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May 24, 2026 - Pentecost

10am - Live In-Person Worship THIS WEEK

Sunday, May 24, 2026
Day of Pentecost | Year A


Focus Theme:
“Who Is Thirsty”


Focus Prayer:
Holy Spirit, we come to you to be nourished, sustained, and empowered. Amen.


Focus Scripture:
John 7:37-39
37 On  the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing  there, he cried out, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, 38 and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said,  ‘Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.’” 39 Now he said this about the Spirit, which believers in him were to  receive, for as yet there was no Spirit because Jesus was not yet  glorified.


All readings for this Sunday:
Acts 2:1-21 or Numbers 11:24-30 • Psalm 104:24-34, 35b • 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 or Acts 2:1-21 • John 20:19-23 or John 7:37-39


Focus Questions:
What causes physical thirst?
What causes spiritual thirst?
What are the signs of spiritual thirst? How does it impact our lives?
How do you alleviate physical and spiritual thirst?
What happens when we are spiritually well-hydrated?

Illustration of Pentecost with a dove and fiery spirit over a diverse crowd raising hands.

SCRIPTURES FOR This Sunday

Acts 2: 1-21 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)

GOSPEL READINGS: John 17:1-11 and John 20:19-23 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)

GOSPEL READINGS: John 17:1-11 and John 20:19-23 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)

 

Acts 2: 1-21

The Coming of the Holy Spirit


2 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.  2 And  suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent  wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.  3 Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them.  4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.

5 Now there were devout Jews from every people under heaven living in Jerusalem.  6 And at this sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the native language of each.  7 Amazed and astonished, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?  8 And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language?  9 Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,  10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,  11 Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them speaking about God’s deeds of power.”  12 All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another, “What does this mean?”  13 But others sneered and said, “They are filled with new wine.”

Peter Addresses the Crowd

14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Fellow Jews[a] and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say.  15 Indeed, these are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning.  16 No, this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel:

17 ‘In the last days it will be, God declares,
that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh,
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.
18 Even upon my slaves, both men and women,
in those days I will pour out my Spirit,
and they shall prophesy.
19 And I will show portents in the heaven above
and signs on the earth below,
blood, and fire, and smoky mist.
20 The sun shall be turned to darkness
and the moon to blood,
before the coming of the Lord’s great and glorious day.
21 Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’

GOSPEL READINGS: John 17:1-11 and John 20:19-23 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)

GOSPEL READINGS: John 17:1-11 and John 20:19-23 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)

GOSPEL READINGS: John 17:1-11 and John 20:19-23 (New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition)

John 7:37-39


37 On  the last day of the festival, the great day, while Jesus was standing  there, he cried out, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me, 38 and let the one who believes in me drink. As the scripture has said,  ‘Out of the believer’s heart shall flow rivers of living water.’” 39 Now he said this about the Spirit, which believers in him were to  receive, for as yet there was no Spirit because Jesus was not yet  glorified.


 

John 20:19-23  

 

Jesus Appears to the Disciples

19 When  it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and the doors  were locked where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came  and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”  20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.  21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”  22 When he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.  23 If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

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