May 2025
I’m starting to get excited about all the endings and beginnings that we customarily celebrate in May. As I’ve been thinking about graduations, summer jobs, and the end of school I’ve also been thinking about ending my time at Wyoming United Methodist Church and beginning retirement.
One of the perks of having only 6 more sermons to deliver at Wyoming is that I have a chance to look back at all I’ve preached on over the years and see if there’s anything left unsaid.
One sermon that I preached back in August of 2022 was a jam-packed sermon that I was very excited about—so excited that even though I was into my second week of being COVID positive I didn’t want to miss two weeks in a row (the previous Sunday I recorded the sermon to be shared on the screen during worship) and so I preached that sermon in person (my one and only time where I led the entire service fully masked).
I also packed into that sermon about Mary (of Mary and Martha or Mary Magdalene, depending upon your perspective) so much scholarly information that I fear it was far too much for anyone to absorb.
This May I’ve split that one sermon into three and will be adding new information about what we’ve learned since 2022, as well as share some stories about these new Mary discoveries, so as to not make it all about new academic rigor, but to also find ways to see why this makes a difference.
I haven’t planned out my three sermons in June yet (I’ll preach the first three Sundays and then we’ll have guest preachers the last two Sundays before we welcome our new pastor, Pastor Jeff Speaks) but I’m thinking of taking more time to look back at all we’ve done together as well as look forward to what’s on the horizon.
Spring is a great time to clear out the old and begin the new. I think that’s why people are all about spring cleaning this time of year—get out the old and musty things that no longer serve a good purpose and welcome the new and fresh as the weather gets warmer and the days get longer.
Happy Spring!
– Pastor Holly
– Pastor Holly