Open Baptism Update

For about a year now Glen has been saying he'd like to have an open baptism time. The idea is that we'd pick a day when people who want to get baptized could just show up and get it done. Our hope was that this would be helpful to those who have been thinking about baptism but never really followed through or set a date.

So we put June 23rd on the calendars with minimal expectations. We thought that over the course of 3 hours maybe 5 people would show up. Glen and I (Fred) joked that we'd have lots of quality time together while we waited for the next person to roll in.

Boy were we wrong. 22 people were baptized yesterday. Some were younger kids (7-10), some were teens, many were adults. There were tears, smiles and hugs. Parents got baptized alongside their kids. You should have been there.

Congrats to the people who took this important step of faith.

• Zackary Howell


• Christopher Howell


• Danyell Hamilton


• Jason Hamilton


• Danny Callico


• Brandon Moore


• Terry Diamond


• Nancy Diamond


• Gi Gi Bray


• Robert Morgan


• Diann Williams


• Katie Fitzpatrick


• Hannah Fitzpatrick


• Melissa Fitzpatrick


• Amelia Dix


• Frederick Hanselman


• Lonnie Duff


• Savanna Duff


• Bryce Phelps


• Shirley Phelps


• Challin Phelps


• Melissa Foy

Would you please pray for them this week? If you know them, tell them how proud you are of them.

Special thanks to Tim & Kelly Booth and Chris Thorne for providing us sound and video support and to Greg Chandler and Greg Gilmore for taking on hosting duties while Glen and I were soaking wet!

P.S. If you're reading this thinking, "Dang! I needed to do that too." you aren't too late. Contact me (fturner@xroadschurch.org or 263-4633 ext. 231) and we'll get it done.