{"id":4915,"date":"2026-02-07T11:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T11:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/?p=4915"},"modified":"2026-02-07T11:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T11:43:09","slug":"sunday-preview-salt-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/?p=4915","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Preview-Salt &#038; Light"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Matthew 5, Jesus names His followers \u201cyou are the salt of the earth\u201d and \u201cyou are the light of the world,\u201d The word <em>you<\/em> is the focus in both verses. &#8221; You are salt. You are light. Be who you already have been called to be and are capable, by the power of God, To be light is to participate in the identity of Christ, inviting us into a vocation that is both humble and radiant. Salt preserves, heals, and draws out flavor, quiet work that transforms from within. Light reveals what is true, pushes back fear, and helps others find their way.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus isn\u2019t asking us to become something we are not; He is reminding us of who we already are in Him. When we live with compassion, integrity, and courage, our ordinary lives become signs of God\u2019s extraordinary grace. In a world hungry for hope and aching for clarity, even the smallest act of love can season a moment with God\u2019s goodness and shine with the light of Christ.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join with us on Sunday, February 8 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\/82155614376?pwd%3D0TtmL8LCPUhZOWJvagzxLUz58PfGsJ.1&amp;sa=D&amp;source=calendar&amp;usd=2&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Rq60Sidr0YdMbOFfubKIc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/82155614376?pwd=0TtmL8LCPUhZOWJvagzxLUz58PfGsJ.1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meeting ID: 821 5561 4376<br \/>\nPasscode: 222967<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/salt-and-light-2020.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4916 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/salt-and-light-2020-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"552\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/salt-and-light-2020-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/salt-and-light-2020.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Matthew 5, Jesus names His followers \u201cyou are the salt of the earth\u201d and \u201cyou are the light of the world,\u201d The word you is the focus in both verses. &#8221; You are salt. You are light. Be who &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/?p=4915\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4915","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\/4915","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=4915"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4918,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4915\/revisions\/4918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stbartshhk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}