OBER GATLINBURG BAPTISMS
SNOW TRULY IS HOLY WATER!
On
Sunday, March 9, Smoky Mountain Resort Ministries celebrated God’s work with a baptism in a water feature dug into
the snow of Ober Gatlinburg’s ski slopes!
The
group that meets for worship on the slopes at 12:30 on Sundays includes Ober
Gatlinburg visitors and members of the National Ski Patrol and employees of the
Gatlinburg Snow Sports School. Bill
Black leads this worship group with help from members of Gatlinburg First
Baptist Church and Pigeon Forge First Baptist Church. Two instructors from the Gatlinburg Snow
Sports School professed their faith in Christ and requested baptism ---in the
snow at Ober Gatlinburg!
Ober
Gatlinburg was hosting its Spring Fling on March 9. Spring Fling activities include trying to
ski or snowboard across a trench dug into the snow and filled with water and
snow. Ober Gatlinburg’s owners gave permission for Smoky Mountain Resort
Ministries to gather in worship before the mountain opened and celebrate the
baptisms. Thirty friends gathered to
worship with Scripture readings, prayers, testimonies, and hymns. The water was icy as Bill and his sisters in
Christ waded in. God’s joy and laughter
joined everyone else’s as these baptisms were quickly done!
