| The Parish Church of St James |  |
| St. James's Road, Hampton Hill, TW12 1DQ (Parish Office 020 8941 6003) | |
| WORSHIP/SERVICES | |
| Section Contents: Services
| Christian Year and other Special Days | Rites
of Passage | Christian Calendar | Worship
| Worship/Services Through the
Years |
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| The Christian Year Contents: The Christian Year and other Special Days | Colours of the Christian Year | Advent | Christmas | Epiphany | Candlemas | Lent | Easter | Pentecost | Trinity | St. James's Day | Michaelmas | Harvest Festival | All Saints Day | Remembrance Sunday |
The Christian Year - Pentecost
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Pentecost is a major festival in the
Christian church that happens seven weeks after Easter. It is celebrated on the Sunday which falls on the fiftieth day after the Easter festival. The name Pentecost comes from a Greek word which means 'fiftieth'. |
Pentecost celebrates the descent
of the Holy Spirit from heaven to all Christians. It is therefore a
season of evangelism and outreach, as Christians look for the presence
of the Holy Spirit in everyone on earth. |
It remembers the story
of the Holy Spirit being given to Jesus' disciples so that they could
spread the message of Christianity. The story is that, during the Jewish
festival of Pentecost, a wind blew through the house where the disciples
were and flames rested on their heads. When the disciples spoke, people
of all nationalities could understand them. Pentecost is recognised
as the birth of the Church. The Apostle Peter preached a sermon which
resulted in 3,000 people becoming believers. |
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Contact
the Parish
Office 020 8941 6003 or the The
Vicar 020 8979 2069 |