As Christians we celebrate Pentecost as the “birthday of the church.” Pentecost originated as a Jewish festival. Pentecost was one of three pilgrimage feasts when Jews gathered in Jerusalem. Jesus had told his disciples to wait in Jerusalem for the gift of the Holy Spirit. It was a time of uncertainty for Jesus’ followers. Most likely they were anxious and scared. During this time of waiting in Jerusalem, the disciples and other followers of Jesus were celebrating Pentecost. While they were celebrating, the Spirit arrived. The Spirit arrived—sounding like a violent wind and appearing like tongues of fire. Jesus promised to send his disciples a Helper and now the Holy Spirit had arrived.
The excitement surrounding the arrival of the Holy Spirit attracted a crowd. Not everyone in the crowd was immediately convinced of the Spirit’s presence. Some joked that they were witnessing the effects of strong wine. Spirit-filled Peter responded to this accusation and began to preach. About three thousand believers were baptized that day.
The Spirit did not come to just the disciples, but to each person gathered with them. The Spirit empowered God’s people and gave them courage to continue to spread the good news about Jesus. We may not hear rushing wind or see tongues of fire descending on one another, but God’s Spirit continues to empower us and give us the courage to do God’s work.
The concept of the Holy Spirit is sometimes a difficult one for both children and adults to understand. It is okay to admit to your children that you don’t have all the answers. Mystery is a part of faith.
Join us for music and Godly Play Sunday morning at 10:30 on Zoom. https://us04web.zoom.us/j/420327525?pwd=cE5hVFFuOWR4ZGlITyszNExGVm1Zdz09
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MAY MEMORY VERSE
“As for us, we can’t stop speaking about what we have seen and heard. (Acts 4:20)
DEEP BLUE ADVENTURES APP
While I was looking for all the new material to share with you about our new unit, I stumbled across this app. I downloaded it for free, and it has all the videos to go along with the Bible story each week. There is a trivia game, a fun scripture game and another maze game that reinforced the verse of the month. It isn’t anything fancy, but I thought I would share if you were looking for new ways to engage your kids with our weekly Bible stories at home. GET IT HERE
MIDWEEK MUSIC MEET-UP – WEDNESDAYS @ 6:00PM –
This Wednesday we will go back to VBS 2017 to sing and dance to the songs from “Hero Central”. If you still have your VBS shirt, show it off on Zoom at 6:30PM.
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