Pastor Swifties

Show Notes

• Evermore Era
  • Color: Gold
  • Years: 2020-2022
  • Sister album to Folklore
  • Winter album
  • is a collection of songs that explore the themes of love, loss, and nostalgia.
  • The album is also a reflection of her ability to connect with her fans on a spiritual level, as the songs explore themes that are universal and timeless. https://www.elle.com/culture/music/a41726787/taylor-swift-all-album-eras-aesthetics-explained/
  • Swift wrote on Instagram, “In the past I’ve always treated albums as one-off eras and moved onto planning the next one after an album was released. There was something different with folklore. In making it, I felt less like I was departing and more like I was returning.” https://www.instagram.com/p/CInkR4Ajyi1/
• Our Eras:
  • When did we first listen to this album
  • How we each defined “Evermore”
• The Stories
  • @Megan
    • The women at the tomb- Luke 24:1-12, Mark 16:1-8, Matthew 28:1-8, John 20:1-2, 11-18
    • Matthew 27:62-66 Pilate makes sure there are guards to make sure Jesus body isn’t taken
      • no body no crime 
      • https://blessedisshe.net/blogs/blog/women-tomb 
  • @Paige
    • Right where you left me – we leave Jesus in his context (law vs. spirit)
    • the woman with the flow of blood- Mark 5:25-34
      • Gold Rush
    • Martha – Luke 10:38-42
      • Tolerate it
    • Sending of the Holy Spirit – John 14:26, John 14:12
      • Happiness 
    • Resurrection, Eternal Life as understood by Jesus-
      • Majorie
• Evermore Verses-
  • @Megan
    • First Listen
      • Gold Rush 3:6
        • But I don’t like a gold rush, gold rush
      • Long Story Short 12:53-55
        • Past me/I wanna tell you not to get lost in these petty things
    • Re-listen
      • Happiness 7:11-13
        • There’ll be happiness after you/But there was happiness because of you/Both of these things can be true
      • Evermore 15:15-16, 18-19, 21-27, 52,53, 59-60
        • Hey December/Guess I’m feeling unmoored
          • Unmoored- not or nor longer attached to a mooring (Of a vessel) insecure, confused, lacking contact with reality (of a person)
        • I rewind the tape but all it does is pause/On the very moment all was lost
        • And I was catching my breath/Barefoot in the wildest winter/Catching my death/And I couldn’t be sure/I had a feeling so peculiar/That this pain would be for Evermore
        • I swear/You were there 
        • This pain wouldn’t be for evermore
      • Marjorie 13:50-55
        • If I didn’t know better/I’d think you were still around/I know better/But I still feel you all around/I know better/But you’re still around
  • @Paige
    • First Listen
      • Happiness 7:30-34
        • There’ll be happiness after you/But there was happiness because of you/Both of these things can be true/There is happiness in our history
      • Marjorie- 13:13-14
        • power/polite (my overall verse)
        • Never be so polite, you forget your power. Never wield such power, you forget to be polite 
    • Re-listen
      • Marjorie- 13:1-4
      • Never be so kind/You forget to be clever/Never be so clever/You forget to be kind
      • It’s time to Go 17:27-30
        • Sometimes, givin’ up is the strong thing /Sometimes, to run is the brave thing / Sometimes, walkin’ out is the one thing / That will find you the right thing
• Where is God?
  • The Methodists (too easy?)
  • Marjorie
  • Ivy – faith forgotten land
• What would Jesus’s track 5 story be?
  • Taylor’s track five meaning: On every Taylor Swift album, track five has a very specific meaning. The fifth track is always the most emotional, tear-jerking and vulnerable song on the album. It always follows a sad, heart-wrenching story about Taylor’s past, usually about one of her relationships or her emotions and anxieties in life. (https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/11/26/track-5-meaning/)
    • Tolerate It
• What’s Next?
  • Midnights
• Sunday Question
  • Evermore Jesus Story
  • Track Five Jesus Story
  • Evermore Verse(s)
• Thank you! 
• PS
  • Prayer- @Paige 
  • Benediction-  @Megan
    • Long story short, it’s time to go and take the happiness of this season out into the world where it needs to for evermore. Amen.