TMP Baptism and Free Swim

Things have been really movin' and shakin' at the The Meeting Place, we've been pressing in and God has called us into a year of Advance. So, there is no better way to kick off a new season of advancement then with a Baptism! One of the many candidates was my dear little cousin Laura. Laura if unique, courageous, and a very confident ten year old. She makes me proud. Here is Laura and her best friend/another cousin Hannah- dead in their old sin lives.

Laura&Hannah:Dead

Hannah had the privilege of being in the water with Laura while she was baptized! And now here is Laura raised up in her new life in Christ:

It was a very powerful night. Many people from our church and other church communities came out to be witnesses and to pray for the publicly-devoted. It was also powerful to see such diverse group profess their faith. Mothers and daughters, soon to be mothers, Women, children, even a man from the Drop in who has become a huge testimony to the church. It is a delight to see people following the way of Jesus.

Romans 6:3-5 3Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. 5If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection.

oh yeah, and we capped off the night with a free swim, if was funny to see everyone jump in after the baptisms where done. Laura's little brother Dave who is still four (and my best friend next to Ryan and Courtney) went down the big yellow watersilde. It was day full of milestones!