Dean's Baptism

November 11th was Dean's baptism at the church. It was a special day for our family. In the event that you are unsure of what infant baptism is about, I thought I would offer a brief explanation. In the Old Testament days adults were circumcised as a sign of their faith but when they had children their infants were circumcised at birth before they professed faith. Since Christ, baptism has replaced circumcision. Therefore we came before the congregation of believers to 1. acknowledge Dean's need of the cleansing blood of Jesus Christ and the renewing grace of the Holy Spirit; 2. claim God's covenant promises on Dean's behalf and look in faith to the Lord Jesus Christ for his salvation, as we do our own; and 3. dedicate Dean to God and promise, relying on God's grace, that we will set before him a Godly example, pray with and for him, teach him the doctrines of Truth and strive by the means of God's appointment to bring him up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Simply stated we publicly claimed the promise that God will be a God to us and to our household.

In case you missed it or want to read Neal's blessing here it is:
Dean, your mother and I love you very much. Our prayer for you comes from 1^st Kings 2:2-3 and Deuteronomy 28:1-7. “Be strong, and show yourself a man, and keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in His ways and keeping His statutes, His commandments, His rules, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn.” "And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the Lord your God. Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. Blessed shall be…the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock. Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you. They shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.”

Sorry we don't have any still shots of the actual baptism or Neal reading his blessing/prayer to Dean. We do have good video that Heath was kind enough to take for us (and Heath it did turn out fine - Slade is not really an issue). Now on to the pictures:

Paster Reeder and our family after the service

A proud Honey and Juju

Dean munching on his hand

The crew playing before lunch

Dean's After Lunch Photo Shoot: