Pentecost (also called The Feast Of Weeks) took place seven weeks - fifty days
after the Passover (hence 'Pente' meaning 50). This
joyful festival occurred during mid summer and marked the end of the barley harvest. Even
though it lasted for only one day, many Jews came to Jerusalem to join in the ceremonies
in the temple.Two loaves were made from new grain and offered to the Lord. There was much
dancing and singing of psalms and all the men joined in.
It was fifty days after the Resurrection. On the Feast of
Pentecost that the Holy Spirit descended upon the disciples and filled them with an
earnest desire to share their new found faith in the risen Lord.This marked the birth of
the church and to this day, Pentecost is recognised and celebrated as the day when the
Holy Spirit came upon the disciples effecting profound change, keenness and boldness.
Pentecost is celebrated as the birthday of the church.
Pentecost is a reminder that "to share is a most
important feature of our faith and like the apostles of old, as soon as we have discovered
the stirrings of the spirit within us, we too want to give it away to our friends and all
we meet."
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