Pentecost - 24 May 2026

This week we celebrate Pentecost! Followers of Jesus celebrate this day as the birth of the Christian Church. Happy Birthday!In Acts 2:1–21, we read of the Holy Spirit coming upon the disciples, empowering them to speak in different languages so that people from many nations could hear and understand the good news of Jesus. The crowd was amazed by what they witnessed, while others questioned what was happening and assumed the disciples had lost their senses. This moment revealed something extraordinary. Through the Holy Spirit, God was opening the invitation of Jesus to all people.Pentecost reminds us that the Church was never meant to be a building, but a gathering of people filled with God’s presence and sent into the world with love, courage and purpose.Many of us know that Benji is currently in Korea with the Uniting Church PROK group. How fitting that during this time of Pentecost, our minister is immersed in a culture that is so familiar and significant within our BCUC family. We look forward to receiving Benji’s Pentecost message via video this Sunday.Please join us as we celebrate Pentecost together, giving thanks for and celebrating the many cultures that make up our church family, and sharing in an international lunch following the service.BlessingsKaitlyn Phillips