Baptisms
DOUBLE DIPPING Normally the worst thing you can do at a party is to double dip. But, on Sunday 5 December, double dipping was the height of the celebration and the cause for the party. Kathryn Buchanan and Katherine Griffin from Glasshouse Country Baptist Church were both baptised in a church member’s swimming pool as a public confession of their faith in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour. The girls are both 18 and although they share a similar first name and are good friends, they came to their decisions to be baptised separately and have different life journeys. Kathryn Buchanan grew up in a Christian home and remembers understanding that Jesus loved her when she was in the playground at four years old. However, it wasn’t until Kathryn was 13 years old that she realised the amazing power of God’s forgiveness. ‘I’d never done anything terribly wrong,’ she said, ‘just stolen the odd cookie from the cookie jar while mum wasn’t looking, but I never pulled a gun on anyone. Being a Christian at school was hard and it was only when I searched for God’s help in the Bible that I realised that being good didn’t save me; it was only God’s grace that saved me’. Katherine Griffin’s journey began three and a half years ago when a stranger walked out of a shop and handed her a brown paper bag saying, ‘I hope this helps’. Inside the bag was Ms Griffin’s first Bible. ‘That was the beginning of my walk with God’,she said. ‘I read his Word and learned of his amazing grace and today I want to publicly confess my faith in Jesus Christ, to live my life the way God wants and to show others just how amazing he is.’ Both girls have just completed their first year of university and look forward to what their future journeys, walking in Christ, will bring. Sandy Johnson
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Please remember these newly baptised believers in your prayers. Annerley Mandy Nisha Bao Emmanuel Gabriel Birkdale Maddison Young City North Emma Burstow Gwilym Higgs Tim Nakhla Angus Pyott Joanna Town City Tabernacle Noush Afarin Ghavan Lou Simone Barbosa Grant Chalmers Cleveland Sammy Butcher David Cooper Michael Kelly Emily Pounder Amy Thirlwell Ashley Wetering Fraser Coast Chloe Hinton Russell Pawley Fairfield Megan Murray Gateway Jared Bazley Samuel Eames Deborah England Diana Ilies Josephine Johnson Terrence Jonathon
Gateway (Cont.) Ben Jones Santino Kut Renee Lamberth Benjamin Parry Lavinia Pitic Isaac Ravji Keperra Danielle Carey Josh Herron Daniel Hodges Ben Middleton Sam Morris Stephanie Smith Ashleigh Suffolk Kruger Parade Kieren Day Nikita Pacey Longreach Ben Edwards Camilla Hearn Reece Hearn Toby Whip Jack Zischke Riley Zischke Maroochy Daniel Alan Mat Daniel Tim Gill Chloe Grehan Jacob Grehan Donna Lewis Stafford Heights Wei Gough Nasma Kodi Matthew Nicklinson Yunis Tutu