Traditions: Baptism

This series is designed to help us better understand our church traditions and why we do what we do. Find Jesus, community, and purpose. https://southeastcc.org Good morning, Southeast family. How are you guys doing? My name is Jason. I'm one of the student pastors here at Southeast. Aaron is out today. He and Kelly are not here. So, you guys are stuck with me, hopefully that's okay. I do have one quick announcement before we go into anything else. This next week, next Sunday, the 23rd from 1:00 to 3:00 PM. The student ministry middle and high school students are going to be doing a carwash fundraiser after church. This is for going to camp this summer. For me, camp was one of those amazing life-changing experiences and for our ministry, it's one of the highlights of our year, but the thing is camp costs money. So, we are doing this fundraiser because we have some families that definitely could use the support. We would love your help. Just come out next week after the third service, or maybe if you were attending this service or the earlier service, just come back after lunch or something when the crowds have dissipated and get in there. It's just by donation only. So, we would love your help with that. We're excited for camp this summer!  So, we have been in this series called Traditions. Now I've loved this series because we're discussing really sacred things that if we're not careful can easily become commonplace, right? So, whether it's the Bible or worship or communion or prayer or gathering together as a church, these are things that we do regularly, right? And sometimes we can get caught up in the monotony of some things. I know especially for myself, you know, I've been going to church for a long time and sometimes it's so easy, right? To lose sight of these things, and what they mean, and the significance, and the power behind them. Today, we are talking about baptism. Now I am super excited! Baptism is one of my favorite topics in scripture. It's one o