Easter Baptisms!

This past Sunday was Easter, and for the first time at BSM, we baptized two adults and one infant! It is a common in various Christian traditions to baptize people at Easter, the day in the liturgical calendar that most embodies the themes of both baptism and salvation--new life coming forth from the old, from death.
This Easter, Andre Cureton, Pamela Fulmore, and Deacon Golderer were baptized; Matt Ray couldn't be there this Sunday but completed the baptism class and an excerpt from his statement of faith will be posted soon.

Andre and Pamela shared excerpts of their beautiful statements of faith during the service, and those excerpts we now share with this broader community.

From Andre:
I remember when I was 15 years of age, my family abandoned me, I guess they could not take care of themselves. I grew up in a spiritual background and thinking God has abandoned me, so I began to reject God's love for me, I started hanging out with the worst of the worst, doing things that was not good in God's eyes, all I was thinking why me? Why must I suffer, if people only knew what my life was like, but out of all the bad things I've done I still had a good heart, I felt bad and would pray about it and ask God to forgive me, this is a person who cursed and rejected God's love ( go figure ) I spend a lot of time thinking about my youth and saying to myself, why did God protect me ? It was times I didn't think I would survive the madness, but all that time he protected me, now I know he has a plan for me. When I was homeless sleeping on the streets he watch over me while I slept, when I was hungry he fed me, when I was sick he cured me, when I wanted a family of my own he give me a loving daughter and handsome grandson, when I wanted a spiritual family he send me down South Broad St. right into the doors of BSM. I don't want to forget the bad times in my life, because it made me put God first in my life, and made me the person I am today. Being baptized is the first step for me to continue doing God work :)


From Pamela:
I know that there is no other God and no other truth equal to Jesus, he is the Good News. That is what I like about Christianity, holding the same belief that Jesus is King. Coming into the Church is something that I have wanted to do for years. He was made perfect and is perfect in all that he does, all that he speaks. He is compelling as God, as man, as a leader and as a teacher. He is a friend, he is magnificent, he is life giving, he is human, he is everlasting.


Stay posted for Matt Ray's statement of faith, and please join the rest of the BSM community as we pray for Andre, Matt, Pamela, and Deacon--that they might experience an ever-deepening awareness of how they are loved so much--by God and by this community, and that they might grow more and more in relationship to their Creator and Redeemer. Amen!