God – who is able to do immeasurably more than we ask or imagine… 739 baptisms

Someone snapped this picture this weekend – I think it says it all.  One wet footprint on the church sidewalk! 

 
Actually there were a lot of them.  We had a little pool going in the office as to how many baptisms we would have this weekend.  I had 499, because we always seem to have one less than a big number :-).  We were really fasting and praying for 400.  That seemed like a huge number for us.  The highest guess was by our faith-filled Spiritual Formation Pastor Casey.  He had 600.  We all thought he was a little crazy.  And he was.  BECAUSE WE HAD 739!  I still can’t believe it.  739!  And I know for a fact that we missed counting some people, because they were coming at us from every direction. So we probably had more.

It’s quite the buzz around the area.  I was on Shine.FM radio on Monday morning, because Johnny the DJ was at our 4 pm service and was talking about it.  (Check it out here!)

You can get pics and video on our main website or just click  Baptisms at Parkview.

We have the 11 am service online and the baptisms from 11 am.  We’re working to get all the baptisms on there soon.

And Lockport set a new attendance record of 557!

This is going down as my favorite weekend of all time!

 

I got to baptize a lot of people with tears in their eyes.  People told me they felt the Spirit’s presence immediately when they walked in the building.  Imagine how many angels were rejoicing in heaven!  Of course we felt the Spirit.

Hey, it’s not too late to join us.  We can do your baptism any time. 

And now, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?  GET UP, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on his name.  Acts 22:16

What a thanksgiving we’re going to have!  I can’t believe how much adrenaline I still have looking at these pictures again.

Do you get how cool this is?  Do you understand the spiritual significance of 739 souls obeying the Lord in submission to submersion?   UNBELIEVABLE.

Give thanks to the Lord – for he is good.  His love endures forever.  Psalm 118:1

And I give thanks for all of you who said, “I’m diving in.”

You will never regret it. 

I’m praying for all of you.

Tim

P.S. - Rachel's group, Mosaic,  has completed a Christmas album called Until the Son of God Appears. It will be on iTunes in a couple of days. They will be leading worship the weekend of December 19-20. Check them out.

 

Comments

[Julie]

It was an awesome weekend! We are so happy that we were able to dedicate ourselves to Jesus!

[Johnny]

Hey Tim,

Thanks for the love :) We had a great time at the Saturday night service.

Sorry, we already changed the links around. If anyone wants to hear the interview, it's here:

http://tinyurl.com/timharlow

PS: You posted the picture yourself. It was a stage dive. :)

[Linda Bilek]

Saturday at 4pm! It was a life changing moment, and it meant even more being baptized by you Tim! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

[Jean]

This week-end was nothing short of a miracle. Over 700 people did what Jesus asked us to do - "believe and be baptized". Wow, see what happened? God was there - big time!!