Scott Meador First UMC Micah 6:1-8 May 3, 2017
Scott Meador First UMC Micah 6:1-8 May 3, 2017 “Some Things to Do” (Baccalaureate) I Some here we are, Baccalaureate 2017, Independence, Iowa. As seniors in high school, you are about to graduate. You are about to move on to new endeavors . college, trade school, military, travel, work. New doors are being opened for each of you. I remember Baccalaureate during my senior year of high school. It was 1986, Naperville, Illinois. Our baccalaureate service took place in the school gymnasium. The speaker was a local episcopal priest. I don’t remember anything he said, but I remember the time together with other students. I remember that time, 1986. Now the 1986 was a year in which our country saw the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, the Iran-Contra hearings with President Reagan on the hot seat, and re-opening of the Statue of Liberty after a long renovation. In regards to pop culture, Madonna, Van Halen, and Bon Jovi were the top musical performers, and a popular movie was Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Many of you might know the movie, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. I know your parents are familiar with the movie. The movie involves a high school student in suburban Chicago, Ferris Bueller, who decides to spend a day off from school and head to downtown Chicago. With a couple of buddies, he makes a list of all things he wants to do. One by one, he and his friends go down the list. They visit Art Institute, Sears Tower, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and Wrigley Field.
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