{"id":617,"date":"2013-09-06T01:27:25","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T01:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=617"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:51:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:51:38","slug":"worship-september-8-2013-sixteenth-sunday-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=617","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; September 8, 2013 &#8211; Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #d324da\"><em><strong>&#8220;Increasing Your Spiritual Effectiveness&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Increasing-Spiritual-Effectiveness.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Increasing-Spiritual-Effectiveness-300x258.jpg\" alt=\"Increasing Spiritual Effectiveness\" class=\"wp-image-618\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #d324da\"><em><strong>Hebrews 12:1-2 &nbsp;(New King James Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>The Race of Faith<\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12&nbsp;Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares&nbsp;<i>us,<\/i>and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,&nbsp;<sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of&nbsp;<i>our<\/i>&nbsp;faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #d324da\"><em><strong>1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1 (New King James Version)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>31&nbsp;<\/sup>Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.&nbsp;<sup>32&nbsp;<\/sup>Give no offense, either to the Jews or to the Greeks or to the church of God,&nbsp;<sup>33&nbsp;<\/sup>just as I also please all&nbsp;<i>men<\/i>&nbsp;in all&nbsp;<i>things,<\/i>&nbsp;not seeking my own profit, but the&nbsp;<i>profit<\/i>&nbsp;of many, that they may be saved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11&nbsp;Imitate me, just as I also&nbsp;<i>imitate<\/i>&nbsp;Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #d324da\"><b id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1762\">Sunday School:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1760\"><b id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1761\">10:30 \u2013 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><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1758\"><span style=\"color: #d324da\"><b id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1770\">Nursery Ministry:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1755\"><b id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1772\">10:30 \u2013 11:30 AM&nbsp;<\/b>&#8211; in the Parish Hall Lower Level.&nbsp; Available every Sunday morning during the worship service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1773\"><span style=\"color: #d324da\"><b id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1774\">Sunday Morning Worship:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1778\"><b>10:30 AM<\/b>&nbsp;\u2013 in the Sanctuary.&nbsp; Join us today for Pastor Tom Hendershot\u2019s sermon \u201cIncreasing Your Spiritual Effectiveness.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Increasing Your Spiritual Effectiveness&#8221; 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