<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpbc15ffecyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: italic; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">Sermon for 1/21/2024</div><h3 class="ydpc2b14115message-name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Geneva, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(45, 90, 133); font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.4; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><a title="Click to View this Item" href="https://sjnj.com/index.php?i=782#sermon782" class="ydpc2b14115h3-link" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(45, 90, 133); cursor: pointer;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Are We Ready to Go?”</a></h3><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">Mark 1:14-20</span></span><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span style="color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><br></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="http://www.sjnj.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.sjnj.com</a><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><p class="ydpc2b14115paragraph ydpc2b14115message-summary" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);">Third Sunday after the Epiphany (B)<br><br>The call of Christ to his first followers is simple and direct. His first proclamation is, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.” He does not first train his closest followers, he simply calls them, and they follow. Our own lives are sufficient for us to be fishers of people for Christ. We only need to step up to the need to proclaim the Kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe, just as did Jesus.</p></div>=</div></div></body></html>