Pentecost
Wind and Fire and Peace
The Birth Day of the Church
When the day of Pentecost had come, the disciples 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. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.
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? Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs-- in our own languages we hear them speaking about God's deeds of power." All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, "What does this mean?" But others sneered and said, "They are filled with new wine."
But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised
his voice and addressed them, "Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem,
let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. Indeed, these are not
drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o'clock in the morning. No, this is
what was spoken through the prophet Joel:
Acts 2:1-21
Pentecost
Panel
from the Maesta Altarpiece of Siena
DUCCIO,
di Buoninsegna
1308-1311
Museo
dell’Opera del Duomo
Siena,
Italy
Thought is the blossom;
language the bud;
action the fruit behind it.
~
Ralph Waldo Emerson
For age is opportunity no less
Than youth itself, though in another dress,
And as the evening twilight fades away
The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day.
~
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow*
This
year’s High School graduates were honored at church last Sunday.
Carolyn
and JAK, one of Vicki Hall’s doggies.
Jeanne
Gibbard and I had a catch-up lunch on Wednesday
and
then we saw Death Takes a Holiday at the Arvada Center.
A
wonderful performance!
Kappy
Kling, owner of Hearthfire Books in Bergen Park, introduced Cheryl
Piderit
who
lead a discussion of Descent, by Tim Johnston, on Wednesday
evening.
Great
Horned Owl with one of her four babies.
Her
nest is in the Bergen Village Shopping Center!
Karen
Lindsay introduced Dean Sobel, Director of the Clyfford Still Museum,
at
the Center for the Arts Evergreen on Thursday evening.
Quite
a treat!
Dean
Sobel, Director of the Clyfford Still Museum,
next
door to the Denver Art Museum.
https://clyffordstillmuseum.org
Self
Portrait, by Clyfford Still
Seven
of us celebrated Nancy Priest’s birthday
at
the 17th Avenue Grill on Friday.
The
Birthday Gal thoughtfully brought each of us a basil plant.
Happy
Birthday again, Nancy!
We get rid
of an enemy
by getting rid of enmity.
~
Johann Christoph Arnold
May 15, 2016 Day
of Pentecost/Whitsunday
* Thank
you, Oralie!
Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein
Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org
Acts 2:1-21 or
Genesis 11:1-9
Psalm 104:24-34, 35b
Romans 8:14-17 or Acts 2:1-21
John 14:8-17 [25-27]