{"id":2862,"date":"2025-10-26T14:00:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hollandmethodistchurch.org\/en\/?post_type=sermon&#038;p=2862"},"modified":"2026-01-14T23:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:26:07","slug":"20th-lords-day-after-pentecost","status":"publish","type":"sermon","link":"https:\/\/hollandmethodistchurch.org\/en\/sermons\/20th-lords-day-after-pentecost\/","title":{"rendered":"20th Lord&#8217;s Day After Pentecost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Almighty and gracious God, we give You thanks for the abundance of Your blessings \u2014 for the beauty of creation, the fruit of the earth, the gift of work and rest, and the love that surrounds our lives. Teach us to receive Your gifts with grateful hearts and to share generously with those in need, that all Your children may rejoice in Your goodness. Help us, Lord, to be good stewards of your gifts. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Old Testament Reading\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Responsive Reading<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><b>2 Chronicles <\/b>34: 1 \u2013 3\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Psalm\u00a0\u00a08<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">The Epistle Reading\u00a0<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"> The Gospel Reading<\/span><br \/>\n<b>1 Corinthians\u00a0<\/b>12: 3b \u2013 13\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <b>Matthew\u00a0<\/b>18:\u00a01 \u2013 7<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Thank you for joining our worship<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\" dir=\"auto\">Our worship was conducted by\u00a0<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Sis. Pauline Rachuene\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2863,"template":"","class_list":["post-2862","sermon","type-sermon","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollandmethodistchurch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sermon\/2862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollandmethodistchurch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollandmethodistchurch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/sermon"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hollandmethodistchurch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hollandmethodistchurch.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}