Six members of a Burnham-On-Sea church waded into the sea near the town’s jetty on Sunday morning (September 30th) to be baptised in a special ceremony.
Several Burnham Community Church members get baptised each year, but they usually choose a local swimming pool for the traditional full-immersion ceremony.
This year, however, six decided that the sea next to Burnham’s jetty would be a good venue where relatives, friends and passers-by would be able to watch.
It’s the second year that the ceremony has been held in Bridgwater Bay and it again attracted a crowd of interested onlookers to the town’s jetty.
Deacon Andy Selby told Burnham-On-Sea.com: “We wanted the ceremony to be in a very public place and therefore the sea is ideal. The water temperature was fairly cold, but it wasn’t too bad!”
The six being baptized on Sunday were Charlotte Wilson, Zena Mansfield, Dave Bowyer, Leona Barkle, Antony Barkle and Dawn Mellish.
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