The After Party On Sunday, April 12th, we will begin a new sermon series, The After Party, focusing on the 50 days after Jesus’ resurrection. It was during this time that Jesus continued to teach His Disciplesand prepared them for His leaving. This time had to be acelebration after all that they had been through during Jesus’arrest, trials, and crucifixion. They went from the depths of despair to the unbelievable heights of joy over the course of 3 days. Jesus would appear to an estimated 500 people during this time to prove that He was alive, reassure his followers that He would be leaving, and promise to come back. He also commissioned them to GO into ALL the WORLD telling others about God’s gift of salvation through Jesus to all people – Jew and Gentile. We will culminate our study with Jesus’ Ascension into Heaven, which itself would have been amazing, yet frightening, with the reality that Jesus was gone from them again. But, Jesus prepared them by giving them hope – the same hope that we have that He will come back just like He promised. The disciples did exactly what Jesus told them to do, and He did what He promised: He sent the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, which this year is Sunday, May 24th. The Day of Pentecost is considered to be the birthday of the church, so we have to celebrate!