My little niece got baptised yesterday (Methodists do infant #baptism).

She was so sweet. They had to stand in the front before the stage, and the minister came down to do the ceremony. At one point, sitting in her mother's arms, she reached down and plucked the offering basket off the stage. The minister said, "Oh, she's going to be a church girl; she's a steward in the making!"

She also didn't cry once. Not even when the minister was drawing the cross on her forehead with the water. She just looked at him as if to say, "Dude, what are you DOING?!" :-D

Sunday 08:25
Sleep is all over the place, not helped by my having both Shingles and Influenza shots on Friday morning.
Symptoms have not been terrible, but have been absolutely drained and tired.

Did not go out at all yesterday.
Stayed home to rest.
That said, I did work on 5 full loads of laundry, generated by the 3 of us over the past 2 weeks.
Dragon-in-Law Eva put a couple of baskets away yesterday, and I shall work on a couple today.

Have already started brewing a half-pot of Coffee, enough for 2 large mugs.
I shall be enjoying Guatemalan Coffee from Every Tribe Coffee.
https://everytribecoffee.com/products/guatemala-coffee
Shall be making a cooked breakfast.

I have decided to stay home again today, and shall watch the 11:00 service of CenterPointe Christian Church online with a host.
https://mycpointe.com/
I need to fully recover from my shots before Monday morning, when a workmate and I are taking a drive to attend a 3 day Food Bank Sourcing Conference.
Arianna does plan to attend the 2nd service in-person. One of the ladies in her D-Group is being baptised, and Arianna has been asked to take photos of the event and audience.

Well, that's pretty much my day.
How is yours coming along?
Peter //O\

#Vaccination #Shingles #Influenza #Flu #Laundry #Rest #Coffee #EveryTribesCoffee #Church #Bible #Baptism

Friday 22:17
Went to bed before 21:00, feeling absolutely drained.
This morning I received my 2nd Shingles Shot from the Doctor's Office and Influenza Shot from Publix.
Went to work for a couple of hours, but started feeling really woozy. My most excellent boss Danielle told me to go home.
Been on / off napping all afternoon & evening.
Didn't even make it to TheBugcast live show.
Tomorrow I shall most probably stay at home all day:
a) I do have a 06:00 appointment with the 30 hours of prayer, but will probably do that from home.
b) Rescheduled my Blood Donation 09:00 appt to the following Saturday.
c) Arianna had been invited to a lady's Baptism at the Church building at 16:30, but the event has been moved to Sunday's 2nd service at 11:00. I had planned to attend & witness also.
Although I shall rest up as much as possible, I shall still work on 2 weeks worth of laundry, and complete my MissionAssist allocated Bible chapters over the weekend.
Thank you for your thoughts and prayers my friends.
Peter //O\

#Vaccination #TheBugcast #Prayer #Church #BloodDonor #BloodDonation #Baptism #Laundry #MissionAssist #Friends

Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards’ daughter Lola gets baptized after hitting ‘rock bottom’ https://www.inbella.com/870223/charlie-sheen-and-denise-richards-daughter-lola-gets-baptized-after-hitting-rock-bottom/ #Baptism #Celebrities #CelebritiesTopics #CELEBRITYCHILDREN #CELEBRITYEXES #CELEBRITYSOCIALMEDIA #CharlieSheen #DeniseRichards #Entertainment

Finding my granddad and siblings in Catholic baptism registers for Leeds, Yorkshire https://vivsancestry.wordpress.com/2024/08/19/finding-my-granddad-and-siblings-in-catholic-baptism-registers-for-leeds-yorkshire/ #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #BaptismRegisters #Baptism #Ireland #Dublin #Leeds #Yorkshire #WestYorkshire #Digitisation #FindMyPast #Catholic #RomanCatholic #Latin

Mmmm. It's possible the water in the font is a touch on the warm side.

A family baptism in Westkapelle in 1713

When I found the baptismal certificate of my direct ancestor Anna Francisca Musschelier, to my great surprise, I immediately found the baptismal certificates of both her parents. On July 10, 1713, the entire family was baptized in the West Flemish municipality of Westkapelle. A family baptism, as it were.

#genealogy #18thCentury #baptism #Catholicism #CatholicFaith #Musschelier #Vermeulen #WestKapelle

https://evasboom.com/en/2024/03/23/a-family-baptism-in-westkapelle-in-1713/

My girlfriend and I are atheists. She was asked by her sister to be the god other for her youngest child.

She was explicitly told it wouldn't be very religious.

My girlfriend was asked to take a training course online for how to be a godparent. It is telling her she must reject sin and accept the faith.

We are both really annoyed.

#atheism #atheists #catholic #christianity
#baptism #religion