Well, last week was quite the week in the young life of the Hamilton Fellowships. We welcomed our first week long mission team, we did a number of different service projects, meals and events and we celebrated our first baptisms! It was such a privilege to not only celebrate this amazing event but to do so with our partners from Parkview Baptist, Alabama.
Last week I shared that my son Liam had asked to be baptized. I was very proud to be able to plan a baptism service. I also shared that it would be the first baptism for our new fellowship here in Hamilton and that I was prayerful that it would have a big impact on the culture of our group. As it turns out, that impact would be sooner and quicker than I would have expected. We planned a service for the following week. Over the week, however, we had the opportunity to have some specific conversations about faith in Christ and we had some specific conversations about what baptism is and what is represents. As we discussed baptism, we began to realize that some of our fellowship members had never actually seen an immersion baptism and had no idea what one looked like. We turned to YouTube for some visuals, and to Romans 6 (amoung other verses) as we sought to put the pieces together. The conversations we interesting, to say the least, and exciting for us who were privileged to be a part of them. By the time the week was over, we had three people with a clear understanding of the gospel, a clear understanding of baptism and a desire to follow the Lord in this fashion! On Tuesday evening we headed down to the lake, and with our friends from Alabama at our side, we had the privilege of baptizing three new kingdom citizens!
Below are some pictures from that night.
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| Betty's Baptism |
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| The group Gathered to Celebrate |
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| Liam's Baptism |
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| Breaking Bread with friends from Alabama |
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| Celebrating with Yuri |
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