{"id":4897,"date":"2026-01-17T12:32:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T12:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/?p=4897"},"modified":"2026-01-17T12:34:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T12:34:21","slug":"sunday-preview-come-and-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/?p=4897","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Preview-Come and See"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John 1:29\u201342 opens with a startling message that changes everything: John the Baptist points to Jesus and says, \u201cBehold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.\u201d In that moment, the crowds\u2019 expectations shift from a prophet to the One who embodies God\u2019s mercy and renewal. Then John testifies, the Spirit descends, the first disciples follow, and Andrew brings his brother with the simple, life\u2011altering words, \u201cWe have found the Messiah.\u201d The passage reminds us that faith often begins with a quiet invitation to \u201ccome and see.\u201d In Jesus, the disciples discover not just a teacher but the very presence of God drawing near, and their encounter becomes the seed of a community shaped by grace, curiosity, and the courage to follow where He leads.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join with us on Sunday, January 18 as we reflect on the invitation that Jesus makes to all of us.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><strong>We invite you to Come and See! Worship begins at 10 am. You can participate in worship via Facebook and YouTube as well as Zoom.\u00a0 Join Zoom Meeting<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/85474406949?pwd%3DSTTbt2iisA7G8GGJ6mT7LIkHr0ceEF.1&amp;sa=D&amp;source=calendar&amp;usd=2&amp;usg=AOvVaw0N0QaVLeJwq_ZxiXABmUbz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/85474406949?pwd=STTbt2iisA7G8GGJ6mT7LIkHr0ceEF.1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meeting ID: 854 7440 6949<br \/>\nPasscode: 728569<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hqdefault.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4898 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hqdefault-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hqdefault-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/hqdefault.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John 1:29\u201342 opens with a startling message that changes everything: John the Baptist points to Jesus and says, \u201cBehold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.\u201d In that moment, the crowds\u2019 expectations shift from a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/?p=4897\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-save-the-date"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4897"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4903,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4897\/revisions\/4903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}