1. The left hand of Pentecost
Livingston United Methodist Church
Feast of Pentecost

2. The right hand of Pentecost
How many are your works O Lord! In wisdom you have made them all. The earth is full of your creatures.
And they were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.
How restored people of God will continue mission of Jesus
How does small movement spread so quickly?

3. Spiritual power God is eternally Three yet One
God the Holy Spirit comes in new way
Right hand of Pentecost =
God gives spiritual life

4. Psalm 104 Psalm for Pentecost since earliest years Seems out of place
Pushes Pentecost to larger spheres of faith + reality
Praise to God as creator
Invites thanksgiving + wonder
Begins and ends = Bless the Lord O my soul
Summons to praise

5. Part one God is creator Creation = make things exist
Creation also = create order out of chaos
Reliable consistency of creation
God is good and loves what he creates

6. Part two God provides for his creatures
Water + food + habitats + seasons
Ecological knowledge leads to wondering praise
We bear image of God
Manage creation for + with God
We are one creature among many
Be careful about interfering with divine ecology

7. Part three (1) How many are your works! The Lord made them all
Even sea monsters (?) like Leviathan
All creatures = works of the Lord
The world is not full of things
The universe is filled with creatures

8. Part three (2) Everything depends on God for food + life
God opens his hand + they are satisfied
He gathers his breath and they return to dust
God sends his ruach and they are created
Hebrew ruach = breath… wind… Spirit
Spirit of God present + active in creation and renewing creation

9. Left hand of Pentecost
Holy Spirit present + working since beginning of time
God the Holy Spirit gives physical + spiritual life
With everything we see
Creatures of God
Depend on God
Holy Spirit completes our life as creatures. Brings us true existence for which we are created. We are creation of God twice over.