I received this e-mail from Troy McMahon - lead pastor at NewThing's Restore Community Church in Kansas City. Last weekend was one they won't soon forget as 11 people chose to "go public" and get baptized. This was the first baptism celebration for this three-month-old church.
Hi all,
Sunday was one of those marker events. We are in the middle of our Reverberate series talking about who we feel God has called us to be as a church at Restore. Sunday we talked about "Celebrate." Tommy did a wonderful job leading worship and he also shared his own story of walking away from God and how God brought him home through music.
Right after the service we had this processional of a couple hundred people make their way to the Aquatic Center, right behind the high school. There we all witnessed 11 people being baptized and taking their faith public. There were fathers baptizing adult children, parents baptizing younger children, sisters baptizing brothers, small group leaders baptizing small group members and more. Each person had a story to share. Before we ever moved to Kansas City, I had dreamed of this day. It blew my pitiful little dreams out of the water . . . literally. After each person was baptized there was this incredible roar from the crowd celebrating this life change. I can't wait to do this again.
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