A ribbon of faith,
a living stream,
like the water
we walked, singing
down to the river
A community, happy
new members joining
being baptized in the waters
into the faith
into the family
Spirit washing over them
made new, brothers and sisters
with us, with Christ
changed forever
Beloved of God
July 3, 2009
Reverend Sammie Maxwell
African Choir
Celebration of Youth
Baptism of the Teens
families from the Democratic Republic of Congo,
who suffered through the massacre of August 13, 2004,
at Gatumba, their refugee camp in Burundi
See – http://www.hrw.org/legacy/backgrounder/africa/burundi/2004/0904/1.htm#_Toc81987410,
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Activists_remember_Burundi’s_Gatumba_massacre
Psalm 130
Mark 1:1-13
and sermon, “A Baptism of Life Change”
by Bishop Peter Weaver of New England United Methodist Conference
Contoocook United Methodist Church
June 28, 2009
(Raymond A. Foss)
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