PC(USA) embraces family, shows ‘light of Christ’ to them
By Paul Seebeck | Presbyterian News Service
The Rev. Mary Kay Collins baptizes one of the sextuplets George Jennison
LOUISVILLE – The story of a father and mother and the sextuplets baptized at First Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia, was told on Sunday morning by the Rev. Mary Kay Collins.
In her sermon, before she baptized the six babies and welcomed the family into the First Presbyterian community of faith, Collins spoke of when she first met the couple from Nigeria — who had been invited to the church’s Lenten study group to share their faith story.
“A large part of their story was their longing to have children,” she said, “and waiting a long time to have children.”
It reminded Collins of the story in Genesis of Abraham and Sarah — and of God’s promise to them that they would have as many children as the stars in the sky, despite the fact that Sarah was 90 years old.
At their baptism, the sextuplets were welcomed into the life of First Presbyterian Church. George Jennison
Before introducing a video telling the couple’s story, she asked, “Is anything too wonderful, too great, too difficult or too tough for God?”
Watch a video of Collins’ “Too Tough for God?” message with the couple’s story (which is at the seven-minute mark), and video of the baptism here.
You may freely reuse and distribute this article in its entirety for non-commercial purposes in any medium. Please include author attribution, photography credits, and a link to the original article. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDeratives 4.0 International License.