{"id":3672,"date":"2019-05-18T02:17:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T02:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3672"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:43:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:43:42","slug":"worship-may-19-2019-5th-sunday-of-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=3672","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; May 19, 2019 &#8211; 5th Sunday of Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #7ea608\">&#8220;Seeing A Flow of God&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/The-Widow-and-the-Olive-Oil.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/The-Widow-and-the-Olive-Oil.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3673\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #7ea608\"><em><strong>2 Kings 4:1-7&nbsp; (New International Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em><span id=\"en-NIV-9605\" class=\"text 2Kgs-4-1\">The Widow\u2019s Olive Oil<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"chapter-1\"><span class=\"text 2Kgs-4-1\"><span class=\"chapternum\">4&nbsp;<\/span>The wife of a man from the company&nbsp;of the prophets cried out to Elisha, \u201cYour servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the&nbsp;<span class=\"small-caps\">Lord<\/span>. But now his creditor&nbsp;is coming to take my two boys as his slaves.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-9606\" class=\"text 2Kgs-4-2\"><sup class=\"versenum\">2&nbsp;<\/sup>Elisha replied to her, \u201cHow can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"text 2Kgs-4-2\">\u201cYour servant has nothing there at all,\u201d she said, \u201cexcept a small jar of olive oil.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-9607\" class=\"text 2Kgs-4-3\"><sup class=\"versenum\">3&nbsp;<\/sup>Elisha said, \u201cGo around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don\u2019t ask for just a few.<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-9608\" class=\"text 2Kgs-4-4\"><sup class=\"versenum\">4&nbsp;<\/sup>Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-9609\" class=\"text 2Kgs-4-5\"><sup class=\"versenum\">5&nbsp;<\/sup>She left him and shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring.<\/span>&nbsp;<span id=\"en-NIV-9610\" class=\"text 2Kgs-4-6\"><sup class=\"versenum\">6&nbsp;<\/sup>When all the jars were full, she said to her son, \u201cBring me another one.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"text 2Kgs-4-6\">But he replied, \u201cThere is not a jar left.\u201d Then the oil stopped flowing.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span id=\"en-NIV-9611\" class=\"text 2Kgs-4-7\"><sup class=\"versenum\">7&nbsp;<\/sup>She went and told the man of God,&nbsp;and he said, \u201cGo, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #7ea608\">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; 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: #7ea608\"><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: #7ea608\"><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: #7ea608\"><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 \u201cSeeing A Flow of God.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Seeing A Flow of God&#8221; 2 Kings 4:1-7&nbsp; (New International Version) The Widow\u2019s Olive<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-3672","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\/3672","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=3672"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4782,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672\/revisions\/4782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}