Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Kenmore

What is the Holy Spirit for? Is it all about performing spiritual “parlor tricks”, or something more substantial?

 

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[ May 11, 2008; 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. ] There will be one service only on the Day of Pentecost, at 10:30 AM.

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Pentecost (Ancient Greek: πεντηκοστή [ἡμέρα], pentekostē [hēmera], “the fiftieth day”) is one of the prominent feasts in the Christian liturgical year, celebrated the Fiftieth day after Easter Sunday (the tenth day after Ascension Thursday). Historically and symbolically related to the Jewish [...]

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“This business of tongues–’languages’, literally–is about how a universal language comes into the midst of human history and experience. It is the good news of Jesus Christ, which is a language that will allow everyone everywhere to be united as if they spoke one language.
“Then there’s the wind [...]

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“The more you do the mission of Christ in the world the better your prayer life will get. It’ll become simpler, too: ‘Help!’”

The Bible describes the disciples as being gathered together in one place on the day of Pentecost, and so shall we be! On Sunday May 27th, there will be a single service at 10:30 AM. There will be no adult education that morning.

At 7:30 PM on Pentecost Eve, Saturday May 26 we will have a choral Evensong service and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament.
The music for the evening will feature baritone Glen Guhr performing the Taize piece “Veni Sancte Spiritus”.