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**Sunday, June 5, 2022**

**PENTECOST**

*Acts 2:1-2*

When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.

And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind,

and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.

*Spirit: Rushing Wind*

Two thousand years ago,

a band of disciples felt lost and leaderless.

Their leader, rabbi and teacher had been executed.

They held to the hope and joy of their Easter faith,

but they also questioned:

What now?

What next?

Where do we go from here?

In the story of Pentecost, the spirit moves amongst these disciples like the wind.

The disciples were energized, strengthened, and mobilized.

In the pattern of Pentecost, the winds of God blow us out of apathy, isolation, and despondency,

help us to make changes,

enable us to take action.

**Holy Spirit,**

**come like the wind.**

**Breath of God,**

**renew us.**

**Energizing Spirit,**

**bring us conviction and strength.**

*Acts 2: 3*

Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them.

*Spirit: Tongues of Flame*

Like a fire,

a conviction took hold of their hearts.

The Spirit was moving in the disciples.

They were able to understand in new ways,

with deep passion,

and with strongly felt faith.

Where once there was despair and apathy and disillusionment,

there was now hope and energy and meaning.

The Spirit’s fire was burning.

**Holy Spirit,**

**warm our lives with your presence.**

**Fire of God,**

**enflame our commitment.**

**Spirit of Passion,**

**be born anew in your people.**

*Acts 2: 5-8*

Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem.

And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered,

because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each.

Amazed and astonished, they asked,

“Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?

And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language?

*Spirit: Unity in Diversity*

On the day of Pentecost,

People from many lands

And of many languages came together.

And there was a miracle of understanding and unity.

**Holy Spirit,**

**help us to listen to one another.**

**Spirit of Pentecost,**

**grant us the ability to respect each other.**

**God of Possibilities,**

**enable understanding in our midst.**

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