“The LORD Almighty has sworn, "Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will happen.” (Isaiah 14:24)

Prop: let dove fly through church (if you dare) OR celebrate an event, such as a baptism, or an ordination, or a blessing for mission

Today, as we prepare to celebrate the baptism of __________, I invite all of you children to come forward to witness this great event, as all of you too in the congregation bear witness to this momentous occasion.

[You can opt to do the baptism first, or you can give the first part of the sermon, and then insert the baptism later.]

What does it mean to be a witness? In our ritual of baptism today, you are an eye-witness and an ear-witness to an extraordinary event –an event that will change the life of ____ and will change t…