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Join us on 30 June 2019 for a special joint service of baptism. We will celebrate and bless the water, cleansing and filling all who are baptized with the Spirit of God. Come and be a part of this blessed event!
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Bagley Baptist with St James & All saints Joint service of baptism – 30 June 2019 19 May 2019, with Baptism of Teddy Wood
We praise you Father, for the gift of your Son, Jesus. He was baptised in the river Jordan, where your Spirit came upon him and revealed him as the son you love. He sent his followers to baptise all who turn to him. Now, Father we ask you to bless this water, that all who are baptised in it may be cleansed by the water of life. And filled with your Spirit, may know they are loved as your children, safe in Christ forever. Amen. The minister prays over the water
We all wander far from God and lose our way. Christ comes to find us and welcome us home. In baptism, we respond to his call. Therefore I ask, do you turn away from sin? I do. Do you turn to Christ? I do. Do you trust in Jesus as Lord? I do. The vows
Will you support Owyn as he begins his journey of faith? We will. Will you help him live and grow within God’s family? We will. Will you pray for him, and help him to follow Christ? We will. The vows
Matthew 3 (NIV): In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near”….People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River….Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.
But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.”Then John consented.As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”