Showing posts with label baptism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baptism. Show all posts

Sunday, April 24, 2011

NEW LIFE - TWINS BENTLEY GRACE AND NOAH ANTHONY


Hey Ms June, sorry it took so long to get these to you. I misplaced the email address you gave us at church. If sending the photos to you via this address doesnt work out, let me know.

Thank you for acknowledging our family,

Rachel & Ashley Guidry (Noah Anthony & Bentley Grace)

And what a lovely family!



Noah Anthony up close. Adorable, isn't he?



Bentley Grace close up. Precious, isn't she?

We celebrated Noah's and Bentley's baptisms at St John's on this joyous Easter Day.



Fr Ed baptizes Bentley Grace as the proud moms, their godparents and families, and the congregation look on.



Next comes Noah's baptism, and we all have a second chance to "Oooh" and "Aaah".

Thank you, Ashley and Rachel, for allowing me the honor of celebrating the birth and baptism of your darling babies here at Wounded Bird.
Heavenly Father, we thank you that by water and the Holy Spirit you have bestowed upon Noah and Bentley the forgiveness of sin, and have raised them to the new life of grace. Sustain them, O Lord, in your Holy Spirit. Give them an inquiring and discerning heart, the courage to will and to persevere, a spirit to know and to love you, and the gift of joy and wonder in all your works. Amen.
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We receive you into the household of God. Confess the faith of Christ crucified, proclaim his resurrection, and share with us in his eternal priesthood.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

QUOTE OF THE DAY - ROWAN WILLIAMS


'Hooker has this at least in common with Luther, that he is profoundly suspicious of conditions other than baptism as a test of belonging to the Church; and he is in effect saying to his opponents [the Puritans] that they are not Protestant enough, if the touchstone of Protestantism is witness to the liberty and the priority of God's act.'

Rowan Williams, Why Study the Past, p. 78.

Drawing of Rowan Williams by Lesley Fellows.

H/T to Lesley Fellows at Lesley's Blog for the quote.

I'd have no post here without the awesome Lesley Fellows.