Good morning friends!

Well as fate would have it - last Sunday DD wanted me to stay in the service until Sunday School started. I was only there for half an hour and it was v lively!!
To my total astonishment they had an adult baptism. I was at the back and couldn't quite see what was going on - then noticed all the action was being shown on a video screen overhead - there was man walking into a swimming pool!! (I had no idea they had a pool under the floor.) Four people got baptised and it was v moving hearing their testimonies. Not quite sure it's my cup of tea - all the singing and hand waving - I prefer the Quakers, but its definitely fun. And who says the devil has all the best tunes - we love singing "God is in the House" - particularly in the morning when aetheist DH is just getting up.

Have a good day xx

Yes, I'm (currently) Baptist, having been brought up presbyterian and spent 12 years in the Anglican church.

The biggest difference is the baptism stuff and if your dd is only 5 that won't be an issue for a while

Powerpack is good - our church used their materials for several years but now have done it all I think!! Is the song "God is in the House"? That's one of our kids favourites (my dd2 is also 5).

Have you ever thought abou tgoing along yourself?

babtist? Chist?



That would be baptist and Christ then

If your babtist church is anything like ours then very few of the people there will actually be born and bred baptists. We've got everything in ours - anglicans, catholics, brethren, methodists, pentecostal - we all rub along fine believing that Chist died for us.

Tell her it's God's power which we can't see, that he sent to Earth to remind people of God and Jesus after Jesus went back to Heaven, if she is getting confused

LOL @ Jesus in a sheet! I find it helpful to think of water in it's 3 states; ice, liquid and steam = 3 types, 1 entity = trinity (sort of!)

thanks for the explanation. I was thinking of telling her it was Jesus with a white sheet on.. but that's just a bit heretical...!!

The HS is one of the trinity and he is the person who gives believers the power we need to change to love other people like Jesus.

Perhaps you need to explain the trinity that God is 3 in 1 all are equal Father, Son & HS.

YOu can always tell her to ask the sunday school teachers!

Yep I thought it was only the RC's who referred to the HOly Ghost so I was really surprised when I heard DD singing her Powerpack song about the HOly Ghost. Well, as an RC I never quite understood Holy Ghost/ Spirit stuff....- can someone give me a simple explanation simple enough for a 46 year old mother of a 5 year old.

The Holy Spirit is what Catholics call the Holy Ghost.

they are mainstream Christian so don't panick! They have believers baptism and believe in the power of the Holy Spirit for the here & now not just new testament times.