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Welcome

Happy New Year One Hope Church

I hope you had a good Christmas and New Years Eve

Seek First

It was great to gather last night for the Seek First event.

We had 7 different Churches represented and some of you came out

It’s the first time I’ve brought the New Year in through Prayer and Worship

The New Year

And there’s no better way to start the New Year than Worshipping Jesus Together.

As we seek to be a Church for the City, Nations and Generations

Let me prayer for our time together today

Invite the Holy Spirit to come and the Presence of the Lord be upon us

Prayer

Thank you Jesus for bringing us into another year. We pray for more grace, more mercy and a greater impact in our community in the coming year.

We invite you Holy Spirit to come and be present.

Help us to Worship Jesus from our heats.

Amen.

Stand

Would you stand as we Worship Jesus through Song together.

Communion

We are going to continue to worship Jesus through the partaking of Communion.

We take communion every week here because we never want to move beyond the Cross.

In communion we are remembering Christ’s death and resurrection for us.

Mark 14:22–25 (ESV)

22 And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.” 23 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. 24 And he said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. 25 Truly, I say to you, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”

We take the elements:

The bread/cracker representing Christ’s Body broken for us

The juice his blood spilled out on our behalf for a new convenant.

Reflect

On where our hearts may have wandered

Where we may need to confess to God or others

Where we may need to repent.

Remember

What Jesus has done for us.

That there is no sin that Jesus can’t cover by his blood

Celebrate

The death is never the end, In Christ, but resurrection always follows.

That we have both died and been raised with Christ.

For Believers

Communion is for those who have believed in Jesus death and resurrection for Him and are following Him.

If you are not a beliver, don’t feel pressure to take communion.

If you have questions or need prayer, we would love to talk to you.

Prayer

Let me pray for us, and then when you are ready you can take communion.

Prayer...

Closing

We always want to respond to what we have heard today.

I love what John said.

the Spirit is at work in our difficulty

perhaps that is when his work is most powerful

Order out of chaos -

the spirit was hovering over the waters

God brought order out of chaos by his word and spirit

Perhaps when our lives our thrown into chaos it’s a sign that the Lord is about to recreate something by His Word and Spirit.

We want to continue to respond in worship through giving and offering.

Giving

We believe everything we have was given to us by God

Giving is a way that we continue to Worship Jesus

And continue to mission of One Hope Church.

If you’re new, you’re not obligated or expected to give but invited if God is calling you to do so.

3 ways to give

Onehope.info

Church Center app

Text a dollar amount to 84321 in

If you give now, gave previously, or plan to, thank you!

December was our highest giving month of 2022

12/29 was the second highest single day giving all of 2022

Thank you to those who gave

Your generosity keeps ministry moving forward here at One Hope.

Next Steps

As we move into the New Year I want to continue to call the church to re-engage.

In community

by joining a community Group or discipleship Group.

Fill out next steps card

Joining a Sunday Team

One Hope Kids, Welcome, Production, Safety

Church Center App or One Hope.info

prayer for Healing

the Acts of the Holy Spirit

one of the things we see the Spirit doing is healing people

Paul taught on it

james called us to pray for it

Benediction

Please stand

We want God’s word to have the last word

Open your hands to receive this blessing from scripture

Ephesians 3:20–21 (ESV)

20 Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.