Our series on Wesley would be incomplete without looking at the way John Wesley taught Methodists to use money. “Earn all you can, save all you can, give all you can” is the summary of his position; a very different take from orders like the Franciscans and other religious groups who take vows of poverty. Watch or read to learn why.
– Pastor Anne
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Graduations are a time when speakers frequently point the way forward by looking back. We’re reminded of the basics of life that we learned in kindergarten and the values absorbed through the most important people around us from birth forward.
In that spirit, we’ll look at the most fundamental lesson of both the Old and New Testaments and look at how we can recognize and, more importantly, how to become people who lead with love.
– Pastor Anne
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The Church of England took away John Wesley’s pulpit for daring to suggest that those who came on Sunday should live out their faith Monday through Saturday as well. As he tried to answer the question of where he might find a new parish, he wrote in one of his journals, “I look upon all the world as my parish.” That broad vision of who God called him to serve became foundational to what it means to be a Methodist. What did he mean by it, and how did he make it a reality?
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One of John Wesley’s most controversial beliefs was that Christians could achieve perfection in this life. Since this could only be the work of the Holy Spirit, on this first Sunday after Pentecost, Pastor Anne introduced us to what Wesley thought about perfection, why he thought it, and how it came back to bite him.
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“Sola Scriptura!” was the rallying cry of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century; Scripture alone was to guide our lives and decisions. John Wesley had a more nuanced view than the earlier reformers, and Wesley scholars have come to call his approach to making decisions the “Quadrilateral.” This sermon, being delivered on Mother’s Day 2024, also celebrates Susanna Wesley, John Wesley’s mother, and the impact she had on John’s education and spiritual development.
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We’ve already visited two of Wesley’s “Means of Grace” in Communion and Baptism. But there are more. In this sermon, Pastor Anne Robertson invites us to look at how Wesley saw meeting together in “holy conferencing” as a means of receiving God’s grace. In addition and as an example, she reviewed some of the most significant decisions made at the 2024 General Conference which ended 2 days prior to her delivery of this sermon.
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