Baptism at the Beach!

On Saturday, June 2nd, at 5PM, Coastal will have it's next "Baptism at the Beach!" We will be at the Folly Beach County Park. I absolutely love these services! I know we have a bunch of people who have been through our 101 Class who have indicated they need to and would like to be baptized. We also have several students who will be baptized. Join us for this special service. There's just something awesome about standing on the beach at the "edge of America," listening to the crash of the waves, walking out into the surf, burying the old man of sin into a powerful, salty, crashing foam of God's love. And then as you raise them to "walk in the newness of life," seeing and hearing a crowd of people cheering them on just sends chills down my spine every time! Baptism is the symbol and celebration of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ! It's the public profession of our faith in and commitment to Christ. It's the outward picture of the washing away of our sin and the new birth in Christ.

We've never lost anyone to jelly fish, stingrays, or sharks - yet! We did actually have to delay the time of a baptism service for 30 minutes once because of a shark sighting. How cool is that? Talk about faith! The way it works is once a shark is spotted, you have to wait 30 minutes without spotting one again. Not exactly very assuring, but somehow I've got a feeling God builds a powerful hedge of protection around us every time (I think Ranny, Wyatt, and David call them "Surfing Angels."). And now that I've successfully thinned out the "baptism onlookers," if you have any questions about baptism or would like to be baptized, please contact me. It's going to be AWESOME!