New Testament Lesson: Acts 2:1-21 (RSV) The Coming of the Holy Spirit 2 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly a sound came from heaven like the rush of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. […]

Text: John 17:1-12 The Message (MSG) Jesus’ Prayer for His Followers 17 1-5 Jesus said these things. Then, raising his eyes in prayer, he said: Father, it’s time. Display the bright splendor of your Son So the Son in turn may show your bright splendor. You put him in charge of everything […]

Text: John 14:15-21 Revised Standard Version (RSV) The Promise of the Holy Spirit 15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you for ever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot […]

Text: John 10:1-10 Revised Standard Version (RSV) Jesus the Good Shepherd 10 “Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit. 2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the […]

Text: Luke 24:13-35 Revised Standard Version (RSV) The Walk to Emmaus 13 That very day two of them were going to a village named Emma′us, about seven miles[a] from Jerusalem, 14 and talking with each other about all these things that had happened. 15 While they were talking and discussing together, Jesus himself […]