Dementia-friendly church service: Wind & Fire (Pentecost and the Holy Spirit)

This week’s slightly updated nondenominational worship service for Pentecost looks at the characteristics of wind and fire — two biblical descriptors of the Holy Spirit. According to many church calendars, Sunday May 24 is this year's celebration of Pentecost, when God sent the Holy Spirit to the first followers of Jesus after his resurrection. However, I'm posting … Continue reading Dementia-friendly church service: Wind & Fire (Pentecost and the Holy Spirit)

Dementia-friendly church service: Pentecost (Holy Spirit, wind & fire)

This Sunday, May 19, is Pentecost Sunday. This week's slightly updated nondenominational worship service looks at wind and fire -- two physical elements used to describe what happened at the first Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit descended on the first believers. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled … Continue reading Dementia-friendly church service: Pentecost (Holy Spirit, wind & fire)

June 5, 2022, is Pentecost Sunday: Dementia-friendly church service

Oops! Yesterday I posted a video church service on lament for this week, but then I realized that this Sunday, June 5, is Pentecost Sunday. On Pentecost Sunday, the church remembers God's gift of the Holy Spirit after Jesus' resurrection. (The church calendar places Pentecost Sunday 50 days after Easter.) So here's an updated 45-minute … Continue reading June 5, 2022, is Pentecost Sunday: Dementia-friendly church service