Blessed New Year

1. Blessed New Year

2. Announcements • Walk through the Bible Class is this coming Tuesday, January 8th at 1:00 and 7:00 pm. Why not start the New Year studying God’s Word with the best Bible Teacher St. John has – Your Pastor Jim! • January Newsletters are on the back table for you to pick up. • New “Portals of Prayer” are also on the back table.

3. Congregation Meeting Next Sunday, January 13th following morning Worship. Business on the table is the New Year’s Budget. • Light 516 will be on Sunday, January 20th, with a pot-luck luncheon following morning Worship. Come and join us as we try to make an impact for the Gospel in our Community.

4. Passion Series with Louie Giglio“Hope: When Life Hurts Most” Life isn’t easy! We experience problems and setbacks every day. But during the hardest parts of life, when the bottom seems to fall out, where do we turn for peace? God offers Himself and His cross as an anchor of hope no matter what we face in life. The hope we find in Him allows us to leverage our darkest moments for His glory. Sunday January 13th 7 pm

5. Preaching & Teaching Starts January 27th Level Three Reading the coming text, answering questions and reading related articles. Level Two Reading the coming text and answering questions about the reading. Level One Simply reading the coming text that I will be preaching on.

6. Preaching & Teaching starts Jan. 27th In this next session, I will be offering several levels of preparation, which you can choose depending on your time and energy. You can choose… Level Three Reading the coming text, answering questions and reading related articles. Level Two Reading the coming text and answering questions about the reading. Level One Simply reading the coming text that I will be preaching on.

7. Jesus is the Reason!

8. How Great is our God Chris Tomlin CCLI# 764383

9. The splendor of the King, Clothed in majesty; Let all the earth rejoice, All the earth rejoice.

10. He wraps Himself in light, And darkness tries to hide, And trembles at His voice, And trembles at His voice.

11. How great is our God! Sing with me: How great is our God! And all will see how great, How great is our God!

12. And age to age He stands, And time is in His hands; Beginning and the End, Beginning and the End.

13. The God-head, three in one, Father, Spirit, Son, The Lion and the Lamb, The Lion and the Lamb.

14. How great is our God! Sing with me: How great is our God! And all will see how great, How great is our God!

15. Name above all names, Worthy of all praise. My heart will sing: How great is our God.

16. How great is our God! Sing with me: How great is our God! And all will see how great, How great is our God! +

17. How great is our God! Sing with me: How great is our God! And all will see how great, How great is our God! Name above all names, Worthy of all praise. My heart will sing: How great is our God.

18. How great is our God! Sing with me: How great is our God! And all will see how great, How great is our God! Name above all names, Worthy of all praise. My heart will sing: How great is our God.

19. How great is our God! Sing with me: How great is our God! And all will see how great, How great is our God!

20. How great is our God! Sing with me: How great is our God! And all will see how great, How great is our God!

21. Invocation Confession of Sins Forgiveness of Sins

22. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Rebecca St. James Lyricsmode.com CCLI 764383

23. Hark! The Herald Angels sing; • Glory to the newborn King. • Peace on earth and mercy mild; • God and sinners reconciled. • Joyful all ye nations rise; • Join the triumph in of the skies. • With Angelic host proclaim, • Christ is born in Bethlehem.

24. Hark! The herald Angels sing; • Hark! The herald Angels sing; • Hark! The herald Angels sing; • Glory to the new born King. • Christ by highest Heaven adored; • Christ the everlasting Lord. • Late in time behold Him come; • Offspring of a Virgin's womb.

25. Veiled in flesh, the Godhead see; • Hail the incarnate Deity. • Pleased as man with man to dwell; • Jesus, our Emmanuel. • Hark! The herald Angels sing; Hark! • The herald Angels sing; • Hark! The herald Angels sing; • Glory to the new born King. (Repeat) • Newborn King!

26. Jesus is the Reason!

27. Following the Star Mathew 2:1-12

28. So, what am I supposed to do with this baby now? Epiphany - Odd Celebration • Epiphany is celebrated 12 days after Christmas even though the wise men took a couple of years to get to Bethlehem. • Most Christians think the wise men were there for the first Christmas – more than likely NOT.

29. Did Real Mary Ask Question? • The Christmas Story is dramatic: • The angel’s announcement; • Visit to Bethlehem and the birth of a son; • The coming of the shepherds • The coming of the Wise Men to worship the child and give Him gifts; • So what are we to do with this Baby now that its Epiphany 2013?

30. Christ did not Remain a Baby • When the Magi came they found a 2 year old child; • Later, they would have found Jesus, an almost teenage, discussing religious issues in the Temple; • Still later, they would have found Jesus as a young man working as a carpenter. • Later still, they would have found Jesus, 30 years old, beginning His ministry;

31. Jesus Christ: A Threat to the Established Order • We like Christmas Story to be all warm and fuzzy; • Epiphany tells another story; • We Christians know that Jesus has always been a threat to the established order; that what is called Repentance! “You’re headed in the wrong direction. Turn around NOW!” Repentance! Washington D.C.

32. The Christ Star Still Shines • Epiphany’s take away is not that mad dictator but a loving God who set a star in the heaven to guide people to His Son. “Just look up!” This is true our of lives too!

33. Blessed New Year