Sign up by at the Information Center or HERE. Please bring a dark set of clothing and a towel if you would like to get Baptized Sunday after service in the Pond (weather permitting) or inside during cold months. Baptism Water baptism is a symbolic burial, by which the new Christian publicly declares they have “died,” and are now beginning a new life in Christ. Baptize is the English form of a Greek word which means to immerse; to place something into something else. Water baptism is a statement of faith: my old life is behind me — I am a new person with a new life. Water baptism is a sign of repentance. Repentance means change — a change so drastic that the old person is “buried.” It does not make you acceptable to God. As a work of righteousness or trying to obtain a good standing with God, it is worthless. Water baptism is a way of giving testimony to what has happened inwardly, and a clear commitment to turn from the old life.