Pentecost is a turning point in our church year.



Pentecost is a turning point in our church year. It is where we leave Easter and enter into Ordinary Time. We are invited to stop and pay attention to the work of the Spirit in all creation, working in and through ordinary people of all cultures and ethnicities, forming God’s just communities.

Today also marks the birth of the church, that diverse group of people which includes us. We remember that our story originates with a group of terrified men and women who were swept up by the Spirit of God and were given the vision, strength, courage and wisdom to continue Jesus’ ministry of living God’s love for all. This group who hid behind locked doors took the gospel through Persia to India, North Africa and down to Ethiopia, north to Armenia and beyond, and west to Rome. It was tough. Many were martyred. Today we pause and wonder how the Spirit of God might be sweeping us up?

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