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Topic Features About Pentecost
We've Got Spirit, Yes We Do!
Acts 2:1-13
Pentecost - Year C
May 19, 2013
The Rev. Dr. Hal Brady (UMC)
I may not remember everything about my high school days, but I do remember the cheerleaders and several of their spirited yells.
One of their yells was, "Two bits, four bits, six bits a dollar, all for LaGrange, stand up and holler!"
And whenever our football or basketball teams seemed to hit a dry spot, our cheerleaders would eye the stands and yell out, "We've got spirit, yes we do! We've got spirit, how about you?" From across the field the other team's fans would respond and yell back the same cheer: "We've got spirit, yes we do. We've got spirit, how about you?" Then the two opposing sides would take turns giving the cheer back and forth, hoping that their fans were louder.
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What's the Gift?
Acts 2:1-12
Pentecost
May 27, 2012
The Rev. Dr. Thomas G. Long (PCUSA)I don't know if you've ever had the slightly embarrassing experience of having someone give you a gift, only to find out when you opened it, you did not have the foggiest idea what it was or what it was for. I mean, there you are: you're at the company Christmas party, or at a wedding shower, or at your birthday party, and someone hands you a gaily wrapped package. As you pull off the ribbon and the wrapping paper, all the eyes in the circle are on you. You open the box and there it is....
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