<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpd56ee9beyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font size="5">Sermon for <span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: italic;">7/16/2023</span></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: italic;"><font size="5" style="background-color: inherit;"><br></font></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="http://www.sjnj.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font size="5">http://www.sjnj.com</font></a><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><h3 class="ydp7d3662e8message-name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Geneva, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(45, 90, 133); font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.4; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><a title="Click to View this Item" href="https://sjnj.com/index.php?i=754#sermon754" class="ydp7d3662e8h3-link" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(45, 90, 133); cursor: pointer;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Spread the Seed Widely”</a></h3><p class="ydp7d3662e8paragraph ydp7d3662e8message-summary" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">A single seed produces a plant. But the sower casts many seeds in the hope that some will find good soil and will grow to become enough for a crop to feed his family and many others. That’s how the Kingdom of God grows.</p><p class="ydp7d3662e8paragraph ydp7d3662e8message-info" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Series: </strong>Proper 10 (A)</p><p class="ydp7d3662e8paragraph ydp7d3662e8message-info" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Speaker: </strong>The Rev. Joseph Parrish</p><p class="ydp7d3662e8paragraph ydp7d3662e8message-info" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Topic: </strong>Proper 10, Year A</p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Passage: </strong>Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">=</div></div></div></body></html>