1. From Abingdon Community Church HAPPY NEW YEAR ! We start with tea/coffee so please get a cup from the back. The meeting itself will start around 10.40, and we aim to finish at 12.15 at the latest. Children’s activities for creche up to the end of primary will start part way through the meeting, when announced. These are run by trained workers who have been checked under DBS.

2. A bingdon Community Church: A COMMUNITY OF BLESSING Sunday 3 rd January 2016

3. New Year’s Resolutions?

9. What does God want in 2016?

10. A Community of Blessing  BLESSING IN THE BIBLE... Gen 1:26-27, Gen 12:1-3, Gal 3:6-14, Eph 1:3  FATHER GOD IS THE SOURCE OF BLESSING  GOD’S PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CALLED TO BE BLESSED AND TO BE A BLESSING...  BECAUSE WE ARE BLESSED, WE BLESS OTHERS  AN EXAMPLE: Num 10:29-32 “Come with us and we will do you good...”

11. A Community of Blessing  WE ARE A COMMUNITY – A FAMILY  Phil 2:3-4  WE CAN’T BE BLESSED OR BE BLESSING ALONE!

12. BEING A COMMUNITY OF BLESSING IN 2016...  SEE  SHARE  SERVE

13.  SEE  SHARE  SERVE BEING A COMMUNITY OF BLESSING IN 2016...  Be Thankful – Awareness of blessing  Be Present – Embodiment of blessing  Be watchful – Opportunities for blessing  Be prayerful – Releasing blessing  Be expectant – Confidence in blessing  Be resolute – Choosing to be a blessing