{"id":3648,"date":"2019-03-29T21:37:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-29T21:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3648"},"modified":"2019-03-29T21:37:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T21:37:33","slug":"worship-march-31-2019-4th-sunday-in-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3648","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; March 31, 2019 &#8211; 4th Sunday in Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">&#8220;The Power of Production (Part 2)&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Prodigal-Son.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3649 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Prodigal-Son-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><em><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Luke 15:25-32\u00a0 (New International Version)<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-25614\" class=\"text Luke-15-25\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">25\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cMeanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-25615\" class=\"text Luke-15-26\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">26\u00a0<\/sup>So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-25616\" class=\"text Luke-15-27\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">27\u00a0<\/sup>\u2018Your brother has come,\u2019 he replied, \u2018and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-25617\" class=\"text Luke-15-28\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">28\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cThe older brother became angry\u00a0and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-25618\" class=\"text Luke-15-29\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">29\u00a0<\/sup>But he answered his father, \u2018Look! All these years I\u2019ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-25619\" class=\"text Luke-15-30\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">30\u00a0<\/sup>But when this son of yours who has squandered your propertywith prostitutes\u00a0comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-25620\" class=\"text Luke-15-31\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">31\u00a0<\/sup>\u201c\u2018My son,\u2019 the father said, \u2018you are always with me, and everything I have is yours.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<span id=\"en-NIV-25621\" class=\"text Luke-15-32\"><span class=\"woj\"><sup class=\"versenum\">32\u00a0<\/sup>But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>Coffee &amp; Discussion:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color\">9:00 \u2013 9:45 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Upper Level. \u00a0Join our adult Coffee &amp; Discussion group.\u00a0 Coming soon:\u00a0 The Bible Project \u2013 \u201cThe Bible is one unified story that leads to Jesus, but we don\u2019t always treat it that way.\u00a0 At The Bible Project, we make animated videos that explore the books and themes of the Bible.\u201d\u00a0 How To Read The Bible \u2013 \u201cThis ongoing series explores the origins, content, and purpose of the Bible.\u00a0 Here you\u2019ll be introduced to some of the basic skills necessary for reading the bible effectively.\u201d\u00a0 Feel free to join the group at any time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Noisy Offering:<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color\">A collection of coins by the children for missions is part of the worship service the last Sunday of every month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>Sunday School:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color\">10:00 \u2013 11:00 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Lower Level. \u00a0A Children\u2019s Church program is available weekly on Sunday mornings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>Nursery Ministry:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color\">10:00 \u2013 11:00 AM \u2013 in the Parish Hall Lower Level. \u00a0Available every Sunday morning during the worship service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>Sunday Morning Worship:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-color\">10:00 AM \u2013 in the Sanctuary. \u00a0Join us today for Pastor Joe Vasarhelyi\u2019s sermon \u201cThe Power of Production (Part 2).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Power of Production (Part 2)&#8221; Luke 15:25-32\u00a0 (New International Version) 25\u00a0\u201cMeanwhile, the older<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-3648","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\/3648","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=3648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3650,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3648\/revisions\/3650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}