Holy Communion (Eucharist, The Lord’s Supper or The Lord’s Table among other names) centres on remembering Jesus' last, humbling moments on earth, drawing us into a powerful time of reflection on the inconceivable price our Lord had to pay on the Cross to set us all free from sin and the confines of self-centred living.
ICF celebrated our Christmas slightly earlier (the opposite timeline of the Orthodox celebration, who celebrate in January - yes, after all, we are interdenominational).
Pentecost is the Christian festival when we celebrate the outpouring of the promise of the Holy Spirit in a mighty way upon the Church. This year 9th June is the Pentecost Sunday.
Our worship service was well attended and we were blessed by the Lord as we remembered our mothers and grandmothers whom the Lord has graciously given to us to love, care, nurture us and also to pray for us.
Precisely, Jesus rose on the third day, and that changed the world. The people who believe in Him begin to live lives to the fullest, and nothing is going to be the same again. It is no longer business as usual...
About 2000 plus years ago, that day when Jesus rode on a donkey into Jerusalem, the happy crowds welcomed Him by spreading their garments and leafy palm branches across the road and shouting