{"id":2634,"date":"2023-04-05T19:11:15","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T19:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/?p=2634"},"modified":"2023-04-05T19:11:15","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T19:11:15","slug":"who-are-you-looking-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/?p=2634","title":{"rendered":"Who are you looking for?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This Sunday we end our Lenten journey and celebrate Easter. Our Scripture text is John&nbsp;20:1-18: a beautiful account of Jesus\u2019 closest friends, followers, discovering that his body was not in the tomb, and coming to see and begin to believe that he had risen from the dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are especially looking at Mary Magdalene, whom Eastern Christians honor as \u201cthe apostle to the apostles,\u201d the first Christian evangelist. We\u2019ve met Mary in John chapters 11, 12, and 20, a dear friend with Jesus. The closeness of their friendship is deeply moving in this week\u2019s passage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We notice that Mary confesses Christ, serves Jesus, anoints him for burial, witnesses his death and resurrection, and proclaims the first Easter message. She models a five-fold vocation for all followers of Jesus and is an example for us as we journey through Holy Week: trust, serve, bless, witness, and proclaim.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This season we have been engaged in the spiritual practice of seeking\u2014asking questions, and staying curious, open-hearted, and nimble. This Sunday we ask, as Mary is asked several times, \u201cWhy are you weeping? Who are you looking for?\u201d We pray these questions will draw us more deeply into the heart of God and into the fullness of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us this Sunday for our Easter worship service at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/scontent.find2-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t39.30808-6\/339952874_1257888641496926_2339659134959271119_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_s1080x2048&amp;_nc_cat=106&amp;ccb=1-7&amp;_nc_sid=730e14&amp;_nc_ohc=PJfp_lxHn6wAX8-7p8C&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.find2-1.fna&amp;oh=00_AfBcMIS9jvgGJovoqcwpO4Fng8auFyYOTOm2QcFDGgmZ3w&amp;oe=64329685\" alt=\"May be an image of outdoors\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Sunday we end our Lenten journey and celebrate Easter. Our Scripture text is John&nbsp;20:1-18: a beautiful account of Jesus\u2019 closest friends, followers, discovering that his body was not in the tomb, and coming to see and begin to believe that he had risen from the dead. We are especially looking at Mary Magdalene, whom&hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/?p=2634\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Who are you looking for?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2f0Av-Gu","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2635,"href":"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2634\/revisions\/2635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/paolimennonite.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}