Baptism Sunday, 8-9-2026

The New Testament is filled with powerful stories of people hearing the Gospel, believing in Jesus, and being baptized. Today we are celebrating both adults who are publicly professing their faith in Christ and children of believers who are receiving the sign of God’s covenant promises. Those may seem like two very different moments but Acts 2 and Acts 16 help us see how they belong together. Fifty days after the resurrection of Jesus, Jews from all over the known world gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate Pentecost. They came from different nations, cultures, and languages. Then the Holy Spirit filled the disciples, and they began proclaiming the mighty works of God in the languages of the people gathered there. The sound drew a massive crowd, and Peter stood up and preached the Gospel. He told them that Jesus had been crucified, raised from the dead, and exalted as both Lord and Messiah.