Pentecost!

Pentecost Sunday is fast approaching! How will you observe this day? Perhaps this devotional from The Fellowship will help to spur you on!

Pentecost Sunday  May 27, 2012 Acts 2:1-21   “And at the sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered,   because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each.” (Acts 2:6) Devotion How do you notice the presence of the Holy Spirit? On Pentecost, there were many signs: tongues of fires, a mighty rush of wind, a cacophony of languages. These were the announcements of the Spirit’s stunning and gracious entrance into our time and space. And those gathered took note. The Spirit still comes, drawing us today in the presence of the Three-In-One. But do we still take note? What sounds do you hear, what “foreign” languages herald this Presence? Bird song wakes the morning. A baby gurgles in delight. A hurting soul cries in pain. Do you hear the Spirit present there? This week, take note of the surprising ways you hear the sounds that announce the presence of the Spirit sent in Christ’s name. Prayer God, open my ears that I might hear the Spirit at work in your creation. Rev. Candice Ricker Pastor, New Hope United Methodist Church West Topsham, VT