2009 has seen more children baptised in our local church than during any other year in recent memory. Rather beautifully the great majority of these, there have been over twenty, came during the Easter Season when we were thanking God for his gift of new life. But September has also seen the font and baldicchino working overtime! For two weeks ago we baptised Matthew and last Sunday we baptised Ava alongside two members of our Sunday School, Findlay and Callum. Those charming chaps are pictured here with mum, Rosie, and dad, David, following the Mass at which the sacrament was administered.
This coming Sunday the youngest regular member of S. Barnabas church, baby Emily Grace, is due to be baptised. It is certain to be another day of great joy as we admit her into God’s family. But however small she may be, Emily will not be the youngest member for much longer, as it is now less than six weeks until the birth of baby Tomlinson (yikes!!) And then there will be another baptism to organise to which everyone is warmly invited. How wonderful that God’s family continues to grow from year to year and how wonderful that S. Barnabas continues to be so richly blessed with growth and new life.
