How often have we heard this remark: "What can you do for an encore?" Or, "That’s a hard act to follow!" Easter Day is now behind us: we’ve sung the great Alleluias, chanted hymns of victory, and put the blossoms and lilies on a sunny windowsill. But what of it all? Is it now a closed event? Or, more appropriately: Is it just the beginning? Charles Wesley in his Easter hymn sang: "Love’s redeeming work is done." How can we follow that act? Can there be an encore? This is exactly where you and I come in.

Look for a moment at the scenes that followed upon the first Easter Day. The disciples, we are told, had been in hiding, fearing the enemies of Jesus, but it must be noted that they were meeting as a little company to meditate and pray. Then came the rousing experience of Pentecost and we le…