WildWords: Sermons from Wildwood Mennonite Church

How's your spirituality working for you? Everyone has a spirituality, religious or otherwise: vocation, relationships, stress-management, recreation, self-awareness...all of those things are part of our spirituality, that which gives life meaning and purpose. Regular church attendance used to be at the center of spirituality for many people; now, "going to church" is less of a priority for a growing majority. Instead of bemoaning that trend, what can we learn from it? What forms does spirituality take in our lives "beyond Sunday" and how can we shape those things to give us the kind of life of meaning, purpose, and belonging that we seek? 

Sprinkling, pouring, drowning, and even a mythical ocean goddess? Who says it's dry in Saskatchewan! Come to the Water, it was time for some baptizin' last Sunday at WMC! #WetandWildwood

Hear what Joe had to say in his sermon "Christening."

How do you think you will be remembered after you are gone? What, of your life experience, do you want to pass on? And how can you help to ensure that you are remembered in the way that you would want? 

What is grief - and what is anticipatory grief? Are there “stages” of grief, or feelings we can expect along the way? How do we process our emotions after the death of a loved one? How does our faith impact our understanding and experience of grief? And finally, how can we support those around us who are grieving? Listen to a "Conversation About Grief." 

What is it like to die? No one knows completely, but there's a lot we can learn from professionals who give care in the final days and moments of life and for the bodies of the deceased. Listen in to our panel conversation between a senior care nurse, a palliative care nurse, and a funeral director. 

How do we accompany someone who is dying, and why would we want to do so? What information can be helpful to know at a time that can be stressful? How do we handle our own grief and other emotions even as we hold space for others? And where is God to be found at such a time? 

Listen to what Eileen has to share.

To be alive means we have a fatal condition. How do we come to terms with that? How do we even talk about our own death with those nearest and dearest to us? How do we prepare for this inevitability when so much is out of our control? And where is God to be found at such a time?

Hear what Eileen has to say in her sermon titled "A Time to Die."

Trivia time: how many people have ever lived--and died--in the history of the planet? Better guess quickly, because you yourself are currently dying at a rate of 300 million cells per second...  Yup, we're talking life-and-death over the next while at WMC, and we're beginning with a planet-sized look at the context of mortality. Also, astronauts! #churchwithnumbers #clickordietrying 

Hear what Joe had to say in his sermon "E Pluribus Unim."

Better Than A Sermon: Listen to "Not the Gardener?" - Mary at the Tomb - reimagined from John 20

 The new day has dawned. Grace is Everywhere. And we are living in a Christ-soaked world. Come and See!