Magnolia
United Methodist Church

This Week's Service (May 4, 2025): Easter 3 - The First Breakfast

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

This is our service for the 3rd Sunday of Easter. Our message, titled “The First Breakfast,” invites us to live as “Easter People” by embodying the hope, abundance, and justice of the risen Christ in everyday life. Centered on John 21:1–19, we will reflect on the familiar yet transformative scene of Jesus cooking breakfast on the shore for his disciples after the resurrection. This meal, simple yet profound, symbolizes restoration, community, and embodied care. Jesus meets the disciples in their brokenness and uncertainty, especially Peter, whose earlier denial is met not with condemnation but with healing and a renewed call to “feed my sheep.” The sermon highlights how love for Christ must be lived out through tangible acts of care, linking spiritual leadership with practical service. 

Beyond personal restoration, the sermon powerfully connects this Gospel moment to the urgent call for food justice. It challenges us to recognize that feeding Christ’s sheep involves addressing systemic injustices that leave many hungry and marginalized today. Drawing from Revelation 5’s vision of all creation praising the Lamb, we will expand the call to include environmental stewardship and sustainable practices. Worship, then, becomes a rehearsal for justice, sending believers out from the table to create communities marked by radical hospitality, equity, and care for both people and the earth. The risen Christ is not distant but present-cooking breakfast, inviting us to join in the work of feeding, tending, and loving in the world. 

(Past services archived here.)