C'est fini!
Last day at Riverway... all done for real now!
The keys have been handed in. My office is empty. My email has been turned off. It's official...!
Yesterday I preached my last sermon (for now) at Riverway. It was so special in so many ways. Stephen and I were really humbled at the turn out for the service and the reception. There are too many thank-yous to mention! For those who have written cards, given gifts, offered encouraging words, generous hugs and more. We leave St. Martin's humbled, grateful and feeling very loved.
I can't post the text of my last sermon at Riverway here because I preach from notes and they only really make sense to me. But all Riverway sermons are videoed and then posted to their social media accounts, so by virtue of modern technology, here it is in it's fullness:
Like I said in the message - it was a nice hat-tip from God that my last sermon at Riverway should be on the same text as the last sermon I gave at my previous church while at seminary (Holy Trinity, Lenton). That scripture? 1 Peter 5:6-7, the passage God calls me back to again and again and again.
"Humble yourselves therefore
under the mighty hand of God,
so that he may exalt you in due time.
Cast all your anxiety on him,
because he cares for you."
And just for fun and so I can preserve it for future record, here's the fun little thank you reel of some of my "best" moments that Riverway posted yesterday. :-)
That's enough for now. More soon.
