Lightbearers to the World

Show your colors in June at Greenbelt Community Church!

            The AI assistance statement you get when you look up “light spectrum” reads:

            The colors of the spectrum are:  violet (shortest wavelength), indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, and red (longest wavelength).

            In the Church we call Jesus the Light of the World.  Every spring, fifty days after Easter, we celebrate Pentecost and the coming of the Spirit equipping us to be Lightbearers to the world.

            In 2025 we have the opportunity to show the spectrum of Christ’s love in the colors we choose to wear.

            Colors are often a symbol of who we are and what we consider important.  After the Great Flood of Genesis, God separates light into its visible spectrum, the rainbow, as a promise of God’s faithfulness to never again destroy all of life.  Instead, God would enter a broken world in Jesus and through love would renew and redeem and bring forth new life through the resurrection.

June 8 is Pentecost Sunday and the month of June is specifically focused on various witnesses against injustice in our communities.  June is also a month of summer fun and picnics and outdoor activities.

            It is time to wear our colors and show who we are and what we believe!  It is time for visible signs.  Here are some hints:

            RED for Pentecost and the gift of the Spirit.

            ORANGE is a statement against gun violence and the proliferation of guns.

            RAINBOW COLORS as a statement that we are an Open and Affirming Congregation of the United Church of Christ.

            PURPLE/VIOLET if the treatment of transgendered people weigh heavily on your hearts.

            TROPICAL FLOWERS/PRINTS for our Luau after worship on June 8.

            BLACK, RED, GREEN are often the colors used by the Black Lives Matter Movement.

            WHITE might be a way to say all of these things matter.

            And if that’s a lot of color for one day – spread it out!  Let’s make the month of June a public witness to our faith.  Let us shine our lights into the darkness that would seek to consume us.