Sunday, January 6, 2019. Samuel (Part 1). 1 Samuel 1:1-18, 20, 24-28. Pastor Bryant Anderson preaching. The story of Samuel begins with Hannah, his mother. Hannah was barren, without hope for the future, and God created new possibility where Hannah could see none at all. In Israel's barrenness and our own, God is capable of opening up possibilities that we would never imagine.