The Promise for You and Your Children

SERMON TITLE:   “The Promise for You and Your Children”
SERMON TEXT:    Acts 2:1-6, 14a, 22-24, 37-42
PREACHER:           Rev. Kim James
OCCASION:           June 9, 2019, (Pentecost & VBS Wrap-Up) at First UMC
 
 
INTRODUCTION
                 We had a really great week at Vacation Bible School, and the children have done a good job sharing with you about the Bible stories they learned each day.  The Bible has so many wonderful stories of challenges and faith.  Over and over again, the stories of the Bible remind us that, when life is wild, unfair, scary, changing, sad—or even good—God is good! 
               The story that Jonathan read to us from Acts chapter two wasn’t included in our five days of Vacation Bible School.  But I wanted him to read it to us today because, on the church calendar, today is a very special holiday known as Pentecost.  The day of Pentecost was an amazing day when the Holy Spirit came with power on the Christian believers.  

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