Join us on Sundays at 10:30am Eastern in Candler Park, Picnic Pavilion 2 or via Facebook Live.
Sunday, May 24, 2026
PENTECOST SUNDAY
Invocation
Opening Hymn: “Spirit Song”
Welcome and Announcements
First Reading: Psalm 104:25-35
Second Reading: John 20:19-23
Prayers and Praises
Message
Sacrament of Holy Communion
Closing Hymn: “Every Time I Feel the Spirit”
Benediction
Message
“Diversity Is God’s Gift” (Rev. Paul M. Turner)
Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:1-13
Each of us is now a part of his resurrection body, refreshed and sustained at one fountain—his Spirit—where we all come to drink. The old labels we once used to identify ourselves—labels like Jew or Greek, slave or free—are no longer useful. We need something larger, more comprehensive. (Verse 13)
Everyone is a child of God, created in God’s image and deserving of a direct relationship with God. Inspired by the teaching of Jesus to “love your neighbor as yourself,” we free ourselves of the temptation to judge or to define sin or salvation for anyone but ourselves in the context of that powerful relationship to our Creator.
Affirming someone is an act of validation that seeks to empower and lift up without judgment. To affirm means to build trust, respect and understanding between two people and the community of faith, fostering a deep connection of agape.
Rev. Paul M. Turner, Senior Pastor
