2008 has been rather 'pants' for Dibley Baptist Church, but today I am doing a little dance around my office because there has been some GOOD news after several months of SAD news.
Tonight I received a request for baptism from one of our folk. This would be welcome news in any church, granted, but especially so for us - the first one in almost a decade and... this is the REALLY exciting bit... it comes from someone in her 70's! She is meeting me to discuss things further on Wednesday and then I shall be able to tell the church meeting on Thursday.
Yeay, I'm cheered!
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Fantastic news. Such an encouragement. May this be the first of many. Richard
This is wonderful news!
Fantastic! Where will you do it?
Where - that's a good question. My preferences would be (i) hire a portable and do it at school (ii) hire a swimming pool and have a party (iii) borrow D+2's building. My suspicion is they will want option (iii). I will 'go with the flow' on location - but I'm really glad we binned Dibley's baptismal gowns, cloaks and ministerial waders (oh how I wish this was a jest!) when we closed the building!
As for a river, way too cold and murky - and that's just for me!
wonderful news!