{"id":665,"date":"2013-10-04T00:07:13","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T00:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=665"},"modified":"2026-02-28T21:51:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T21:51:32","slug":"worship-october-6-2013-twentieth-sunday-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/?p=665","title":{"rendered":"Worship &#8211; October 6, 2013 &#8211; Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><em><strong>&#8220;Excuses&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/excuses.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/excuses-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"excuses\" class=\"wp-image-666\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><em><strong>Luke 14:16-24 &nbsp;(New Living Translation)<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>16&nbsp;<\/sup>Jesus replied with this story:&nbsp;\u201cA man prepared a great feast and sent out many invitations.&nbsp;<sup>17&nbsp;<\/sup>When the banquet was ready, he sent his servant to tell the guests, \u2018Come, the banquet is ready.\u2019&nbsp;<sup>18&nbsp;<\/sup>But they all began making excuses. One said, \u2018I have just bought a field and must inspect it. Please excuse me.\u2019<sup>19&nbsp;<\/sup>Another said, \u2018I have just bought five pairs of oxen, and I want to try them out. Please excuse me.\u2019&nbsp;<sup>20&nbsp;<\/sup>Another said, \u2018I now have a wife, so I can\u2019t come.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><sup>21&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cThe servant returned and told his master what they had said. His master was furious and said, \u2018Go quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and invite the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.\u2019&nbsp;<sup>22&nbsp;<\/sup>After the servant had done this, he reported, \u2018There is still room for more.\u2019&nbsp;<sup>23&nbsp;<\/sup>So his master said, \u2018Go out into the country lanes and behind the hedges and urge anyone you find to come, so that the house will be full.&nbsp;<sup>24&nbsp;<\/sup>For none of those I first invited will get even the smallest taste of my banquet.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><em><b id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1762\">Holy Communion:<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Holy Communion celebrated the first Sunday of every month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><em><b id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1762\">Sunday School:<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\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<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1758\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><em><b id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1770\">Nursery Ministry:<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\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<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1773\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><em><b id=\"yui_3_7_2_1_1372400011148_1774\">Sunday Morning Worship:<\/b><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\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 \u201cExcuses.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Excuses&#8221; Luke 14:16-24 &nbsp;(New Living Translation) 16&nbsp;Jesus replied with this story:&nbsp;\u201cA man prepared a<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-665","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\/665","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=665"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4931,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665\/revisions\/4931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stpaulsmarietta.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}