Tuesday, August 22, 2017

"Shall we gather at the River?"



The little Country Church is growing!

A recent baptismal service 
down by the River gave evidence to that!

The weather was a bit chillier than usual for August,
and the forecast was for rain,
but it didn't dampen the spirit that was present.

The service started out with an old familiar hymn that was
written by Robert Lowry back in 1864.
Hearty singing was accompanied by a banjo and guitars.



"Shall we gather at the river,
Where bright angel's feet have trod,
With its crystal tide forever
Flowing by the throne of God?

Shall we gather at the river?
The beautiful, the beautiful river?
Gather with the saints at the river
That flows by the Throne of God."



With family and friends watching,
one by one the baptismal candidates entered the water.


(This brought to my mind memories of when I was baptized 
in this same river years ago at the tender age of twelve.)


Smiles were on the faces of the pastors as well as the ones being baptized,
as they gladly followed our Lord's command
from Matthew 28:19 that says:
"Go and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the Name of the Father
and of the son and of the Holy Spirit"
Could this be a prelude to revival?

To see part of the actual ceremony, I'm going to try to include a link to view...
I hope this will work!
To view it, click HERE!

The next highly anticipated event at the little Country Church
will be the upcoming annual Pig Roast next month!
(Click on the link above to see last year's post of this occasion,
or look for it on the right hand side bar of popular posts.)
!

Thanks for stopping by!
A new post will be up soon on Rock4Today,
featuring the "Names of God on Rocks"!




2 comments:

Ruth Hiebert said...

What a precious time of renewal and commitment!

allenanddebby.blogspot.com said...

We often sang that song in our little church in Japan. We lived by the ocean but our camp grounds were in the mountains and by a river. So I sing this song in Japanese at times! Love, love! What good memories of our little church!