By Gary Roberto
SPOKANE, Washington--On Pentecost Sunday, May 31, more than 170 members of the Worldwide Church of God and the Fellowship Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) met for a combined service.
Extra chairs were brought in for the standing room only crowd.
The Spokane WCG congregation uses the Fellowship Church of God facility for worship services.
Bobby Smith, Fellowship Church of God worship leader, led a worship and sharing portion of the service.
An offering, with different color envelopes for each church, was taken up.
Bill Bath, pastor of the Fellowship Church of God, offered a pastoral prayer. Glen Weber, pastor of the Inland Northwest WCG churches, gave a sermon on the history and meaning of Pentecost and of God pouring out his Holy Spirit on the church.
About 25 WCG members attended from the sister congregation in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and satellite house churches in Kamiah and Moscow, Idaho; and Quincy, Washington.
After the service, the two churches had a combined potluck barbecue. Also joining the two churches were the members of First Evangelical Free Church and Terrace Heights Baptist Church.
All four church leaders cut a cake that had Psalm 133:1 written on the top: "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity."
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