On the balmy Sunday afternoon of September 10, 2017, several dozen people stood along the bank of Mill Creek and sang as five men walked down to the water. Three men knelt, one man poured and one man prayed as heaven rejoiced. Little did we know then that one of those brothers receiving Christian baptism, Julio, would succumb to a heart attack three months later. Word of Grace was privileged to know Julio for the last half year of his life, and privileged to host a memorial service and fellowship meal that allowed us to get to know his family and his roommate. It was a blessed time of worship, remembrance and closure.
