Last night after the group I lead this girl (mid-twenties) and I were talking. She's been coming to our church for about six months. She told me the week before that she wants to get baptized at our baptism service. We meet in a High School, so we're renting a church building to have it in. So last night she says, "Could you explain to me how this is gonna work? Like, how do you baptize someone in a church building? I just don't get it. I mean, I've never been inside a church building, but I just can't imagine how you could baptize someone in one."
How cool is that?
I explained to her the "pool of water" in the building that we'd use. I asked, "Why don't you show up early and we'll show you around." She said, "Yeah, that'd be good, because this is going to be weird."
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Pretty Cool
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This is very cool. It is so refreshing to see the questions and excitement that new believers have.
And actually, I'm not sure if you've seen it or not, but I just put up a video on my own blog earlier today about a church that had numerous people like the girl you are describing, and so decided to make a video about what baptism was and what was going to happen. I don't think you are having a poolside BBQ and baptism, but still, this is an interesting way to explain what to expect in baptism.
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