Seattle Mennonite Church Sermons
Seattle Mennonite Church is an active Anabaptist Mennonite Christian congregation working faithfully at following Jesus in our urban context. All are welcome! Listen in to our Sunday morning sermons to get a sense of who we are.
Seattle Mennonite Church Sermons
Mary the Tower in the Garden
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SMC preachers
Pastor Megan inhabits the story found in John's gospel, of Mary Magdalene (Mary, THE Magdala; Mary the Tower) coming to the garden to find an empty tomb. Enter the story with her, listen for two bits of good news, and wonder where YOU are in this story...
Sermon begins at minute marker 6:00
John 20.1-18
Resources
- “Mary the Tower” - a sermon by Pastor Megan, drawing on the research of Elizabeth Schrader, with much sermonic credit to Diana Butler Bass. (follow the link for those footnotes)
- Image: Giuseppe Calì, Mary Magdalene on Christ's Tomb, circa 1900 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=Mary+Magdalene+at+the+tomb&title=Special:MediaSearch&go=Go&type=image
- Hymn: Voices Together 355, Thine is the Glory. Text: Edmond L. Budry (France), “A toi la gloire, O Ressuscité,” Chants Evangéliques, 1885; trans. Mennonite Worship and Song Committee, 2018, adapt. from Richard B. Hoyle (England), Cantate Domino, 1925 Music: George Frederick Handel (England), Joshua, 1746