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PHOTO GALLERY: Bayside Community Campus Beach Day


  • By Rachel S. OHara
  • | 4:00 a.m. July 31, 2012
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PHOTO GALLERY: Bayside Community Campus Beach Day
Pastor Craig King and Ed Coil, Discipleship Lead Coach, prepare Caroline and Parker Thurman to be baptized, Sunday, July 30.
Pastor Craig King and Ed Coil, Discipleship Lead Coach, prepare Caroline and Parker Thurman to be baptized, Sunday, July 30.
Laura Taylor with Sydney, 9 mos., and Ryleigh, 2, Glass and Olivia Shephard, 5
Laura Taylor with Sydney, 9 mos., and Ryleigh, 2, Glass and Olivia Shephard, 5
Erin and Clark Means with their daughter, Charlotte, 1.
Erin and Clark Means with their daughter, Charlotte, 1.
Pastor Craig King leads the group of people preparing to be baptized in a group prayer.
Pastor Craig King leads the group of people preparing to be baptized in a group prayer.
Pastor Craig and Sandy King
Pastor Craig and Sandy King
Jarmo Kormu plays guitar while Dan Delzer, Worship Pastor, leads the group in singing, Sunday, July 30, out on Siesta Key.
Jarmo Kormu plays guitar while Dan Delzer, Worship Pastor, leads the group in singing, Sunday, July 30, out on Siesta Key.
People sing along to worship songs led by worship pastor, Dan Delzer, Sunday, July 30, before the baptism ceremony.
People sing along to worship songs led by worship pastor, Dan Delzer, Sunday, July 30, before the baptism ceremony.
Pastor Craig King leads Leslie Ambrosio, John Hamel and Jenny Glassmoyer into the Gulf of Mexico for their baptisms, Sunday, July 31, out on Siesta Key.
Pastor Craig King leads Leslie Ambrosio, John Hamel and Jenny Glassmoyer into the Gulf of Mexico for their baptisms, Sunday, July 31, out on Siesta Key.
Pastor Craig King talks with Dawn Bazan while Ed Coil, Discipleship Lead Coach, talks with Lisa Glass prior to Bazan and Glass’ baptisms in the Gulf of Mexico, Sunday, July 30, on Siesta Key.
Pastor Craig King talks with Dawn Bazan while Ed Coil, Discipleship Lead Coach, talks with Lisa Glass prior to Bazan and Glass’ baptisms in the Gulf of Mexico, Sunday, July 30, on Siesta Key.
Dawn Bazan was the first of the group to be baptized, Sunday, July 30, on Siesta Key.
Dawn Bazan was the first of the group to be baptized, Sunday, July 30, on Siesta Key.
Family and friends clap and cheer after each baptism was performed, Sunday, July 30.
Family and friends clap and cheer after each baptism was performed, Sunday, July 30.
Ed Coil, Discipleship Lead Coach, dunks John Hamel into the Gulf of Mexico during his baptism, Sunday, July 31, on Siesta Key.
Ed Coil, Discipleship Lead Coach, dunks John Hamel into the Gulf of Mexico during his baptism, Sunday, July 31, on Siesta Key.
Leslie Ambrosio raises her hands up in the air after being baptized by Pastor Craig King, Sunday, July 30.
Leslie Ambrosio raises her hands up in the air after being baptized by Pastor Craig King, Sunday, July 30.
Pastor Craig King talks with his daughter, Avery King, 8
Pastor Craig King talks with his daughter, Avery King, 8
Pastor Craig King and Ed Coil, Discipleship Lead Coach, prepare Caroline and Parker Thurman to be baptized, Sunday, July 30.
Pastor Craig King and Ed Coil, Discipleship Lead Coach, prepare Caroline and Parker Thurman to be baptized, Sunday, July 30.
A dozen people were baptized in the Gulf of Mexico, Sunday, July 30, in front of their family, friends and congregation.
A dozen people were baptized in the Gulf of Mexico, Sunday, July 30, in front of their family, friends and congregation.
Friends and family watched from the shoreline as their loved ones were baptized in the Gulf of Mexico, Sunday, July 30.
Friends and family watched from the shoreline as their loved ones were baptized in the Gulf of Mexico, Sunday, July 30.
Dave Shephard, Children’s Pastor, high fives Justin Robinson, while Debbie Robinson thanks Dan Delzer, Worship Pastor, for baptizing them, Sunday, July 30.
Dave Shephard, Children’s Pastor, high fives Justin Robinson, while Debbie Robinson thanks Dan Delzer, Worship Pastor, for baptizing them, Sunday, July 30.

 

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