The Big Splash!
Monday 24th November
I’m getting very excited about next Sunday (30th November) – our Morning Service at 11am will include Emma Williams’ baptism, and I’m sure its going to be a great and wonderful day. Emma has come to a real and personal faith over the past few years, and has been thinking about baptism for some time. She finally made the decision to be baptized this autumn, and now she is inviting many of her family and friends to come and share the day with her. Baptism is first and foremost a public profession of faith – a way of saying to the world “I am a Christian, and I love Jesus”. It is also an act of witness – a challenge to others to decide where they stand with God. Thirdly, it is a symbol of washing and new life. The water is an outward sign that we have been inwardly washed clean by God, and have started to live a new life for him. But finally, baptism is God’s consecrating – it is a moment when God touches and blesses and fills us with his Spirit. Pray for Emma this week, and in the coming weeks. Come and join us on Sunday – and ask God to make it a moment which speaks powerfully to many people.
Next Sunday evening (30th November) – there will be no evening service at MBC – instead, we will be joining together with other local churches in a united “Songs of Praise” at New Life Family Church, at 6.30pm. Do come and join us if you can – it should be a great evening!
Our good friend and faithful Church member, Dolly Dolman, died on Saturday morning. She will be greatly missed, and we offer our condolences and prayers to her family. Dolly had a great attitude in her final illness. She often said “I’m not worried about anything – I just leave it all to the Lord”. She meant it too – it wasnt just words. I will miss being able to say “Hello Dolly!”, whenever I saw her – but I look forward to saying it again one day in glory. God bless you, Dolly!
Have a good week. Try not to get washed away in the rain. Stephen.
“Roses are red, violets are blue; If a poem doesn’t rhyme, some people think its superior to one that does.”
