No sermon this morning. Today belongs to the seniors.
Every year, the Muscatine Church of Christ sets aside a Sunday to recognize the kids who are graduating from high school. It’s not a big production — that’s not really our style. But it matters. These are kids who grew up sitting in our pews, running through our hallways, asking questions in Bible class that none of us were quite ready for.
Today, each senior is being recognized in front of the congregation and presented with a Bible they personally chose. Not a generic gift — a Bible they picked out themselves to take into whatever comes next. Some of them are headed to college. Some are going straight to work. Some probably don’t have it all figured out yet, and that’s fine. Nobody does.
But they’ll have this. A church that knows their name, a faith they’ve been building since they were little, and the Word of God in a translation that speaks to them — chosen by them, given by the people who’ve been walking alongside them for years.
There’s something about Senior Sunday that just lands differently than a regular service. You watch these kids stand up and you realize how fast it all went. You remember when they were in the children’s class. You remember their parents bringing them in as toddlers. And now they’re standing up there about to go be adults in the world.
The rest of the service is what it always is — and that’s the point. We sing together. We take communion together. We pray together. We sit in the same room and remember that this is what church is for. Not just the big Sundays, but the ones where you just show up and love the people God put around you.
Today we’re showing love to our seniors. And we’re trusting that the seeds planted in this place will keep growing long after they walk out these doors.
Scripture References:
Proverbs 22:6 · Jeremiah 29:11 · Joshua 1:9 · Psalm 119:105
