A rope leading into a river: Must be a CCP Baptism!

We had our first ever baptism today! Stew Riley, one of the CCP team, was dunked today in the River Ribble! We had a great turn out of about 40-50 people, all squeezed into our usual meeting room at the  St James building in Preston. Being near standing room only was a good reminder that soon we'll be after a bigger space to meet! We had a fantastic time of worship, celebrating Jesus, doughnuts at break time (you wouldn't expect anything less...!) and then teaching from the Bible. 

Following this we all headed down to Avenham/ Miller park. Stew did a fantastic job sharing his testimony, telling us what Jesus had done in his life. A few of us then slithered down the bank of the Ribble, supported partially by the above pictured rope... It's a bit slippy down there! Someone commented that this was probably the most hardcore baptism they'd ever been to. I agree, the water was pretty cold and the current threatened a few times to wash us away... that's how we like it though! Anyway, it all went really well, Stew was thoroughly drenched, and everyone went back after to Dice N Doughnuts for some excellent drinks and food.