Magnolia
United Methodist Church

This Week's Service (May 18, 2025): Easter 5 - "All Things New" NOT "All New Things" (Rev 21:1-6)

NOTE: Our in-person service now starts at 11am on Sunday mornings.

In a world shaped by consumerism, today’s service challenges us to resist the cultural tendency to use, discard, and replace. Instead, we are called to live into the biblical vision of renewal—a vision where God's work is not about throwing the world away but restoring it. Drawing from John 13 and Revelation 21, we’re reminded that Jesus' command to love one another extends beyond human relationships to include all of creation. This love, modeled through acts like foot washing, is not abstract but deeply practical—manifesting in how we serve, protect, and renew our communities and environment. 

Rather than escape to other planets or await divine rescue, this Easter vision invites us to imagine and co-create a renewed earth—right here, right now. Through a poetic vision of a New Seattle, the sermon paints a picture of justice, healing, and hope grounded in our present reality. It’s a countercultural call to be caretakers, not consumers—to live out Christ’s love in service to people and planet alike. In loving the world into justice, we participate in God’s work of making all things new.

(Past services archived here.)