Part of the process,
like Christ, into the water,
a baptism into the faith
affirming the connection
with all who have gone before
into the waters with Christ.
Dying to the world, our old selves
up from the waters,
Beloved of God;
Living, worshiping together
in connection with our Lord
with our God.
Calling the indwelling of the Spirit
to change our lives
from the inside out;
Rising from the water
into a new life
a life in the Spirit of God.
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edited September 30, 2015
In Connection – v4
(editing original)
edited December 2, 2014
In Connection – v3
(editing original again)
edited
November 11, 2014
In
Connection – v2
June
30, 2009 and July 1, 2009
In
Connection
Reverend
Sammie Maxwell
African
Choir
Celebration
of Youth
Baptism
of the Teens
families
from the Democratic Republic of Congo,
who
suffered through the massacre of August 13, 2004,
at
Gatumba, their refugee camp in Burundi
Psalm
130
Mark
1:1-13
and
sermon, “A Baptism of Life Change”
by
Bishop Peter Weaver
New
England United Methodist Conference
Contoocook
United Methodist Church
June
28, 2009
&
May
22, 2012
Reading Partners In Ministry of 5/22/2012 from
Bishop Peter Weaver of New England Conference of the United Methodist Church
&
his quote from his Episcopal Address:
"If God can bring to life the crucified
Christ, then surely God can bring to life a calcified church."
&
listening
again to Episcopal Address (sermon) by Bishop Peter Weaver
General
Conference of United Methodist Church
&
March
13, 2014
opening our hearts - 2
Hebrews
13:2
“A
Light on the Riverbank”
devotion
by Anna Robertson Stone
&
for
March 13, 2014
read
March 13, 2014
Duck
Commander Daily Devotional
compiled
by Alan Robertson
&
Edited
October 22, 2013
Streams
of Water – v3
Edited
October 14, 2013
Streams
of Water – v2
June
30, 2009 and July 1, 2009
Streams
of Water
Reverend
Sammie Maxwell
Celebration
of Youth
Baptism
of the Teens
Psalm
130
Mark
1:1-13
and
sermon, “A Baptism of Life Change”
by
Bishop Peter Weaver of New England United Methodist Conference
Contoocook
United Methodist Church
June
28, 2009
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