Baptisms?

[russhutto]

How do you guys go about celebrating baptism?

I'm just curious what it looks like across the spectrum of churches represented here.

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I've included a few pics from my blog, of what a "typical" baptism celebration looks like at House of Joy!

We will record a lot of those who are to be baptized telling their "Stories" on video and then weave those in with live music and the actual baptisms...it's pretty fun!

Your thoughts and experiences?

[Stevie Nature]

Well, since we're in a temp facility we've been using someone's swimming pool. We'll encourage the person to give a brief testimony. Some people are a little shy. You now that goes. We'll also normally have whoever led them to the Lord do the baptism. Again, if the person is comfortable with this.

[El Ben]

Since our church is on an island, we baptize our new members in the ocean. It's an incredible, beautiful experience that we tag on with our "Worship at the Park" celebration. My first Sunday at CRCSSI was a Worship at the Park , followed by oceanside baptism service afterwards complete with bagpipes playing "Amazing Grace" and "Come Thou Fount." I was moved to tears. It was beautiful.

[sicstrings]

We celebrate baptisms with a lot of wet hugs and some woohooin'!! :D

But seriously folks...

We have a built-in dunkin' tub behind our stage (there's a 6x6 opening for folks to see in) in the auditorium. Baptisms are usually part of our 1st song set, this is way cool, praising God with music and life commitment. However, having said all that, we are a church that will baptize you where ever the water is deep enough. Saturday a young man was baptized in a horse trough after studying with one of our pastors. Last month I baptized my son in a creek during a weekend long family conference. We're kinda like Philip and the Eunuch over here.