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Podcast: West End UMC Podcast Audio Podcast
Episode: Commencement Day
Description: This is Ascension Sunday, the day we acknowledge and celebrate Jesus’ ascension to heaven after his crucifixion and resurrection. The text for today is from the opening verses of Acts, recording that ascension of Jesus. In some ways it is reminiscent of this season in our lives when there are graduations from high schools, colleges, and such, where children and others have been educated and trained and are now sent out to the next phase of their lives. Acts records that during the forty days between the resurrection of Jesus and his ascension, he has appeared to them repeatedly and ha...