As the last sermon and last sunday of 2018, how do we welcome the new year? Surely, many things have happened in the past year, some good and some bad. How do we respond? How do we look to the future? Some people respond and react to events, while others plan and prepare. Secondly, what is our attitude? Are we hopeful or hopeless? Are we more excited for the things that God will do in us and through us? Or are we fearful and in doubt? Lastly, do we expect that God will just flip a switch to change events starting 2019? Or are there certain specific changes we also need to make in our personal lives, and as a church? CONTRARY TO POPULAR OPINION, Scripture teaches us that new years are new chapters in our lives that build on the previous choices and decisions we have made. So please join us as we journey into 2019, making the most of what God has provided.