Pastor Patricia Hughes with a sermon for Pentecost 2020
Readings for Pentecost – Acts 2 and the gospel of John
Jeff Ruscoe, Jeff Sargent and Julia Sargent assist Pastor Patricia in the readings for Pentecost May 31 2020
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Enjoy this song for Pentecost, sung by Sarah and Joe Schultz, Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Salem, Oregon
Children’s Sermon for Pentecost – Filled with the Holy Spirit
Blessings, Pastor Patricia+
Pentecost wind in our midst
The Spirit was alive on Pentecost at Holy Cross Lutheran! We felt it! So many people were smiling, and laughing, and yes, we were prayerful, too. The idea that God sends the spirit to each of us, as Comforter, as Advocate, as “force to be reckoned with” is sensational to me. Seeing the spirit in the music we sing (both traditional, and played melodically on our organ, and the upbeat Vocal Choir singing with a gospel beat), seeing the spirit in the faces of the children enjoying crepe paper pompoms and red plastic windmills – yes and hearing the spirit in the scriptures read in our midst. God is good. Continue reading “Pentecost wind in our midst”