Baptism

Hey everyone!

Hope you are all having a wonderful week. We missed you all on Sunday, but it was nice to spend time with Eric's dad and step-mom too.
I was just writing to let everyone know that I am going to be baptized on the Sunday after Thanksgiving at the 9:40 service, there will be no 8:10 service that week since it is the weekend of the Thanksgiving holiday. My parents will be in town from PA and they are so excited to be able to be there for it and to meet everyone in our life group.
Being baptized is something I've wanted to do for a long time. I grew up in a Christian home and was saved when I was 6 or 7 years old. There were several times when I was younger when I asked my parents if I could get baptized, but they wanted me to wait until I was older and could really understand the significance of that decision. Yet when I was a teenager during my high school years I wasn't really at a place in my walk with the Lord where I wanted to get baptized. It wasn't until college when I rededicated my life to the Lord and made the decision as an adult to be a true follower of Christ. At that time I was ready to be baptized and make that statement of my faith, but the church I attended during college rarely if ever did baptisms. So now that we are at Beltway and baptism is such a huge part of what our church stands for, it is the perfect timing. I know some of you might be out of town for the weekend because of the holiday, but if not it would be awesome to have you all there!

- Ranae