We had a baptism last night that may as well have been in the 20º temperatures outside. Mike and Kimberly H. were baptized last evening but the baptistery heater failed to work properly. The heater had been on all day but failed to circulate any warm water so we got into very frigid water.
The cold water in a old, cold church building still shouldn't have been any worse than maybe 50º but it felt so much worse. It was breathtaking… in a bad way. In fifteen years or more of baptisms, indoors and out, I can't remember one more shocking than that.
After the ceremony and a little tinkering from Leonard H, the heater appeared to work fine, shooting warm water into the baptistery… too late to do us any good. We won't forget that one anytime soon!
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