BEST. DAY. EVER.
AT HOME BAPTISMS
BEST. DAY. EVER. STEPS
BEFORE:
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If you would like to receive a Baptism Kit from the church, please contact Dawn Yauger at dyauger@greenfordchristian.org and let her know you would like to be baptized.
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Be sure to include your phone number so she can reach out and get important information, including your T-shirt size for your Best Day Every shirt.
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Identify a baptized believer who can baptize you. If you don’t have someone like that with you in your household, let Dawn know that when you speak.
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Watch the video below for instructions.
DURING:
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Blow up your inflatable pool. It might take a little while, but hey, you’ve got time
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Fill up your inflatable pool with water. You may not have a pool, so a hot tub or bathtub can work. Anything that allows you to be completely submerged.
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Get yourself ready - put on some shorts and your Best. Day. Ever. shirt.
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Get your phone out and have someone record this next part. Make sure to hold the phone horizontally.
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First, get yourself in the pool. Make sure you’ve got plenty of room to lay back and be submerged.
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Have the person baptizing you kneel beside the pool.
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Next the confession - Jesus said if we acknowledge Him in front of others, He will acknowledge us in front of His Heavenly Father (Matthew 10:32-33). Say or repeat - “I believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God, and He is my Savior.”
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Have the person baptizing you say, “I now baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit."
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Plug your nose, and have the person baptizing you lean you back, submerge you into the water, and then bring you back up!
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Celebrate like crazy! You’ve been buried with Christ, and now you’re raised to life in Him and given the promised Holy Spirit! Woohoo!
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Look at the camera and say “My name is FIRST NAME and this is my best day ever!"
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Take a photo. For this, hold the camera vertically, and get a great shot of the newly baptized person from the chest up. We know they’re sopping wet - that’s okay!
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Once you’ve recorded the video, which will probably be about 45 seconds to a minute in length, and you have taken a photo, you can email those to dyauger@greenfordchristian.org or upload them into the Google Drive folder Allison invited you to join.
AFTER:
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Send your video and photo to dyauger@greenfordchristian.org or upload the video and photo to the Google folder she invited you to when you first spoke.
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Fill Out the Baptism FORM HERE and email it back to Dawn Yauger.
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Celebrate with us on social media!
WATCH BELOW FOR INSTRUCTIONS
