Catching the Wind

Catching the Wind (Outline)
Acts 2:1-21 Pentecost Sunday

This is the day of Pentecost.
It is the day we celebrate the birth of our church.
Without the Holy Spirit, the Good News of the Gospel ends with those apostles in that room.
Without the Holy Spirit, we have no church.
Without the Holy Spirit, we have no ministry
The Holy Spirit is the power source of the church. It is the power of God.

Now there are many forms of power. Think about it. What would life be like without power?
What would your day be like without power?
We need power to do everything.
We are dependent upon power.
So, is the church!
The church’s power is the Spirit of God.
And, the text says that Holy Spirit Power comes like a mighty wind.
The Holy Spirit is wind power.

My friends, the power of God doesn’t just come upon us as we often say, it is blown through us!
“Like the rush of a mighty wind” the Holy Spirit came.

Friends, have you ever tried to catch the wind?
I like flying kites.
If there’s one thing we learn about catching the power of wind, it is that we can’t expect the wind to come to us. We have to be willing to go to the wind. We have to go where the wind is blowing.

My friends, there is a might wind blowing in our church today.
1. Its blowing through a class of new members, with nine new members coming from our new Bluegrass Service. These folks bring their own unique hopes and dreams and enthusiasm for God’s ministry.
2. Its blowing through our children’s Sunday School program where Mary Wallett along with Joyce, and Kayley have inspired us all by their decorations and their excitement for this summer’s VBS program.
3. It’s blowing in our Columbarium program where financial gifts have been received to promote the improvement of the grounds around our Columbarium.
4. It’s blowing in our adult education program where this Spring class of new members has made a commitment to foster the critical mass necessary for a new mid-week adult bible study that begins this Wednesday.
5. It’s blowing in our Relay for Life effort, where, again a member of our new members class has caught the power of God’s Holy wind by leading the way to organize our church to raise money for Cancer Research.
6. Its blowing in our Bluegrass worship service, where average attendance has grown to 40+ in under a year, the giving exceeds the program expenses by an average of $200 every week, and where a steady flow of new faces continue to come, hear music that inspires them and receive the Word of God.
7. And the wind blows among us
a. when we welcome the stranger,
b. when we lead someone distant from God back through our preaching, teaching, singing, praying, and caring.
c. When we volunteer to be a part of what God is doing.
d. When we give generously to support what God is doing.

The Spirit’s wind is blowing in many places in our church today. God has given the Holy Spirit, just as he promised. The only question remains for you and me. Are you willing to go where the wind is blowing to catch the wind?

If you want to fly with the Holy Spirit, you gotta catch the wind.

Isn't it time we went to where the Spirit if God is blowing.

Amen