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
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.
