Welcome to the PBC daily post for Friday, May 1, 2020. Today I to want simply mention three things:

1. As we continue traveling through the storm of this pandemic, we rely on good information and good resources, and both those are to find right now. Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has set up a dedicated page. It’s a great source of inspiration and helps especially as we are unable to be together in our building, so please check it out. We also have several congregants who work at the Centers for Disease Control and they have been great resources as well, especially the page about preventing yourself and others from getting sick, from how the disease spreads to how maintaining social distancing is still the best way to prevent transmission.

2. Secondly, If you’ve checked in on the last couple of days to our daily posts you have heard about the end of the second chapter of Acts, where Luke shows us how the first organized group of Jesus followers lived. Last week we looked at Peter’s sermon that came after Pentecost when the Spirit of God descended on the people and began the multicultural mission of God to spread the news about Jesus throughout the world. An easy way of catching up is to just take a few minutes to read Acts 2. For previous discussions, check out the sermons page of the website. 

3. Finally, I think a great culmination of this in depth study is what we’ll be releasing tomorrow here on this page. Last night, Thomas Ballew, our music associate, recorded a work of extemporaneous jazz in our sanctuary as the sun was setting through our stained glass windows. A little over 17 minutes, this beautiful piece of art explores the themes presented in Acts 1 and 2. I was very moved by it, and I’m very excited to share it with you. Maybe this is what Pentecost sounded like!

Thanks for listening, be sure to check in tomorrow, and I hope to see you Sunday for our zoom worship.

—Paul

Come back tomorrow to listen!