OLCC’s mission leads us to be people who worship God, are formed to be like Christ, and are empowered by the Spirit to be on mission with Jesus. In this space between Easter and Pentecost (May 31), we want to focus together on seeing God’s unstoppable mission outlined in the book of Acts. We’ll be looking at a passage or chapter from it each day.

As you soak in these passages, you can use the following format that builds in the practices of prayerful reading, inviting God to speak, and praying scripture:

Read. Invite the Holy Spirit’s presence as you read the passage to orient yourself.
Ask. Ask God to open the passage to you, and read it again.
Pray. Use the words of the passage to pray it back to Jesus and the Father.
Listen. Pause and listen, and note what you sense God communicating to you.

Throughout our journey to Pentecost, we’ll see how the Father’s promise of the Holy Spirit was fulfilled, how the early church was established and continued the ministry of Jesus, and how God worked through these ordinary people to expand his kingdom.

— Connie Willems