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I'm the lead pastor of a great and very unconventional church - Church At The Movies, with campuses in Ronkonkoma and Mastic, NY - and I love doing what I do. We have hundreds of fellow radicals in our congregations who, like me, are committed to doing church for the unchurched. Totally apart from my church involvement, I work a few hours a week as a Weight Loss Consultant for Weight Watchers, which I thoroughly enjoy.

Friday, April 07, 2006

SUNDAY'S COMING

The head count is up to twelve people getting baptized on Sunday morning - I love it! It's what we're about, what we live for, why we do what we do. Every baptism is a testimony to a life that has been eternally changed by Jesus and seeing people transformed is why Grace Church exists.

We used to do baptisms in people's pools, but a couple of years ago we made the transition to using a horse trough on the stage on Sunday mornings so that everyone can celebrate what God is doing.

Setting it all up, making it happen and clearing up is all organized by one man who teaches our baptism class, encourages the candidates, does the dunking and sticks around to mop up all the water once it's over.

Leon Majeed has been with us almost since the start of Grace Church. I love the way he willingly gets on with whatever he's asked to do, takes responsibility and gets it done. Leon's as at home with practical tasks as he is with teaching our baptism class and every time he gets the first-hand blessing of baptizing people, he deserves it. He's in a league of his own - a real class guy.

And Leon Majeed is our Supercool Person of The Week!