Baptism

This last Saturday we had a church picnic and baptism. What a beautiful day it was and by that I don’t mean the weather. Oh, the weather was great too but what makes a baptism special is not the weather. It’s being a part of something incredible.

What is baptism? Maybe this is oversimplifying it a little, but it is an experience of identifying with Jesus. He loved us and so died an innocent death to give us new life. When someone is baptised, they are usually dunked under the water, symbolising death (death to sin) and then raised out of the water, symbolising new life, the new life they have received in Jesus Christ.

Two of our friends were baptised this Saturday. What a beautiful day it was. Congratulations Veronica and Pasha – Christ is risen and you have new life with him!