Fans, feathers and balloons: it can only be illustrations for Pentecost Sunday!

This Sunday 28^th of May sees the wider Church celebrate Pentecost, the Christian festival celebrating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the disciples of Jesus after his ascension into heaven, held the seventh Sunday after Easter.

For the past two Sundays I have been talking to my Sunday youth group about the Holy Spirit, who He is and what He signifies. The Church believes and teaches that the Holy Spirit is the third person of the Holy Trinity - Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

I now have five young people in our youth group, aged from eight to 16 years old and have been surprised to find out that although they come from Christian households, they don’t appear to know many Bible stories. Taking a gentle approach over the past two weeks I have been introducing them to appropriate verses linked to learning about the Holy Spirit.

Acts 2:1-3 “When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a noise like a strong, blowing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw something like flames of fire that were separated and stood over each person there”.