Life Change Celebrated at The Creek

Baptism … there’s nothing like it. The tradition seems weird for some, but those who are followers of Jesus Christ it is an act that dates back to the time that Jesus walked on this earth. The very word baptism comes from a Greek word that means to dip or to plunge. It was initially used to describe someone as they would dip garments or pieces of cloth into dye. Think about it. The garment would be one color and then it was baptized in the dye and became another color.

The common act of baptizing garments became a way to describe how one’s life can be changed through faith. When we were sinners, we were headed in one direction and then we repented of our sins and turned and walked in a new direction. As a result of our repentance and the forgiveness of our transgressions, our lives have been changed. We were dead in our sins and through Jesus Christ we given a new life. To symbolize that the fact that we died to sin, we go down into the waters of baptism and are lifted up in new life to announce the fact that we are born again.

On Wednesday, August 12, 2009, twenty people went public with their faith during a baptism service at Stevens Creek Church. This service was a spiritual marker in the lives of these people and it will be an event that they will always remember. With the August baptism service, Stevens Creek set a new record of baptisms in one year. We are living in the midst of a revival. Don’t miss a service because there is more to come.