{"id":412,"date":"2013-06-07T00:21:58","date_gmt":"2013-06-07T00:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=412"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:52:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:52:47","slug":"worship-june-9-2013-third-sunday-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=412","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; June 9, 2013 &#8211; Third Sunday After Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #990066\"><strong><em>&#8220;Happy, Happy, Happy&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Happy-Faces.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Happy-Faces-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Happy Faces\" class=\"wp-image-473\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em><strong>Psalm 1 &nbsp;(New King James Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>The Way of the Righteous and the End of the Ungodly<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p>1&nbsp;Blessed&nbsp;<i>is<\/i>&nbsp;the man<br>\nWho walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,<br>\nNor stands in the path of sinners,<br>\nNor sits in the seat of the scornful;<br>\n<sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>But his delight&nbsp;<i>is<\/i>&nbsp;in the law of the&nbsp;Lord,<br>\nAnd in His law he meditates day and night.<br>\n<sup>3&nbsp;<\/sup>He shall be like a tree<br>\nPlanted by the rivers of water,<br>\nThat brings forth its fruit in its season,<br>\nWhose leaf also shall not wither;<br>\nAnd whatever he does shall prosper.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p><sup>4&nbsp;<\/sup>The ungodly&nbsp;<i>are<\/i>&nbsp;not so,<br>\nBut&nbsp;<i>are<\/i>&nbsp;like the chaff which the wind drives away.<br>\n<sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup>Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,<br>\nNor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<p><sup>6&nbsp;<\/sup>For the&nbsp;Lord&nbsp;knows the way of the righteous,<br>\nBut the way of the ungodly shall perish.<\/p>\n<h3><em><strong>Matthew 5:1-12 &nbsp;(Good News Translation)<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3><em>The Sermon on the Mount<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>5&nbsp;Jesus saw the crowds and went up a hill, where he sat down. His disciples gathered around him,&nbsp;<sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>and he began to teach them:<\/p>\n<h3><em>True Happiness<\/em><\/h3>\n<div>\n<p><sup>3&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cHappy are those who know they are spiritually poor;<br>\nthe Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!<br>\n<sup>4&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cHappy are those who mourn;<br>\nGod will comfort them!<br>\n<sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cHappy are those who are humble;<br>\nthey will receive what God has promised!<br>\n<sup>6&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cHappy are those whose greatest desire is to do what God requires;<br>\nGod will satisfy them fully!<br>\n<sup>7&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cHappy are those who are merciful to others;<br>\nGod will be merciful to them!<br>\n<sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cHappy are the pure in heart;<br>\nthey will see God!<br>\n<sup>9&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cHappy are those who work for peace;<br>\nGod will call them his children!<br>\n<sup>10&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cHappy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires;<br>\nthe Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sup>11&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cHappy are you when people insult you and persecute you and tell all kinds of evil lies against you because you are my followers.&nbsp;<sup>12&nbsp;<\/sup>Be happy and glad, for a great reward is kept for you in heaven. This is how the prophets who lived before you were persecuted.<\/p>\n<div><b>Sunday School:<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>10:30 &#8211; 11:30 AM&nbsp;<\/b>&#8211; in the Parish Hall Lower Level.&nbsp; A Children\u2019s Church program is available weekly on Sunday mornings<b>.<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Nursery Ministry:<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>10:30 &#8211; 11:30 AM&nbsp;<\/b>&#8211; in the Parish Hall Lower Level.&nbsp; Available every Sunday morning during the worship service.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Sunday Morning Worship:<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>10:30 AM<\/b>&nbsp;&#8211; in the Sanctuary.&nbsp; Join us today for Pastor Tom Hendershot\u2019s sermon \u201cHappy, Happy, Happy.\u201d<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Happy, Happy, Happy&#8221; Psalm 1 &nbsp;(New King James Version) The Way of the Righteous<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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-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\/412","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=412"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4957,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412\/revisions\/4957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}