Month of May :: Holy Spirit

During the month of May, Pastor John & Ramona will be teaching about the nature and ministry of the Holy Spirit. Back in January and February, in the Loft, we talked about how when humanity disobeyed God by eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil they(we) became disconnected from God. This month, we look at how Jesus' death and resurrection make way for us to be connected back to God through the Holy Spirit. We will be exploring the various roles, functions and our interaction with the Spirit of God.

The following is a synoposis of what Pastor John & Ramona will be talking about in the Big Room.

We are using a circle with four different colors of ribbon as a visual highlight.

Week One: Yellow- The sun rises in the east bringing the new light of day. Jesus said the Holy Spirit is the "Spirit of truth". His ministry is to bring the light of understanding about Jesus and the Father to each of us. In this role the Holy Spirit functions as our teacher.

Week Two: Red- The sun sets in the west often in a brilliant horizon displaying the tones of red. Jesus is one who baptizes believers with the Holy Spirit and fire. The color red reminds us of fire which speaks of the convicting and cleansing work of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit always points us also to the (red) blood of Jesus where all of our sins are cleansed.

Week Three: White - White is the color that is used to connect us with the wind that comes out of the north. The Holy Spirit came as a "mighty rushing wind" that brought the power to live the Christian life in the first century. We still need the wind of the Spirit to empower our lives to live and minister for Christ.

Week Four: Blue - Blue is the color of water. Jesus said that the Holy Spirit would be in us like a "river of living water". The very presence of God dwells in us by these living waters of the Spirit. Like every river, it flows somewhere and therefore the life of the Spirit that is in us must come out of us to our world.