But for the church, it is our birthday and the culmination of Christmas and Easter. Pentecost is a day of great joy and celebration as we thank and praise God for God’s continuing presence and abiding love. Without Pentecost the Child who is Emmanuel, God with us, would be but a fond memory. Without Pentecost the Crucified and Risen Christ would be but a story of hope from a distant past. But as the wind and tongues of fire filled the room where the disciples had gathered and those from every nation heard the Gospel proclaimed in their own language, the promise of Pentecost became apparent: the Risen one is Emmanuel, is God with us, continuing his redemptive and healing work here and now in our midst.

The winds of Pentecost continue to blow and the tongues of fire continue to burn as God’s people continue to proclaim the Good News in word and deed. It blows as we gather for worship and to study God’s word and it blazes as we move out in service and witness.

This Pentecost as our congregation experiences change and eagerly anticipates the future God is calling us into, let us unfurl our sails and get caught and carried along by the Spirit. The Spirit is alive and moving here at Our Savior’s! Thanks be to God!