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08 Nov
[09-01-12] The Olympics are Coming!
The world’s premier sporting event - the 2012 Olympics and Paralympics is coming to the UK! It’s not only coming to the UK but Loughborough will be hosting Team GB and the Japanese team in their preparation for the games.[02-11-11] Intro to Acts
We’ve just started our new series on the book of Acts.[18-09-11] Introducing the new hosting team
A little while ago I attending a social event where most people were strangers.[15-09-11] Vision for the Future
On Sunday I shared with everyone there some of the things that have been stirring in me over the 3 month sabbatical.[18-08-11] Coming to Loughborough in September?
We are really looking forward to meeting and hearing from you if you are coming to Loughborough this September! Students have been at the heart of Open Heaven since it began over 18 years ago and we are so excited to meet you all and invest into you for the next 3 years.[01-07-11] France Team Update
So much has happened since our last update! It’s been a real boost to the team to have Ali and Vicky back from Montgenevre and meeting with the team regularly again.[01-06-11] Club Mission FND
On Friday 20th May we had our first ever Club Mission FND.[04-04-11] Audio Intro to Clusters
At January's Vision Evening I talked about our plans to transition our non-student cells into clusters (our students made a similar transition in 2009).[10-03-11] Luxuries for Life 2011
I'm sure many of you will have enjoyed a pancake or three yesterday.[01-03-11] Become the next OH Student Worker
We're looking for a new student worker to develop our work amongst Loughborough's students and take it to the next level.
Stacey got baptised!
Stacey was baptised last weekend. This was part of our termly baptisms meeting.
Baptism is a sign of initiation into the lifelong journey of following God. It confirms someone’s decision to follow Christ-a fundamental part of the conversion process.
Baptism has been central to the practice of the church right from its start eg Peter’s instructions on the Day of Pentecost were “Repent and be baptised” (Acts 2: 38). Jesus himself was baptised and set the model for us.
At Open Heaven, we do baptisms by full immersion as this was the normal mode of baptising in the New Testament. The actual word ‘baptise’ means to immerse, to saturate and to submerge. There is also great symbolism in full immersion baptism – a dying to past and sin, being buried with Christ and then rising again with him out of the waters into a new life (Romans 6: 4).
Posted by: Sam Huggill on Sunday Nov 8th, 2009
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