Even though Lent has a couple weeks left, we are bringing The Journey of Easter series to a conclusion today. Pentecost is often celebrated as the birthday of the Church, the day the Holy Spirit comes and powerfully fills the Apostles, and the number of believers explodes. In that regard, it is a powerful beginning, but in the Journey of Easter it is the culmination of Jesus’ work over three years to prepare a group of his followers to take his message to the world. How is God inviting us to receive the power of the Holy Spirit to claim the new life and mission he is leading us towards?
