Pentecost Sunday

[Sam]

For those of us who follow the Roman Catholic Calendar (Easter on Sunday April 8 this year) Pentecost will be on Sunday May 27th. Does your church place any special emphasis on this day?

Some Christians believe the Church was "born" on the Day of Pentecost or Shavu'ot in Acts chapter 2. Others believe the Church was "empowered" on that day to begin taking the Gospel to the whole world. It is my understanding that the events in Acts chapter 2 occurred on Sunday May 28, AD 30. Others think the year was AD 32 or AD 33.

Actually, I received the Holy Ghost Baptism on Pentecost Sunday May 20, 1956 at Bethel Tabernacle (UPC) in Racine, Wisconsin. I did not know at the time that it was Pentecost Sunday and there was no mention of it at our church.

There are 3 of us at our church who take turns teaching a Sunday morning Bible lesson and also the midweek Bible Study. It will be my turn to teach on May 27 so I will be teaching on Pentecost and the Holy Ghost Baptism. It will be my turn to teach at the Wednesday May 23 midweek service so I will probably be teaching on something along those lines--maybe on the Early and Latter Rain which I taught on before.