Come and share in Worship led by David Parker, Local Preacher
Music led by The Wesley Singers
Stay after the service for refreshments and fellowship
Bible passages; Jeremiah 31:31-34, John 12:20-33
Background notes
John’s parable of the seed is superficially similar to several seed parables in the other Gospels, but it introduces a unique angle: the need for a seed to die in order for life to flourish. It is a theological statement about the death and resurrection of Jesus. A similar thought appears in 1 Corinthians 15:35ff. Death is not the end of the story for Jesus, or us, or our loved ones. This is what we are preparing to celebrate at Easter.
A Methodist Way of Life: not a single commitment this week, but the whole of it! It is a multifaceted expression of what it means to follow Jesus today.
Questions for discussion
Please be sensitive to the people with you; some may be grieving and these questions may be too much for them at the moment.
What worries you about death?
Do you have a sense that the relationship carries on in some way after death?
How do you understand the purpose of Jesus’ death?
The good news to get across
“Changed from glory into glory”: death is no boundary to God’s love. Death is not the end of anyone’s story.