{"id":3644,"date":"2019-03-22T22:39:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T22:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3644"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:46:11","slug":"worship-march-24-2019-3rd-sunday-in-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3644","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; March 24, 2019 &#8211; 3rd Sunday in Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #6b8c06\">&#8220;The Power of Production&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Fig-Tree.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Fig-Tree-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3645\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #6b8c06\">Luke 13:1-9&nbsp; (New International Version)<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span id=\"en-NIV-25520\" class=\"text Luke-13-1\">Repent or Perish<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"chapter-2\"><span class=\"text Luke-13-1\"><span class=\"chapternum\">13&nbsp;<\/span>Now there were some present at that time who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate&nbsp;had mixed with their sacrifices.<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-25521\" class=\"text Luke-13-2\"><sup class=\"versenum\">2&nbsp;<\/sup>Jesus answered,&nbsp;<span class=\"woj\">\u201cDo you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way?<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-25522\" class=\"text Luke-13-3\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">3&nbsp;<\/sup>I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-25523\" class=\"text Luke-13-4\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">4&nbsp;<\/sup>Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam&nbsp;fell on them\u2014do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem?<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-25524\" class=\"text Luke-13-5\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">5&nbsp;<\/sup>I tell you, no! But unless you repent,&nbsp;you too will all perish.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-25525\" class=\"text Luke-13-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\">6&nbsp;<\/sup>Then he told this parable:&nbsp;<span class=\"woj\">\u201cA man had a fig tree growing in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-25526\" class=\"text Luke-13-7\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">7&nbsp;<\/sup>So he said to the man who took care of the vineyard, \u2018For three years now I\u2019ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven\u2019t found any. Cut it down!&nbsp;Why should it use up the soil?\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-25527\" class=\"text Luke-13-8\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">8&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201c\u2018Sir,\u2019 the man replied, \u2018leave it alone for one more year, and I\u2019ll dig around it and fertilize it.<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-25528\" class=\"text Luke-13-9\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">9&nbsp;<\/sup>If it bears fruit next year, fine! If not, then cut it down.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #6b8c06\">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; Coming soon:&nbsp; The Bible Project \u2013 \u201cThe Bible is one unified story that leads to Jesus, but we don\u2019t always treat it that way.&nbsp; At The Bible Project, we make animated videos that explore the books and themes of the Bible.\u201d&nbsp; How To Read The Bible \u2013 \u201cThis ongoing series explores the origins, content, and purpose of the Bible.&nbsp; Here you\u2019ll be introduced to some of the basic skills necessary for reading the bible effectively.\u201d&nbsp; Feel free to join the group at any time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #6b8c06\"><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><span style=\"color: #6b8c06\"><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><span style=\"color: #6b8c06\"><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 \u201cThe Power of Production.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Power of Production&#8221; Luke 13:1-9&nbsp; (New International Version) Repent or Perish 13&nbsp;Now there<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],"tags":[12,7],"class_list":["post-3644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-community","tag-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\/3644","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=3644"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4808,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3644\/revisions\/4808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}