{"id":10440,"date":"2025-03-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/?p=10440"},"modified":"2025-03-08T10:27:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T16:27:41","slug":"celebrating-the-baptism-of-gavyn-wells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/celebrating-the-baptism-of-gavyn-wells\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the Baptism of Gavyn Wells"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"847\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"10441\" src=\"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-02-Baptism_1-847x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-02-Baptism_1-847x1024.jpg 847w, https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-02-Baptism_1-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-02-Baptism_1-768x929.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-02-Baptism_1-1270x1536.jpg 1270w, https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-02-Baptism_1.jpg 1634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 847px) 100vw, 847px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sunday, March 2, 2025, we had the joy of celebrating the baptism of Gavyn Wells at Light On A Hill Church. Gavyn, a young adult high school student, publicly professed his faith in Jesus Christ and was baptized by Associate Pastor Jesse Loew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After committing his life to Christ, Gavyn felt led to take this next step of faith in obedience to God\u2019s Word. Surrounded by his family, friends, and church community, he made a powerful declaration of his trust in Jesus as his Savior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Baptism is a beautiful symbol of our new life in Christ, and we are overjoyed to walk alongside Gavyn in his spiritual journey. Please join us in praying for him as he continues to grow in faith and live out God\u2019s purpose for his life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>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.<\/em> <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Romans 6:4<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-02-Baptism3-1024x596.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-02-Baptism3-1024x596.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-02-Baptism3-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-02-Baptism3-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-02-Baptism3-1536x893.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/loah.org\/marsd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-02-Baptism3-2048x1191.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, March 2, 2025, we had the joy of celebrating the baptism of Gavyn Wells at Light On A Hill Church. Gavyn, a young adult high school student, publicly professed his faith in Jesus Christ and was baptized by Associate Pastor Jesse Loew. After committing his life to Christ, Gavyn felt led to take this next step of faith in obedience to God\u2019s Word. 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