Baptisms (and Anniversary Service)
As most of you know by now, last Sunday was a very special service! It was the 8th anniversary of the Path of Life Bible Church in the community of Jesús MarÃa. But it was also a joint service – between the church in Jesús MarÃa and the new church in Las Palmas.
12 people were baptized on Sunday, from both churches. This was the first baptism service for the Las Palmas church (although some people in the church had been baptized before we officially started meeting.
Nathanael was the 12th disciple to be baptized. 🙂
I made up this video – about 4 minutes – to share with you, and also to show this morning to those who missed the service. It’s in Spanish, of course, so I’ll explain briefly.
This took place in the new baptismal tank in the new sanctuary in the church, so you can see the progress that has been made.
At the beginning, Pastor Ismael explained the theme – the unity of all believers. So you’ll see that. He shares a verse – you might be able to figure out what it is!
I would have posted more from the service, but so much was music-based, and YouTube gets skittish about that kind of thing because of copyright issues.
But there was congregational singing, there was a special women’s choir, participation from kids and youth, and Rod preached.
Afterwards, Ismael explains a bit about baptism, and then the baptisms begin!
It’s hard to get a picture, though I tried — but basically most people crowded around the stage to watch, with a few actually on the stage – those are the ones you will mostly see toward the end.
These are 12 people to pray for – and people that many of you have been praying for! Enjoy!
10 years ago today! We were hanging out at the Casteel’s “castle” in Cuernavaca, and here are some of the people we were hanging out with – Gary and Kim Lidstone! The Lidstones were in Cuernavaca from Canada, working on their Spanish for a little while. If I remember correctly, this was just before they returned to Canada.
This service will also be a baptism service for both churches. That means that this will be the first baptism service of the Path of Life Bible Church of Las Palmas (although we have baptized some in this church, but it was not at a service of the church. It was before we started officially meeting.)! As you might imagine, there is a lot of spiritual opposition when someone wants to declare their faith in the Lord publicly.