#8217;S. (Part 3)&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"536\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Abram-Goes-to-Canaan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Abram-Goes-to-Canaan.jpg 536w, https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Abram-Goes-to-Canaan-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Abram-Goes-to-Canaan-150x101.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#d96008;font-size:26px\" class=\"has-text-color\"><strong><em>Genesis 12:1-9  (New International Version)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>The Call of Abram<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12&nbsp;<\/strong>The&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;had said to Abram, \u201cGo from your country, your people and your father\u2019s household&nbsp;to the land&nbsp;I will show you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cI will make you into a great nation,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and I will bless you;<br>I will make your name great,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and you will be a blessing.<br><sup>3&nbsp;<\/sup>I will bless those who bless you,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and whoever curses you I will curse;<br>and all peoples on earth<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;will be blessed through you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>4&nbsp;<\/sup>So Abram went, as the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;had told him; and Lot&nbsp;went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old&nbsp;when he set out from Harran.&nbsp;<sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup>He took his wife Sarai,&nbsp;his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated&nbsp;and the people&nbsp;they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan,&nbsp;and they arrived there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>6&nbsp;<\/sup>Abram traveled through the land&nbsp;as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh&nbsp;at Shechem.&nbsp;At that time the Canaanites&nbsp;were in the land.&nbsp;<sup>7&nbsp;<\/sup>The&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;appeared to Abram&nbsp;and said, \u201cTo your offspring&nbsp;I will give this land.\u201d&nbsp;So he built an altar there to the&nbsp;Lord,&nbsp;who had appeared to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup>From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel&nbsp;and pitched his tent,&nbsp;with Bethel on the west and Ai&nbsp;on the east. There he built an altar to the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;and called on the name of the&nbsp;Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>9\u00a0<\/sup>Then Abram set out and continued toward the Negev.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Coffee &amp; Discussion:<\/em><\/strong>9:00 \u2013 9:45 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Upper Level. \u00a0Our current topic is a study of the Evangelical Catechism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Noisy Offering:<\/em><\/strong><br>A 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><strong><em>Sunday School:<\/em><\/strong><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><strong><em>Nursery Ministry:<\/em><\/strong><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><strong><em>Sunday Morning Worship:<\/em><\/strong><br>10:00 AM \u2013 in the Sanctuary. \u00a0Join us today for Pastor Joe Vasarhelyi\u2019s sermon \u201cG.O.A.T.&#8217;S. 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