Well, the "baptism in a movie theatre" mission was hugely successful. Dave and John pulled it off without a hitch. By the time I got there Sunday morning for sound check, the baptistry was not only assembled, but full of water - WARM water at that (I'm telling you, they thought of everything!). This actually happened two Sundays ago, so you can see how well I've been doing at keeping my new blog up to date (ya, right!).
Brandon, Meadow's friendly neighborhood plumber, had brought in an industrial strength sump pump thingy and after the service the baptistry was emptied of who knows how many hundreds of gallons of water in less than twenty minutes.
The service itself was incredible. We opened with Chris Tomlin's "Party" and it just took off from there. The best part was, of course, the baptisms. Before people go through the actual baptizing at Meadow, they nail a card with their name on it to a cross as a symbolic statement that they belong to Jesus and that their lives have been changed because of what he did on the cross. And then the actual baptism - a huge step of faith - and wildly out of most people's comfort zone - another symbol. We were dead in our sins, but have been raised to new life through Jesus. It is always extremely moving and exciting. Congratulations to you all!
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