On Sunday 5 June, the Christian church celebrated the feast of Pentecost. One of the principal readings for this day was Acts 2: 1-21.

5 Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. 6 When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard their own language being spoken. 7 Utterly amazed, they asked: “Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans? 8 Then how is it that each of us hears them in our native language? 9 Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,[b] 10 Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome 11 (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!” 12 Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, “What does this mean?” (Acts 2: 5-12, NIV)

As described in the above passage, the coming of the Holy Spirit is transformative. Pentecost is a reminder of what we are committed as a school, to having ‘community’ as one of our primary values. Being in a community is challenging without accounting for diversity. Diversity is meant to enrich our community when we embrace it. “The Holy Spirit is given to each of us in a special way. That is for the good of all” (1 Corinthians 12: 7).

REVD RAKGADI KHOBO
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