HIGHLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH
604-853-7052
3130 McMillan Road, ABBOTSFORD, BC
PENTECOST
Pentecost (a Greek word meaning “50”) is the name for the Feast of Weeks, a festival 50 days after Passover in which Israel celebrated the giving of the Law on Mount Sinai. It was on the day of Pentecost, 50 days after the death and resurrection of Jesus, that God’s Spirit descended upon the followers of Jesus, giving birth to the Church.
The liturgical colour is red, symbolizing joy, as well as the fire of the Holy Spirit that appeared over each of the disciples.
At Pentecost, Christians remember that God’s purifying Law and holy presence (symbolized by fire) now dwells within the Church through the Spirit (see Exodus 3:2, 13:21-22, 24:17; Isaiah 10:17; Malachi 3:2). Pentecost is a time in which God’s Spirit illuminates and inspires the Church to be a community of people that offers a foretaste to the world of what God’s coming new creation—heaven made visible on earth—looks like (see Revelation 21-22).
The liturgical colour is red, symbolizing joy, as well as the fire of the Holy Spirit that appeared over each of the disciples.
At Pentecost, Christians remember that God’s purifying Law and holy presence (symbolized by fire) now dwells within the Church through the Spirit (see Exodus 3:2, 13:21-22, 24:17; Isaiah 10:17; Malachi 3:2). Pentecost is a time in which God’s Spirit illuminates and inspires the Church to be a community of people that offers a foretaste to the world of what God’s coming new creation—heaven made visible on earth—looks like (see Revelation 21-22).
Scattered Prayers
For the summer months Highland will be taking a hiatus from offering new Scattered Prayers. Below you will find liturgies that you can use as often as you would like at any point throughout the summer—either on your own or in a group. Better yet, join us in person on Sunday mornings if you are able; we will have various guest speakers talking about their least favourite fruit of the spirit. We will return to posting weekly in the autumn.
