This sermon celebrates the role of Mary Magdalene as the first witness and proclaimer of the resurrection, establishing her as the "apostle to the apostles." Delivered on Orthodox Easter/Bright Sunday, the message traces the historical journey of women in Christian ministry from Mary Magdalene through Methodist history, highlighting theologian Georgia Harkness's pivotal role in securing full clergy rights for women in 1956. The sermon challenges historical mischaracterizations of Mary Magdalene and affirms that women's voices in ministry were not a modern invention but divinely commissioned by Christ himself. It emphasizes that Jesus trusted the most important news in human history—the resurrection—to a woman whose testimony wouldn't have been accepted in court, demonstrating God's radical inclusivity and the transformative power of divine calling.