The University Church

On this Easter Sunday we look to the discovery of the empty tomb as described in Mark's Gospel to see how this author understands dying, death and resurrection as leading to new life.

As the new year draws near we look at the possibility of change in our own lives and as a community. Paul encourages us to "clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience" and we see from the example of Jesus how we might move in the direction that he proposes.

When Greeks, likely proselytes to Judaism in Jerusalem for Passover, indirectly approach Jesus via Philip and Andrew, he announces that the time has come for his glorification. As we explore this passage we see how these firstfruits of the Gentile world coming to Jesus model the outcome of the Abrahamic covenant, with Judaism reaching out into the world to be a blessing to the nations, now made possible through Jesus. We see how this can be a model for our own witness and evangelism today.