Picnic In The Park

Our church had our annual picnic last Sunday. There were plenty of activities for all ages. There were jump houses, games and face painting for the kids, & a concert featuring Jeff Anderson and Esterlyn in the Julia Davis Park Band Shell.

One of the highlights of the picnic is the water baptism that was conducted in the Boise River. The river banks were lined with hundreds of people, those who are being baptized and those who were there to support and cheer them on. Baptism is an outward sign of a decision that is made in the heart, a decision to accept the gift of salvation that Christ has offered to each one of us.

Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.

If we have been united with him like this in his death, we will certainly also be united with him in his resurrection. Romans 6:3-5

Baptism is a picture of Christ’s death, burial and resurrection. Into the water is death & burial and coming out of the water represents Christ’s resurrection new body and new life.


You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 3:26-28