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This is the Season of Pentecost.
The Season Color for Pentecost Day is Red and the the liturgical Color for the season after the Pentecost is Green.
For the Western Christians, the Church Year is divided into six seasons: Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent, Easter and Pentecost.
Pentecost is the longest season of the Church Year. It is the great festival that commemorates the birth of the Christian church by the power of the Holy Spirit. In the old or ‘Koine’ Greek, Pentecost refers to the "fiftieth day" and is celebrated fifty days after Easter.
Ten days after Jesus ascended into heaven, the twelve apostles, Jesus' mother and family, and many other of His disciples gathered jointly in Jerusalem for the Jewish harvest festival that was celebrated on the fiftieth day of Passover. While they were indoors praying, there was a sound like that of a rushing wind filled the house and tongues of fire descended and rested over each of their heads. This was the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on human flesh promised by God through the prophet Joel (Joel 2:28-29). The disciples were suddenly empowered to proclaim the gospel of the risen Christ. They went out into the streets of Jerusalem and began preaching to the crowds gathered for the festival. Not only did the disciples preach with boldness and vigor, but by a miracle of the Holy Spirit they spoke in the native languages of the people present, many who had come from all corners of the Roman Empire. This created a sensation. The apostle Peter seized the moment and addressed the crowd, preaching to them about Jesus' death and resurrection for the forgiveness of sins. The result was that about three thousand converts were baptized that day. (You can read the Biblical account of Pentecost in Acts 2:1-41).
Red is the liturgical color for this day. Red recalls the tongues of flame in which the Holy Spirit descended on the first Pentecost. The color red also reminds us of the blood of the martyrs. These are the believers of every generation who by the power of the Holy Spirit hold firm to the true faith even at the cost of their lives.
Since Pentecost is the day that God poured out His Holy Spirit on Christ's disciples, the Season after Pentecost is focused on sanctification, the work of the Holy Spirit in the day to day life of the Christian. This is reflected in the liturgical color for this season: green, the color of life and growth. The gift of faith comes only from the Holy Spirit, Christians are enabled to trust in Christ and proclaim Him in their daily lives by service to their neighbors. The season after Pentecost is the longest season of the church year -- it lasts from Trinity Sunday until the first Sunday of Advent. This is the non-festival portion of the liturgical calendar during which the church stresses vocation, evangelism, missions, stewardship, almsgiving, and other works of mercy and charity as ways in which Christ empowers us by His grace to share the Gospel with others.
By the means of the Word and Sacraments, the Holy Spirit gives us the faith to believe and trust in Christ as our Savior. This treasured present of faith in the saving work of our Lord Jesus Christ is the reason Pentecost is the third "mega-festival" of the church and why we honor it with such joy and thanksgiving.
This website serves as a home base for our pastors serving the bush communities and bush churches throughout North America including the Alaska, the Yukon and Northwest Territories of Canada, Arizona and Old Mexico. This site also serves as a communication hub for these ministries.
We are especially proud to announce that we have a new pastor in Singapore who is establishing The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Singapore there and is also working on establishing churches in Malaysia and Indonesia.
The Lutheran Churches Of Calvary Grace (LCCG) can provide a spiritual covering for those struggling in the ministry without support, offer appropriate credentials and the opportunity for affiliation with others who share a like faith and calling. We serve those who are called by the Lord to serve His people and to take the gospels where they do not now exist. Moreover, we are a mission establishing agency and a Lutheran ecclesiastical endorsing agency.
Our credentials are recognized by federal and state governments as well as the Veterans Affairs, federal and state prison systems, hospitals and hospices. Our ministry-related services are practical and we often assist our members in areas where they cannot easily provide for themselves.
LCCG is also in association with the Association of International Mission Services (AIMS).
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